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Récit d'a, Le

1990, 19:30 minutes, colour, French & English

TAPECODE 9999.113

"The tale of A. is several tales that evolve within the same video: parallel universes ... that echo each other without ever crossing over. The tale of Andrew, the diary of a voyage and the thoughts of Edmond Jabes are all elements in the free play of the composition. I use autobiographical traces (the scanner, the super 8) to speak of vaster spaces: the existential desert of Jabes: the desert of the 90' decade; our youth devastated by AIDS; my life deserted of its youth. The video also speaks of a change in consciousness, of the opening up of an apparently dead end and fatal issue." -E.V.

"Le récit d'A., c'est plusieurs récits qui évoluent dans une même vidéo, des univers parallèles qui se font écho sans jamais se croiser. Le récit d'Andrew, le carnet de voyage, la pensée d'Edmond Jabes sont autant d'éléments du jeu. J'utilise des traces autobiographiques (le "scanner", le super 8) pour parler de la trace plus vaste, la trace existentielle du désert de la décennie 90; notre jeunesse dévastée par le sida, ma vie désertée de sa jeunesse. Le vidéo parle aussi du regard, de cette conscience qui change, de ce qui peut s'ouvrir, même en face d'une issue apparemment aussi fatale." -E.V.

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