Aperçu avant impression
Collective show with Jules Lagrange, Kevin Rouillard, Mathilde Supe and Anne-Sophie Turion
Exhibition as part of the Printemps de l’art contemporain.
Curated by: Caroline Hancock
May 14 - June 7, 2015, public opening on May 13
Petirama, Friche la Belle de Mai, 13003 Marseille
The four artists in residence at Astérides during the first months of 2015 present works produced during their residency. Le Petirama becomes a space for experimentation where their artworks, fresh from the production studio, are brought directly into view of the visitor. Aperçu avant impression is a snapshot of their ongoing reflections.
This project takes place within the context of “Destination Mars”, the Printemps de l’art contemporain (PAC) 2015, whose theme is inspired by the invention of the photographic postcard in Marseille in 1891. It therefore seemed fitting to use this contemporary phrase borrowed from office software to signal this freeze-frame of a given moment in the creative process.
Indeed, this working tool—this available option offering an overview for clearing ground—still allows for modifications. It represents an in-between stage, an open window onto their artistic practice in development, a backstage view from the studio, with a display function that precedes dissemination. Like a preview before a theatrical release, a stop in a backroom, or a glimpse behind the scenes of a theater, this moment is privileged, and the freedom of expression it allows reaches a generative peak.