Demain si le jour se lève
June Balthazard & Pierre Pauze (FR)
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Nov. 8, 2024 to Jan. 18, 2025 Open Tue. to Sat., 2pm to 6pm.
Opening: Nov. 8, 2024: 5-10pm & Nov. 9, 2024: 2pm to 10pm.
Vernissage-brunch Nov. 9, 2024: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
3 bis f contemporary arts center I artist residencies I Performing & visual arts Aix-en-Provence Free admission
Through a series of sculptures and films, June Balthazard and Pierre Pauze weave a tale between reality and science fiction, in which an enigmatic natural phenomenon has plunged humanity into an endless night. The story revolves around a substance known as Ether, which has served as the backdrop to many creation myths before finding an echo in recent discoveries in quantum physics. This primordial matter is described as the fabric of the universe, linking mankind to the rest of the living world. Against a backdrop of ecological upheaval, three characters set off in search of this signal: a physicist from the CERN laboratory, a reclusive hermit in a Morvan forest and an alchemist living in a Templar castle. Placing art, science and mythology in dialogue, Demain si le jour se lève focuses on “what holds the world together”. Between inner and global crises, the plunge into darkness also takes on a more symbolic meaning, following the quest for light, meaning and truth.
Artists
June Balthazard
Born in Montbéliard in 1991, June Balthazard lives and works in Paris. A graduate of Geneva’s Haute École d’Art et de Design (HEAD) and Le Fresnoy – Studio National, she is developing an artistic practice that blends film and installation.
Her work combines documentary elements with forms that are further removed from reality (forward-looking narratives, animation, special effects, etc.). Far from betraying reality, these elements highlight and transfigure it. As a result, his films are imbued with a magical realism.
His work has been shown at institutions such as the Centre Pompidou Metz, Luma Arles and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan, as well as at various international festivals.
Pierre Pauze
Pierre Pauze is a French video artist, filmmaker and visual artist. Born in 1990, he lives and works in Paris.
A graduate of Le Fresnoy and the Beaux-Arts de Paris, Pierre Pauze was revealed to the public in 2016 on the occasion of the 2nd edition of the international exhibition of art school students presented by Artagon in Paris. Since then, his work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions in France and around the world, such as at La Villette, the Es Baluard Museum in Palma, Mallorca, or the K Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul, or at the Beijing Biennale.
Pierre Pauze’s films have been shown in numerous festivals and on television, in France and abroad. He has received several awards, such as the Agnès b. Prize in 2016 and the ADAGP Digital Art and Video Art Revelation Prize in 2019. In 2020, he is resident at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris as well as POUSH Manifesto. He participated in the 12th Taipei Biennale with MASS, a film and installation project made in collaboration with young artist and filmmaker June Balthazard. The work has already been shown at Luma Arles during a screening/talk with Hans Ulrich Obrist. It is currently presented at the Centre Pompidou Metz and at the Chengdu Biennale in China.
Credits & mentions
In coproduction with 3 bis f centre d’arts contemporains I résidences d’artistes I Arts vivants & Arts visuels.
