video stopmotion, sound, dimension variable, projection on white wall, 16:40, 2019
This work has been produced during a residency at the National Center for Contemporary Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2019.

"Like a fanatic who swallows the desert, I require from music the desert. The desert of colors. The desert of words." said Malevich. Presented as a mental map, "Desert" is made from photographs of rectangles painted on building walls, known as "buffs" in Russia. Their primary function is to hide undesirable words.

The images scroll to the rhythm of a tick-tock recorded in St. Petersburg, where they were also taken. During the Second World War, the streets were wired with loudspeakers to warn citizens of bombings. Between attacks, time was materialized by the ticking of the metronome, intended to appease the popu- lation. Today, this sound is regularly broad- cast for a short period of time to test the loudspeakers.

Desert

Balconing
a series of photocollages presenting isolated elements of modernist architecture.
Diverse material and size.

"Balconing", which is the act of jumping from a balcony into a pool, suggests here the idea of activating the fixed elements that appear in the images.


Installation views in different places:
Galerie Weisser Elefant, Berlin
Retramp gallery, Berlin
Element.a project, Berlin

Balconing

An on-going series of 7 videos stop-motion produced during residencies and started in 2015.
Each video is constructed on photographs realized on place, questionning the topic of modernity. 
The sound is either a collaboration with a local artist or composed by myself. 

Architecture is Frozen Music

Grater
porous concrete blocks, metal graters, plexiglass, circa 110 x 60 x 70 cm, 2017

Porous concrete is a standard construction´s material, that allows to erect walls in a very quick time. In the performance, I sabot its use. From raise to erase.


1 and 3: installation views at Facing North Korea,Korean Culture Center of Berlin, 2018
2: performance view at Jeune Création 67e édition Galerie Thaddeus Ropac Paris, 2017  
performance documentation : https://vimeo.com/227539923

Grater

Artwork by Laure Catugier
Blank #1: stop-motion video (20 Fotos), soundtrack by Chris Dreier & Gary Farelly, 03:21, 2017
Video focusing on isolated architecture elements that belong to modernist and post-modernist constructions.
Blank #2: mural installation in the backyard of galerie Weisse Elefant, Berlin, 2020 5 panels 250x200cm.
Blank #3: coming soon

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