Nicolas Ponce’s practice revolves around video, exploring notions of set, landscape, and state secrets through the lens of popular culture. He is interested in the implicit narratives embedded within images in order to construct a fantasized narrative—where historical events appear less as lived realities than as their stereotyped representations, and where the setting becomes a film set.
","externallinks":[]}],"isupcoming":false,"iscurrent":false,"duration":"durational","displayartistsname":false,"startdate":1769122800,"enddate":1772838000,"category":"Vitrines","smalltext":"Curated by Camille Dumond","description":"Phenomena presents itself as a speculative remake of the eponymous film by Italian director Dario Argento. Shot on the very locations of the original film, in the mountainous landscape of Appenzell, the video immerses us in what was once a fictional territory. Nicolas Ponce overlays temporal and climatic layers—between two seasons, two image regimes, and two intertwined realities. This breach in the narrative opens up the possibility of an alternative fate for the protagonists.
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