PERPETUAL PROMISCUITY
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Collage, spray paint. 2013
 
Perpetual Promiscuity offers various reinterpretations of anonymous photographs, selected for their narrative potential, some depicting tension, others unsettling strangeness. Although initially forming a heterogeneous collection, the images are unified and rendered inseparable by a spontaneous manual intervention driven by paint and aluminum. Two types of textures echo each other: the halftone pattern of the photograph blends with the splashes of paint. This metamorphosis of the photographic medium invites us to move beyond the meaning of the original image and consider its other combinations.

Incongruous juxtapositions arise from this gesture, as it brings together two antagonistic situations within the same photograph. The man in the couple from Dance Marathon appears exhausted after 24 hours of uninterrupted dancing, yet his left hand still exudes an intense flow of energy. In Burning House, the subversion is so complete that one wonders whether it is truly a fire or a fireworks display. Duality then becomes paramount, and ambiguity takes hold, both revealing themselves to be the catalysts of Perpetual Promiscuity.
 
Texte: Alice-Anne Brassac.
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Created during a post production artist residency at the Centre Photographique d'Ile de France (CPIF) in Paris during 2013.