une journée
The CCC presents “Une journée”, a solo exhibition by Marie Bovo. It brings together a substantial body of recent work, produced in 2007 and 2008, some of which is being presented for the first time on this occasion.
Marie Bovo works with images, video and photography. She has made a name for herself in recent years with her photographs of nocturnal landscapes. By exposing the images for an extended period of time, an unreal light emerges, revealing in a dreamlike way what is usually masked by the night. Dilated, slowed down, time is an integral component of much of his work. Evoked or taken into account in the very process of making the images, it differs from the time of immediate perception usually attached to photography. Marie Bovo proposes more mental and metaphorical temporalities that evoke the universal cycles of life.
Marie Bovo’s work is deeply rooted in reality, sometimes with geopolitical or social implications, and resonates strongly with the literary and poetic inspirations that inform her thinking and sensibility. Each of her works bears witness to a dual way of looking at things, which turns a simple, singular situation into the expression of a universal dimension, where the past meets the present, where different cultures, particularly those of the Mediterranean world, connect.
The series of ten large photographs in “Bab el Louk” is shown here for the first time in its entirety. It represents 24 hours on the roofs and terraces of a district of Cairo. Photographed from a height, at different times of the day and night, and framed in much the same way, the ‘Bab el Louk’ district is transformed by subtle chromatic variations. It is transformed by the light of a sky that is always out of frame, and by the city’s lighting. The viewer’s gaze wanders into the infinite details of this urban and organic patchwork that stretches as far as the eye can see, with no horizon.
The unit of time that gives the exhibition its title is the day. As in classical theatre, it constitutes the first temporal cycle that contains all the others, describing both everyday, lived time and the absolute time that governs the course of things.
Marie Bovo’s latest series of photographs, taken in the inner courtyards of buildings in the Belsunce district of Marseilles, responds to the plunge over the rooftops of Cairo with an upward movement. The horizontality of “Bab el Louk” gives way to the radical verticality of walls rising towards the sky.
Marie Bovo captures the rift of colour and pure light that emerges between the walls, in the midst of an enclosed architecture whose almost prison-like feeling of confinement the artist recreates.
Marie Bovo is also presenting video installations, including her latest work, “Casida”, which is being shown for the first time at the CCC. In slow motion, the simple, almost trivial image of turtle doves taking flight or pecking at purple grapes conjures up images rooted in ancient myths that evoke painting, the origins of images and representation.
Extract from the press release – 2008
marie bovo
The artist was born in 1967 in Alicante (Spain). She now lives and works in Marseille.
Marie Bovo conducts a work on image, video and photography. She gained recognition with her pictures of night landscapes; By adjusting the exposure time with her camera, the artist managed to reveal what is usually concealed by the darkness of the night, in the dreamiest way possible. Time is a very important component of her work; expanded and slowed down, the way she represents it truly differs from the immediacy usually linked with photography.
Marie Bovo presents metaphorical time frames that evoke the universal cycles of life.
Her work is deeply anchored in reality; through a unique outlook on the city, she depicts geopolitical and social concerns. Yet, the way she envisions our contemporary world undeniably resonates with literary and poetic inspirations that nourish her reflection and sensitivity.
Marie Bovo is represented by the gallery Kamel Kennour, Paris.
The CCC presents “Une journée”, a solo exhibition by Marie Bovo. It brings together a substantial body of recent work, produced in 2007 and 2008, some of which is being presented for the first time on this occasion.
Marie Bovo works with images, video and photography. She has made a name for herself in recent years with her photographs of nocturnal landscapes. By exposing the images for an extended period of time, an unreal light emerges, revealing in a dreamlike way what is usually masked by the night. Dilated, slowed down, time is an integral component of much of his work. Evoked or taken into account in the very process of making the images, it differs from the time of immediate perception usually attached to photography. Marie Bovo proposes more mental and metaphorical temporalities that evoke the universal cycles of life.
Marie Bovo’s work is deeply rooted in reality, sometimes with geopolitical or social implications, and resonates strongly with the literary and poetic inspirations that inform her thinking and sensibility. Each of her works bears witness to a dual way of looking at things, which turns a simple, singular situation into the expression of a universal dimension, where the past meets the present, where different cultures, particularly those of the Mediterranean world, connect.
The series of ten large photographs in “Bab el Louk” is shown here for the first time in its entirety. It represents 24 hours on the roofs and terraces of a district of Cairo. Photographed from a height, at different times of the day and night, and framed in much the same way, the ‘Bab el Louk’ district is transformed by subtle chromatic variations. It is transformed by the light of a sky that is always out of frame, and by the city’s lighting. The viewer’s gaze wanders into the infinite details of this urban and organic patchwork that stretches as far as the eye can see, with no horizon.
The unit of time that gives the exhibition its title is the day. As in classical theatre, it constitutes the first temporal cycle that contains all the others, describing both everyday, lived time and the absolute time that governs the course of things.
Marie Bovo’s latest series of photographs, taken in the inner courtyards of buildings in the Belsunce district of Marseilles, responds to the plunge over the rooftops of Cairo with an upward movement. The horizontality of “Bab el Louk” gives way to the radical verticality of walls rising towards the sky.
Marie Bovo captures the rift of colour and pure light that emerges between the walls, in the midst of an enclosed architecture whose almost prison-like feeling of confinement the artist recreates.
Marie Bovo is also presenting video installations, including her latest work, “Casida”, which is being shown for the first time at the CCC. In slow motion, the simple, almost trivial image of turtle doves taking flight or pecking at purple grapes conjures up images rooted in ancient myths that evoke painting, the origins of images and representation.
Extract from the press release – 2008
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