Text by Valentine Boé. Traduction F to E by Isolde Legare

Florine Leoni is a young visual artist from Alemannic Switzerland who enjoys to physically compel spectators in order to immerse them in a peculiar atmosphere. She is currently in a six-month residency at the Darling Foundry.

There are other situations which are equally valid proposes a transcendent immersion in the Darling Foundry’s garage. Far removed from the white cube, the artist seeks to create an open-ended sensorial experience. By geometrically assembling elements found in the exhibition building, the artist creates a new narrative that takes place in a captivating sensorial environment.
Through movement, sound and gloomy lighting, the installation captures the essence of a nocturnal cinematographic sequence destined to arouse the senses. The spectator evolves in a closed space that oscillates between reality and poetic imagination. This installation appeals to the collective unconscious by stimulating memory, imagination and feeling.

The artist wishes to thank for their great support: Pierre Giroux for materializing the idea. Caroline Andrieux. Jessica Begault. Isolde Legare. William Pluviose. Llyod N. Davis. Charles Lindsay. and the whole Darling Foundry Team. Maryse Larivière. Robin Simpson. Valentine Boe. Michael Robinson. Sylvain Baumann. Macarena Ruiz-Tagle. Philippe Lambert. Alissa Firth-Eagland.

SUPPORTED BY:
Darling Foundry. Consulat général de Suisse. pavilionprojects.com

www.fonderiedarling.org/images_e/fonderie.htm
www.pavilionprojects.com
www.eda.admin.ch/eda/fr/home/reps/nameri/vcan/canmon.html

MEDIA: soundloop 11' (xylophone, voice). 2 metal stairs. cylinder black semitransparent garden fabric. green light bulb.