Paysages agités

Ismaïl Bahri, Paysages agités, 2017

Paysages agités


HD Video 
16/9 
Color
Stereo
00 : 04 : 00
2017


Commissioned by La Fondation d’Entreprise Hermès and La Fondation des Artistes


 

This video consists of a fixed shot on a piece of sand dotted with a few blades of grass. Under a continuous wind, the vegetation begins to draw concentric shapes on the ground, an arc on one side and even a perfect circle in the center. Born from the observation of a landscape swept by a winter storm, the video captures a situation where two contradictory elements seem present: the chaotic agitation of the wind and the delicate drawing of geometric shapes on the sand. The landscape seems to become the seismograph of these forces.

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Ismaïl Bahri, Paysages agités, Video still, 2017