Exhibition: Rumors of the Meteor at Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
Opening: 16/10/2014 at 7 pm
Open: 17/10/2014 – 11/01/2015
Location: FRAC Lorraine, 1bis Rue des Trinitaires, 57000 Metz, France
Curator: Béatrice Josse
With: A. Aycock, A. Barrios, I. Bonillas, L. Camnitzer, J. Chicago, L. Echakhch, M. Vanden Eynde, P. de Fenoyl, Y. Friedman, D. Ghesquière, L. Ghirri, J. Grossmann, J. Hilliard, J. Jonas, M. Laet, B & M. Leisgen, R. L. Misrach, F. Nakaya, J. Luzoir, K. Paterson, G. Pettena, J. Pfahl, R. Signer, R. Zaugg.
Does the Meteor bring good tidings? There is no day, no daily news, no radio station that doesn’t bring us the weather report. The wind eternally plays with the clouds, the sun with the moon, while the rain trit-trots with the hail. The addiction to weather reports is said to be particularly widespread in the West, where the temperate climate compels us to revisit the forecast several times a day. Whether this is simply a game or real existential angst, there is no doubt that climate exerts a considerable influence on our behavior.
The Rumors of the Meteor (from the Greek metéōros [μετέωρος], meaning “raised above”) thus seems to augur the coming of new climates without anyone being able to predict the exact consequences. Unlike the scientific certainties of the modern age, the tidings of the Meteor are confusing, unpredictable, and chaotic…
This exhibition revisits the vague and rather Eurocentric Theory of Climates, and reveals the uncertainties of the Anthropocene Era. The featured works are, by extension, also open-ended, mobile, and plural. Reactivations, interpretations, and reinventions, these works break with the rule of unity and veracity. Let’s open our imagination to the sensation of the wind, of snow, and the aridity of the desert!
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We have visited the “Rumeurs de météore” exhibition today. After all the alarming and by the media over-exploited images of our massive environmental footprint it was mind opening to see another more constructive approach to this topic. In a sens, your waste archipelago suggests a beautiful image of creative materialism – thoses bottles still exist after throwing them to the bin. Bringing them back to our eyes, melted but recognizable, stimulates new images. Maybe it’s not guilt but mindfulness that will change our behavior permanently?