{"id":6623,"date":"2015-10-10T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/?page_id=6623"},"modified":"2019-10-13T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T16:00:09","slug":"linstallation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/?page_id=6623","title":{"rendered":"L&rsquo;installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/yann-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ourcq8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6603\" src=\"http:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/yann-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ourcq8.jpg\" alt=\"Ourcq8\" width=\"975\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/yann-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ourcq8.jpg 975w, https:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/yann-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ourcq8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/yann-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ourcq8-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/yanndatessen.fr\/yann-2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ourcq8-840x560.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Le L\u00e9th\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 install\u00e9 sur le canal de l&rsquo;Ourcq, \u00e0 Paris, entre le 13 Septembre et 24 Octobre 2015. Le texte ci-dessous\u00a0raconte les al\u00e9as de ce parcours*.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>L\u00e9th\u00e9 was installed along the \u00ab\u00a0canal de l&rsquo;Ourcq\u00a0\u00bb, in Paris, between September 13th and October 24th 2015. The following text tells the road I\u00a0traveled to produce this installation.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">*Texte paru dans <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.loeildelaphotographie.com\/fr\/2015\/09\/28\/exposition\/29789\/paris-le-lethe-de-yann-datessen-sur-le-canal-de-l-ourcq\">l&rsquo;Oeil de la photographie<\/a>\u00a0le 28 Septembre 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"pixslider js-pixslider\" data-arrows data-autoheight data-slidertransition=\"move\">\n<div class=\"slide\">\n[masterslider id=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime;]\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pixslider js-pixslider\" data-arrows data-autoheight data-slidertransition=\"move\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pixcode  pixcode--row  row  \">\n\n<div class=\"col-12  hand-span-6 \">\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Si la photographie est faite pour parler de \u00ab traces \u00bb alors moi j\u2019ai voulu d\u00e9rouler celles qui me restaient d\u2019une histoire douloureuse sur la longueur d\u2019un lieu d\u2019eau. Pour jouer avec les reflets avant tout, le reflet de mes images dans l\u2019onde, pour actualiser sans cesse le miroir entre fiction et r\u00e9alit\u00e9, en profiter pour dire que le fleuve dans lequel on ne se baigne jamais deux fois reste pourtant toujours le m\u00eame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Le L\u00e9th\u00e9 est le premier chapitre d\u2019un travail en trois parties qui sera suivi d\u2019un Ach\u00e9ron et du Styx, deux autres fleuves all\u00e9goriques souterrains. L\u2019ambition de ce projet est de penser des images dans la perspective d\u2019une \u00ab installation \u00bb, in situ comme on dit, pas tant pour s\u2019improviser street artiste mais plut\u00f4t pour se rapprocher de l\u2019esprit du land art : s\u2019inscrire dans le r\u00e9el, le modifier un bref instant, se m\u00ealer aux hasards des regards de passants et court-circuiter les modes de diffusion classiques. Voil\u00e0 ce que je couchais sur le papier en guise de v\u0153ux pour plus tard. Dans la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 tout cela eut un prix\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tout d\u2019abord, il fallut environ deux ans pour obtenir toutes les autorisations n\u00e9cessaires : \u00ab on expose pas comme \u00e7a dans la ville \u00bb, ce que l\u2019on m\u2019a dit dans les bureaux pour jauger ma motivation. Soit. A qui faut-il demander ? Commencer par une Mairie, expliquer, convaincre, parler d\u2019art en temps de crise\u2026 Puis l\u2019administration, celle de Kafka, un L\u00e9viathan pour un l\u00e9th\u00e9, quoi de plus normal apr\u00e8s tout : pr\u00e9fecture de police, service de communication de la ville, service de la voirie, service des canaux, de la police fluvial, \u00e0 quoi il faut encore ajouter les organismes ind\u00e9pendants propri\u00e9taires des lieux choisis : sncf, edf etc\u2026 Deux ans donc. Vient le grand jour de l\u2019installation. Louer un grand camion, demander aux amis de se lever un samedi matin, d\u00e9goter un cordiste, penser \u00e0 assurer tout son monde. Le grand jour il pleut, un vrai d\u00e9luge, une partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe des amis reste au lit pensant que l\u2019autre se l\u00e8vera, en attendant 85m2 de b\u00e2ches et de Dibond attendent sous la douche de Septembre. Pas grave : rattraper le retard et ajouter un dimanche au samedi pour tout accrocher. Apr\u00e8s 48h sous la pluie, les vents, le froid, nous sommes Lundi, l\u2019heure d\u2019en profiter pensais-je, erreur : une temp\u00eate s\u2019abat sur Paris, mettant \u00e0 terre la moiti\u00e9 de l\u2019exposition. Il faudra une semaine enti\u00e8re pour tout r\u00e9parer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Le week-end dernier il faisait beau, j\u2019ai voulu contempler mes efforts, enfin. A ce d\u00e9tail pr\u00e8s que d\u2019une exposition publique l\u2019on se doit de jouer le jeu des regardeurs, celui de la confrontation avec les autres, tous les autres et pas seulement ceux qui aiment les images\u2026 Ceux-l\u00e0 ont la d\u00e9licatesse