Photo credits: Clément Gerardin (2), Julien Cadoret (3,4), Guillaume André (5).
Feu
Digital video.
[11 min 45 sec]
2016.
Between religious ceremony and pagan symbol, this video shows the perpetual fire of a Christmas tree left after the winter holidays. In the background, the Agnus Dei from Berlioz's Requiem resonates, transforming a suburban riot image into a ritual and polysemic fire, at the same time the burning bush of the Old Testament, a fire of joy in the Nordic countries, and a revolt against authority.
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Far from the festive city centers, it sometimes happens in our latitudes that the outlying zones ignite. The Christmas tree then takes on the insurrectionary appearance of urban despair.
Thomas Perrin’s work, wrapped in a romantic sonic envelope, also reaches out to the ancient pagan festivals that welcomed the winter solstice with a great bonfire—celebrating the knowledge that after this climax, the days would slowly begin to lengthen, and the sun, once again, would ultimately triumph in a great blaze.
A video that unfolds somewhere between news imagery and the allegory of the Phoenix. Both transformed, through the magic of this young creator, into a true 'fait d'hiver'…"
Laurent Devèze for "Mes Beaux Sapins"
Exhibitions.
"MES BEAUX SAPINS"
Collective exhibition in Serre-les-Sapins (France), December 2017.
"L'ART CONTEMPORAIN PEUT-Il ÊTRE UNE FÊTE?"
Collective exhibition in L'aspirateur, Art Museum (Narbonne, France) from September 2017 to November 2017.
"ID(É)ES DE MARS"
Night event/Collective exhibition organised by ISBA in FRAC Franche Comté the March 9th 2017.
"ELEMENTS"
Collective exhibition in Les Mots Passants, (Saint Vit's Library, France) from May 2016 to June 2016.