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Kimsooja, To Breathe, Centre Pompidou-Metz

A film by Gilles Coudert

 

Year of production: 2015
Duration: 22 min.

 

Available in English

Disponible en français

 

As part of the France-Korea year, the Korean artist Kimsooja transfigures the space of the Center Pompidou-Metz with his exhibition To Breathe. The glass surfaces covered with films diffracting light, the floor transformed into an endless mirror reframe any notion of horizontality or verticality, and the projection of the colored spectrum accompanied by the artist’s breathing, transforms the space into a huge painting three-dimensional monochrome, a sensitive and dreamlike landscape, which visitors can cross. Gilles Coudert‘s film follows the installation of the exhibition until its completion and is nourished by the words of Kimsooja and the director of the Center Pompidou-Metz, Emma Lavigne, as well as the impressions of visitors.

 

Dans le cadre de l’année France-Corée, l’artiste coréenne Kimsooja transfigure l’espace du Centre Pompidou-Metz avec son exposition To Breathe. Le surfaces vitrées recouvertes de films diffractant la lumière, le sol transformé en miroir sans fin recadrent toute notion d’horizontalité ou de verticalité, et la projection du spectre coloré accompagnée par la respiration de l’artiste, métamorphose l’espace en un immense tableau monochrome tridimensionnel, un paysage sensible et onirique, que les visiteurs peuvent traverser. Le film de Gilles Coudert suit l’installation de l’exposition jusqu’à son accomplissement et est nourri des propos de Kimsooja et de la directrice du Centre Pompidou-Metz, Emma Lavigne, ainsi que des impressions de visiteurs.

 

Film © 2015 a.p.r.e.s production

Category

Contemporary art, Exhibition, Installation, VOD (eng)

Tags
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Emma Lavigne, Gilles Coudert, Kimsooja