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Voile, You Would Sea Where To Go by Laure Prouvost
Discover Laure Prouvost's new commission, IDEALLY YOU WOULD SEA WHERE TO GO - HERE WE DREAM OF NO MORE FRONT TEARS. These phrases written on the sails of the museum boat, produced in a specialized workshop in Brittany, are based on a hybrid play on words between English and French.
You Would Sea Where To Go, Laure Prouvost, 2024
25x25m
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Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia
By taking over the French Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, she has anchored in her work a vision of the phenomena of displacement, migration and borders.the phrases printed on the sails "Ideally you would sea where to go / Here we dream of no more front tears" are a play on words in English. Through these phrases, the artist addresses a political message that aims to raise awareness of migration issues, but also of environmental issues affecting animals, birds and fish, with the idea of bringing human beings closer to nature. The message is also a nod to the itinerant nature of the boat and the Art Explora festival, and the connections that are created from one port to another along the way.
Martina Barbon
Laure Provost
Born in 1978, in Croix-Lille, France. Lives and works in Brussels. Using video, drawing, tapestry, ceramics, photography and performance, Laure Prouvost creates immersive installations, plunging the viewer into a state of personal and collective introspection. Facetious and full of humor, her relationship with language is nourished by the gap between the language used daily in England and her mother tongue. Through this approach, she questions our cultural history and what remains of it over the course of displacements or generations.
"The liquidity of the sea does not allow us to control borders. The phrase written on the dock sail, which was painted in a specialized workshop in Brittany, deliberately plays on a hybrid play on words between English and French, 'front tears', but also 'frontiers'. With this project, which I began working on in 2022 as part of an immersive installation in Oslo, I wanted to evoke the issue of migration that everyone is thinking about when it comes to the Mediterranean, this human tragedy. We can't remain impassive in the face of the huge inequalities that exist on both sides of this sea, in the face of all this suffering. The message of the museum ship's sail is therefore eminently political, and I hope it will help to raise awareness. But I also see this migration from the point of view of animals, birds and fish, with the ideal of bringing humans closer to nature. Could we be birds, human animals belonging to no nation? Could we imagine migration routes for all species, human and non-human? Could we, who belong to a single world, dream of no more tears on our foreheads? I also wanted to take into account the itinerant dimension of the boat and the festival, the connections that will be established from one port to another, this voyage that will produce magnificent moments of exchange and sharing. I hope that sailing will speak, that it will play this role of alert, with its clear, direct message that resonates with all the beauty of the liquidity of the sea and the immensity of the sky." - Laure Prouvost
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EXPERIENCES On board
Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
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