En, sur, et face: Brice Ammar-Khodja’s thesis exhibition at perte de signal
September 6, 2024
INDI PhD candidate Brice Ammar-Khodja presents En, sur, et face, his thesis exhibition, at perte de signal until October 3rd. Realized in collaboration with Jean-Michael Celerier.
INDI PhD candidate Brice Ammar-Khodja presents En, sur, et face, his thesis exhibition, at perte de signal until October 3rd. Realized in collaboration with Jean-Michael Celerier.
En, Sur, et Face is an installation that explores the imperceptible presence of metallic contaminants and magnetic residues in urban soils. This research-creation project is rooted in a study carried out at Champ des Possibles, a post-industrial site in Montreal that has successively become an extraction quarry, a landfill, a marshalling yard and finally an unreclaimed natural space. In this context, the project focused on the dynamics of coexistence between human and more-than-human communities in contaminated urban environments. Through the deployment of in situ interventions carried out with local communities, the aim was to experiment with new forms of sensory visualization of soil contamination through art and design.
En, Sur, et Face seeks to rematerialize and relocate the socio-material and environmental elements of the interventions carried out at Champ des Possibles in a gallery setting. As an augmented documentary experience, the installation offers a multisensory journey orchestrated by the arrangement of materials collected on site, as well as audiovisual documentations of the research process.
En, Sur, et Face seeks to rematerialize and relocate the socio-material and environmental elements of the interventions carried out at Champ des Possibles in a gallery setting. As an augmented documentary experience, the installation offers a multisensory journey orchestrated by the arrangement of materials collected on site, as well as audiovisual documentations of the research process.
The installation is made up of tubes containing metal residues, arranged around a surface of earth on which projections of contaminated landscapes blend into one another. Each tube, equipped with a system generating magnetic fields, animates the collected materials, while an integrated sound device captures and amplifies the murmurs of the moving residues. An olfactory device, alternating between metallic, ozonic and earthy fragrances, forges a sensory link with the site's metallic pollutants, underscoring the invisible yet tangible existence of these materials. Together, these elements contribute to the retranscription and reinterpretation of research data into an active, dynamic archive.
The proximity of the Centre d'artistes perte de Signal to the Champ des Possibles site thus establishes a situated connection between the research work and the artistic installation.
The proximity of the Centre d'artistes perte de Signal to the Champ des Possibles site thus establishes a situated connection between the research work and the artistic installation.
From September 6 to October 3, 2024
Opening September 6th at 5pm
as part of La rentrée de Gaspé
Further information:
https://perte-de-signal.org/en-sur-et-face-brice-ammar-khodja/
Opening September 6th at 5pm
as part of La rentrée de Gaspé
Further information:
https://perte-de-signal.org/en-sur-et-face-brice-ammar-khodja/
