Pace
The film Pace (2009) shows the heart of a carp beating in the palm of a hand. This fixed shot, which is a continuous loop, creates the illusion of a heart beating forever, even though it has been torn from its body. Time is then perceived as infinite, but as the projection progresses, the image of this time loop blurs and fades away. Laurent Montaron also adds a spatial setting to his work: projected behind a display case set into the wall, the work also includes the projector. The artist imposes a distance through the framing of the staging to question what conditions our gaze and our perception of time, from the real to the fictional. The artist pays more attention to the possible experience between the viewer and his work than to the understanding of the latter. The interaction, even if only partial, creates a mise en abyme made possible only by our presence.
Text written by Léonie Maton as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 20 Oct 2009 to 09 Jan 2010
Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes (IAC), Villeurbanne (France)
from 28 Jan to 15 Mar 2009
Laurent Montaron
Born in 1972 in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France
Laurent Montaron s’attache à questionner notre perception du réel et du fictif, du temps et de l’espace. À travers ses films, ses installations et ses photographies, il met en perspective les techniques d’enregistrement et de reproduction de l’image et du son du XIXe siècle à nos jours en détournant certains appareils devenus obsolètes. Par ce biais, il soulève les enjeux des techniques de représentation qui influencent et conditionnent notre regard sur le monde.
Né en 1972 à Verneuil-sur-Avre (France), Laurent Montaron a été formé à l’École des Beaux-arts de Reims. Il vit et travaille à Paris.
