Reli(r)e Le Paysage [(Re)read the Landscape]

If travelers are quick to marvel at unknown landscapes, like new realms of enchantment, what about their inhabitants? At what point does the landscape cease to be merely a backdrop? At what moment do we become one with our environment? With (Re)read the Landscape, I explore different practices of walking in natural environments as various ways to produce alternative representations of a territory. This can take the form of an invitation to a local resident to show me a walk they particularly cherish. My perspective intertwines with the route of the guest and the movement of our shared walk. In the act of capturing images, I activate a "style of attention enriched by the living beyond itself: one that deems it worthy of inquiry and rich in meanings," to borrow the words of philosopher Baptiste Morizot in his work "Ways of Being Alive". This can also manifest through my participation in choreographic walks, such as "assombramentos" proposed during the DETER festival by choreographer Ametonyo Silva, who seeks to provoke "appearances" in the hope of re-enchanting our gaze. I also engage in in-situ performances initiated by other artists, such as those of "The Real Story of the False River", as part of the research laboratory "Being(s) situated #2" operated by Le Dancing CDCN (Dijon, France), under the direction of choreographers Laurent Pichaud and DD Dorvillier. In this way, I aim to create a corpus that blends different regimes of imagery, with movement as a common thread, serving as clues to question the notion of landscape and renew its representations.