Intempéries
Intempéries takes the form of a bathtub covered with a mosaic of tile fragments collected from a beach in the Terre-Sainte district of Réunion. The installation probes and transcribes the cyclonic activity of the seven basins in real time, filling itself autonomously as a cyclone approaches and at the end of the meteor’s passage. A screen displays the name of the system, the wind force, and the forecast for the following 24 hours. The artist explains that the installation was inspired by the memory of her mother filling the bathtub with drinking water for fear of a shortage, a gesture that heralds the most intense cyclones. The image of calm water in a climate of emergency left a deep impression on her. Later, this memory was rekindled by Jesmyn Ward’s novel Wildwood, in which a young girl from the bayou prepares for Hurricane Katrina. Brossard recognised an experience she thought was a private one, which suddenly became shared with another child on the other side of the world.
Text written by Alessia Damioli as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
Lafayette Anticipations - Fondation Galeries Lafayette, Paris (France)
from 28 Feb to 12 May 2024
Collection Lambert, Avignon (France)
from 30 Oct 2021 to 30 Jan 2022
FRAC Réunion, Piton Saint-Leu (France)
from 01 Mar 2020 to 17 Jan 2021