Amos' World: Episode Two
Artist:
C.B. Evans
Date:
2017-2019
Medium:
HD video 16:9 color and sound
Dimensions:
24 minutes 31 seconds
Collection:
Lafayette anticipations - Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin
Domain:
Video
In this second episode, Amos’s omnipotence gradually wanes and the narrative shifts towards the inhabitants. When they realise that the building does not live up to the promises of its design, they begin to reclaim their capacity for action and adapt their behaviour to their own needs. As they break free from the model envisaged by the architect, the narrative creates a tension between the idealised projection of a world and the diversity of experiences that make it up. Each resident is thus confronted with their own desires and contradictions, while relationships between the residents undergo a transformation. The world built by Amos gradually begins to disintegrate, revealing the limitations of the physical, ideological, and technological structures that purport to organise behaviour. An unexpected event, known as “The Turn”, occurs at the end of the episode and ushers in a new phase of the narrative.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Cécile B. Evans Amos' World
49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine, (France)
from 25 Oct 2019 to 26 Jan 2020
49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine, (France)
from 25 Oct 2019 to 26 Jan 2020
Cécile B. Evans Amo's World
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (Allemagne)
from 26 May to 15 Sep 2019
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (Allemagne)
from 26 May to 15 Sep 2019
Cécile B. Evans: AMOS' WORLD
Tramway, Glasgow (Écosse)
from 14 Dec 2018 to 18 Mar 2019
Tramway, Glasgow (Écosse)
from 14 Dec 2018 to 18 Mar 2019