Pendant le Printemps de l’Art Contemporain 2014
CHARLIE JEFFERY
Événement de Clôture du PAC : Vernissage le dimanche 1 juin 2014 à partir de 14h
Performance : 15h
ENDLESS FORGETTING
[Oubli incessant], 2011 film super 8 transferé sur DVD / 9’30 Caméra : Charlie Jeffery, Pierrick Mouton, Chantal Santon, Virginie Yassef.
Dans cette vidéo réalisée à partir du transfert d’un film super 8, les images montrent l’artiste affublé d’un masque d’âne qui parcourt le paysage. Entre documentaire et fiction, cet enregistrement d’une action sans début ni fin déconstruit les étapes successives d’un récit et apparaît comme la représentation symbolique d’une fuite en avant.
Settlement, by Charlie Jeffery
A man wrapped in blankets lying on the ground
legs bent upwards triangulating with the ground
He’s the same colour as the blanket(s)
He’s a rock on the ground
moves like a stone
he looks more like a stone than a stone does
People
who do things
do things to other people
doing other things to other people
People who do things to other people
do things to other people
A cat sculpture
in an office window
tall and slim, coloured black and gold
He looks out and surveys the landscape
before his eyes,
before his eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes
sleep
The settlement
we are in the settlement
This is
the settlement
People in the settlement
do things to other people in the settlement
They do things to
people in the other settlement(s)
do things
Almost dead
beyond our use
the broken chair lies on the ground
People did things to other things
who did things to other people
who do things to themselves
The cat watches all this
from his own window
his office window
through the dust
As the dusk comes down at night
and sleep creeps out
As cars flicker by in the dirty, dirty night
In the settlement
the people
Person like a rock
person like a stone
person like a rock
person like a stone X2
In the settlement
People
who do things
do things to other people
doing other things to other people
People who do things to other people
do things to other people
CJ, 2014