From nothing to being, the proposal presented by this artist, curated by Johanna Caplliure, explores themes of mortality, self-perception, and human relationships, intertwining art with science and philosophy to illuminate how we understand existence.
“This has been an ongoing research process I began about a decade ago. I propose an existential study of perception, identity, and a courageous attempt to confront the fear of death. It is a journey with multiple stops along the way,” explains the artist, who has endured losses of four close companions within four years. In this body of work, fear is faced through artistic catharsis rather than avoidance, and atheism guides the use of scientific and philosophical frameworks to give meaning to the experience.
The project draws on the ideas of various scholars and threads them through Buddhist philosophy, tracing an evolution from the solitary individual condemned to nothingness to a broader view of existence as a network of interconnected microorganisms that collectively shape a being that exceeds its individual parts.
This artistic proposal translates the voyage into a sequence of concrete pieces: a meditation on the ritual of the artist’s own death, captured in a series of photographs; a video piece that builds empathy by presenting how different viewers react emotionally to the word “pity”; an installation of Petri dishes from laboratory cultures, alongside micro to macro photographs and captures, such as the before-and-after moments of a kiss, the trail before and after a caress, or the remnants of a fluid following intimate contact through a saliva sample.
The exhibition remains open to visitors until September 2, inviting audiences to engage with the themes in a reflective, experiential way. A rendezvous between the artist and curator is planned for July 13, accompanied by a private activity and a guided tour. A sampling event is also scheduled for July 15 in Nit en Blanc to deepen the communal experience of the work and its inquiry into life, death, and our shared humanity. [Exhibit details and program notes attributed to the curatorial team]