Geographical Analogies
wood, glass, 9 polaroïds
65 x 48 centimeters
Unique
GAILLARD's archeological approach toward nature and architecture can be noted in his 'Geographical Analogies'. In these wooden boxes, he has carefully arranged nine polaroids taken in various locations. The juxtapositions draw analogies, for instance, between natural sites in Mexico and housing projects in the Bronx, be it for their visual correspondences or their geological placement, highlighting in each photo the same sense of fragility. The Geographical Analogies, however, stand several levels apart from documentary photography, turning the photographical evidence of disrepair into an intuitive course through evocative elements, a narrative weft stretched across these real locations. Displayed like butterflies under glass, the Analogies' crystalline formation belies an intricate, if expansive, taxonomy of concerns, from geopolitics to youth culture, geology to art history.
Geographical Analogies
wood, glass, 9 polaroïds
65 x 48 centimeters
Unique
GAILLARD's archeological approach toward nature and architecture can be noted in his 'Geographical Analogies'. In these wooden boxes, he has carefully arranged nine polaroids taken in various locations. The juxtapositions draw analogies, for instance, between natural sites in Mexico and housing projects in the Bronx, be it for their visual correspondences or their geological placement, highlighting in each photo the same sense of fragility. The Geographical Analogies, however, stand several levels apart from documentary photography, turning the photographical evidence of disrepair into an intuitive course through evocative elements, a narrative weft stretched across these real locations. Displayed like butterflies under glass, the Analogies' crystalline formation belies an intricate, if expansive, taxonomy of concerns, from geopolitics to youth culture, geology to art history.
Geographical Analogies
wood, glass, 9 polaroïds
65 x 48 centimeters
Unique
GAILLARD's archeological approach toward nature and architecture can be noted in his 'Geographical Analogies'. In these wooden boxes, he has carefully arranged nine polaroids taken in various locations. The juxtapositions draw analogies, for instance, between natural sites in Mexico and housing projects in the Bronx, be it for their visual correspondences or their geological placement, highlighting in each photo the same sense of fragility. The Geographical Analogies, however, stand several levels apart from documentary photography, turning the photographical evidence of disrepair into an intuitive course through evocative elements, a narrative weft stretched across these real locations. Displayed like butterflies under glass, the Analogies' crystalline formation belies an intricate, if expansive, taxonomy of concerns, from geopolitics to youth culture, geology to art history.
Geographical Analogies (Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, USA ; Osaka Aquarium, Japan ; Flaine, France ; Pollockshaw, Glasgow, Scotland ; Nicosia, Cyprus ; Vele di Scampia, Naples, Italy ; Les Arcs, France ; Pohang, Hand Monument, Korea)
wood, glass, 9 polaroïds
65 x 48 centimeters
Unique
GAILLARD's archeological approach toward nature and architecture can be noted in his 'Geographical Analogies'. In these wooden boxes, he has carefully arranged nine polaroids taken in various locations. The juxtapositions draw analogies, for instance, between natural sites in Mexico and housing projects in the Bronx, be it for their visual correspondences or their geological placement, highlighting in each photo the same sense of fragility. The Geographical Analogies, however, stand several levels apart from documentary photography, turning the photographical evidence of disrepair into an intuitive course through evocative elements, a narrative weft stretched across these real locations. Displayed like butterflies under glass, the Analogies' crystalline formation belies an intricate, if expansive, taxonomy of concerns, from geopolitics to youth culture, geology to art history.
