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Enrico Lunghi:
(...) We tried to combine works and artists which would
seize the viewer’s interest by the immediacy of an experience
while at the same time revealing one or several aspects
of interiority, of intimacy, be it their own, that of
others, or else their idea of it. And so, we arrived
at the concept of “confidence”, which seemed to best
explain our quest and, somehow, a phrase from Montaigne
came to my mind, in which he admitted, that in the end,
the relationship with the other has to do with two beings,
two bodies, two souls, which no “reason” could determine:
“If you urge me to tell wherefore I loved him, I feel
it cannot be expressed but by answering: Because it
was he, because it was myself”.*
Marie-Josée Jean: (...) The projects we show in this
exhibition give shape to confidences – the artist’s
own, as much as those documented by the artists – with
the aim of querying these simultaneous relationships
from oneself to the other. It also means formulating
an image of oneself while delivering it to that other’s
personal competences. (...)
E.L.: (...) There might indeed be uncontrollable, terrifying
impulses which, once they pierce the surface to appear
in full daylight, often leave behind them damaged beings,
wounds whose scars remain, until the very end, cracks
ready to split open. (...)
M-J.J.: (...) A revelation can also lead to misapprehensions,
ambiguities, and even lead to conflicts between individuals.
(...)
Extracts from a conversation between Enrico Lunghi (Casino
Luxembourg) and Marie-Josée Jean (VOX, centre de diffusion
de la photographie, Montreal), curators of the exhibition,
published in the catalogue.
*Michel de Montaigne, "De l’amitié", Essais
1, Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 1965, p. 269
Exhibition coproduce by VOX, centre de diffusion de
la photographie and Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art
contemporain, presented at the Casino Luxembourg from
May 12th to July 15th 2001.
Partners:
Canada Council for the Arts
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Délégation générale du Québec, Bruxelles
ISAPIS, Stockholm
Department of Foreing Affairs and International Trade
Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec
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