TEMPÊTE APRÈS TEMPÊTE, REBEKKA DEUBNER

‘tempête après tempête‘ is an exploration of the bodies – in the broadest sense – that make up the landscape of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan through close-ups of inhabitants, scattered pieces of earth, details of seascapes, and moving elements of nature such as insects, humans, and seaweed. The storm is a space of upheaval on the scale of the intimate or the landscape, and deconstruction not only causes annihilation, it also becomes an opportunity for new life forms to emerge. The landscape and the portrait fragmented by photography and then recomposed by their juxtaposition speak of tearing and remission: the rupture made visible, in the manner of a kintsugi (a technique of repairing broken porcelain or ceramics where the ruptures are highlighted with gold powder, the object gaining in value) and emphasizes the fragility and the flaw that have become constitutive and are at the origin of a reinvention and a fertile reconstruction.

With a reading by Virginie Huet, freely inspired by the testimonies of Keiko, Natsumi, Hayato, Hitoshi, Junka, Hisashi and Asami, collected by the artist.

delpire & co presents a new exhibition at the gallery, with pieces by artists around their recent publications: Rebekka Deubner , Pauline Hisbacq (Songs For Women and Birds) and Jean-Vincent Simonet (Waterworks)