Michaël Quistrebert
Michaël Quistrebert is an Astérides Resident in 2002 and 2003.
The archives of Triangle-Astérides do not provide information regarding the dates or the duration of this residency.
The trace of the infinitely average… it exists, it’s the 1:1 scale version ∞.
One only needs to think of it for this scale to breathe around us; from its very first inhalation, it suggests we inhabit it by paradoxically abandoning the very thought that led us to encounter it.
The infinitely average contains madness in small doses that are highly recommended, and lukewarmness is a good tool for approaching it. But we prefer to escape this lukewarmness (37°cc) and imagine probable, possible temperatures, temperatures around -500°cc or +5000°cc.
If we fixate on those 37°cc, it can happen that reasonably dosed madness trots into view. Indeed, the infinitely average is made up of a randomness of forms, without knowing why a dog laments having no other form than that of a dog. This can be very disturbing for a dissatisfied mind.
The apprehension of the infinitely average combines trace and action in a single movement, dissolving the speculative act while triumphantly placing question marks, like a file closed by default.
Michaël Quistrebert’s work in on display during the exhibitions Un peu plus à l’ouest, 2003; and Après avoir tout oublié [After having forgotten everything], 2015.
