For the 2011 edition of Nuit Blanche in Paris we were asked by Institut Suédois to install our audiovisual piece – Solitude Silence – in their space. We spent about five days building a complex mesh of fishing wire and hanging mosquito nets attached to a multitude of anchoring points. These surfaces would then be used for a multi-layered projection in conjunction with a wide facade projection and a dual stereo sound setup. We then performed the audiovisual piece for six hours (multiple cycles) and to our surprise we got a massive response! 6700 people in six hours, many of which stayed for a full cycle!

About the work
Solitude Silence has a desolate setting, it is vast and empty at the same time as there are movements occupying the visual and audible space. A white washed-out surface and the slow structures of sound has no less characteristics than one which is busy. In this, there is an emergence of a being embodied with the space. One can sense dislocation and perceive disappearance. The movement however, being utterly organic and integrated with space, provides layers of continuity of a different time.

Here are some photos taken by our friend Sébastien Chatron