Tout le monde vous regarde
How does belonging feel like to different people around the world? This is Yann Gross’ kickstart question for his artwork EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU. Interested in community and identity building, the Swiss photographer experienced being in a border territory as a foreigner. As he describes it, when one is at the border, they are constantly watched by the people who live there. During his ten days in Cúcuta for artistic residency BLURRED LINES, Yann Gross created shapes of people’s faces, in an effort to highlight the omnipresence of the eyes that were always looking at him. Whilst making the facial shapes, the artist also recorded the process, combining it with video portraits of the people involved. For the exhibition, Yann Gross was inspired by a plaster Jesus statue he found in a store while walking through Colombian territory. Just like the statue, the eyes of his art pieces also follow the public. With EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU, the artist reminds us that in border zones, surveillance is not only digital, but very much concrete.
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Pendant 10 jours, six artistes ont recherché et créé ensemble des œuvres d'art innovantes pour générer l'exposition BLURRED LINES. La résidence artistique a eu lieu entre le 22/07/2022 et le 31/07/2022 à Cúcuta, la destination de nombreux réfugiés et migrants en Colombie. La ville étant située à la frontière avec le Venezuela, MATZA EDGELANDS l'a considérée comme un lieu pertinent pour explorer comment de nouveaux formats de contrat social pourraient émerger parmi les couches complexes et floues des villes. Organisée par Séverin Guelpa et Anja Wyden Guelpa en collaboration avec l'Institut Edgelands, MATZA EDGELANDS CÚCUTA a combiné le potentiel artistique de MATZA, qui aborde des questions sociales et environnementales, avec la volonté d'Edgelands de comprendre les conséquences de la technologie et de la numérisation sur le tissu urbain.
