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Sans titre, un portrait de Marion Baruch (without title, Marion Baruch's portrait) Variable duration In 2009,
the artist Marion
Baruch, completelyempties out a room in his
small two-room apartmentin Paris and invites the public
to discover it. The intimate space, deprived of its
bearings, is transformed into an art work entitled Une chambre vide
(An empty room). The room became a
place for possible encounters, clearly the opposite of simple vacuum. This
Diptych was made at Marion's invitation and in
resonance with her work. Photos and videos were
recorded on site. Static shots of the window at
dusk and of the sun projection on the wooden floor,
show the passage of time as it naturally flows. With
this slowness, the video is almost equal to the photo.
However, when somebody directs his gaze toward the
frame, everything becomes progressively accelerated
and the movements of the sun and clouds are all of a
sudden revealed. A photo is shown next to the video,
with Marion Baruch's body, lying on the floor. In the
background a camera films through the window.
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