de sourire avec les yeux, d\u00e9ambulent et me remercieront d\u2019un silence bienveillant, je suis un anonyme parmi eux. D\u2019autres, ceux que j\u2019ai d\u00e9rang\u00e9s, vont jusqu\u2019\u00e0 me retrouver sur les r\u00e9seaux, pour m\u2019insulter, me d\u00e9nigrer, d\u2019autres encore profitent de ce que je suis parfois sur les lieux pour nettoyer tags et coupures pour m\u2019aborder : \u00ab \u00e7a veut dire quoi ? \u00bb, la question m\u2019est pos\u00e9e \u00e0 froid, le ton est inquisiteur, souvent, curieux et innocent plus rarement, et moi d\u2019expliquer les \u00e9paules basses : \u00ab c\u2019est un itin\u00e9raire photographique qui commence l\u00e0 et finit l\u00e0, \u00e7a raconte l\u2019histoire d\u2019un couple mais on pourrait aussi dire que, etc\u2026\u00bb, les explications ne suffisent pas : \u00ab ok, ok mais sinon : \u00e7a veut dire quoi ? \u00bb, et pendant que je r\u00e9ponds aux sceptiques il arrive aussi que des iconophobes, des vrais, s\u2019attroupent, me toisent, et finissent par lancer : \u00ab c\u2019est vous \u00ab l\u2019artiste \u00bb ? heu oui\u2026 Je voulais vous dire : c\u2019est honteux monsieur, qui vous a permis ? un v\u00e9ritable scandale, virez-nous \u00e7a de l\u00e0 et s\u00e9ance tenante! \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Je voulais voir mes songes se refl\u00e9ter dans la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, comme un miroir tendu entre tangible et fuyant, trace et oubli, air et eau, land et art ; avec les rafales de vent sur Paris, les nuits noires o\u00f9 personne ne les surveille, peut-\u00eatre que quelques uns en auront profit\u00e9 pour \u00e9changer de place. Le L\u00e9th\u00e9 est ce fleuve des enfers de la mythologie grecque\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Paris, le 20 Septembre 2015.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <div class=\"col-12  hand-span-6 \">\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><br \/>\n\u00ab\u00a0While photography is made to talk about \u201ctraces,\u201d I wanted to spread the remaining traces of a painful story along a stretch of water. Lethe is the first chapter in a three-part work, to be followed by Acheron and Styx, two other allegorical subterranean rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">It took about two years to obtain the necessary authorizations: \u201cexhibitions like this are not done in the city,\u201d officials told me to gauge my motivation. All right. So whom do I ask? Start with the town hall of the arrondissement, explain, make your case, talk about art in times of crisis\u2026 Then approach the administration, the police department, communications department, road services, canal services, the river police, to which one must also add independent agencies that own the selected sites: the national railways, electricity supplier\u2026 It took two years. Then came the big day to mount the installation. On the big day it rained, a real downpour, half the friends on my team stayed in bed hoping that the other half would get up. In the meantime, 85 square meters of tarp and dibond were sitting under September showers. No big deal: we catch up by working through Saturday and Sunday to hang it all up. After 48 hours of rain, wind, and cold, comes Monday, time to sit back and enjoy it, I thought. Big mistake: a storm hit Paris, tearing down half the exhibition. It took another week to replace everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">The sun came out last weekend, so I wanted to finally contemplate the fruit of my efforts. Except that at a public exhibition one must interact with the viewers, that is one must confront others, all others and not just those who like images\u2026 The latter are kind enough to smile with their eyes, stroll by, and thank me with benevolent silence. Some, whom I rubbed the wrong way, go out of their way to find me on the web, to insult me, drag me through the mud, while others take advantage of my presence, as I remove tags and mend tears, and accost me: \u201cwhat does that mean?\u201d The tone is often challenging, more rarely curious and innocent, and I explain to them sheepishly: \u201cthis is a photographic itinerary that starts over there and ends over here, it tells the story of a couple but one could also say that\u2026 etc.\u201d The explanations are not enough: \u201cok, but other than that, what does that mean?\u201d And while I answer the skeptics, sometimes the iconophobes, those who mean business, flock around, eye me scornfully, and finally let it out: \u201cso, it\u2019s you the \u2018artiste\u2019? Well\u2026 You listen to me: this is a disgrace, who gave you permission to do this? It\u2019s an absolute outrage, get this out of here right this minute!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">I wanted to see my dreams reflect in the reality as in a mirror held up between what is tangible and what is fleeting, between trace and oblivion, air and water, land and art. With gusty winds lashing Paris, on dark nights when no one is watching, perhaps some of them might take the chance to trade places. Lethe is that river of the underworld in Greek mythology.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #808080\">Paris, September 20th, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le L\u00e9th\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 install\u00e9 sur le canal de l&rsquo;Ourcq, \u00e0 Paris, entre le 13 Septembre et 24 Octobre 2015. Le texte ci-dessous\u00a0raconte les al\u00e9as de ce parcours*.\u00a0L\u00e9th\u00e9 was installed along the \u00ab\u00a0canal de l&rsquo;Ourcq\u00a0\u00bb, in Paris, between September 13th and October 24th 2015. The following text tells the road I\u00a0traveled to produce this installation. 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