Shaped Cinema
The Magic Vase
Mandala République
Flicker Stack Fire (weaving films series)
FILM DE JOUR, 2010-2012, PAL video , 2’30’’, color, with sound
Sculptures at the Bonnefantenmuseum (site-specific film at the Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht)
Three L (weaving films series)
An Interview with Jayson Blaire (in my studio at the Jan van Eyck Academie)
In the 2000s, American journalist Jayson Blair was exposed for fabricating stories, admitting he never visited the sites he reported on. Artist Jean-Baptiste Maître reenacts the coverage of this scandal, staging the narrative within his studio at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, surrounded by his works in progress. Fluorescent tube lights flicker in response to the camera’s sensors, creating an interplay of light and perception. The piece draws a parallel between the construction of an artist’s work—its visual mediation and oral presentation—and the fabrication of facts in journalism.
RAIN CUHZASRK DIEWICZ (Weaving Film Series)
I re-sequenced the frames of a 1965 video documenting Richard Anuszkiewicz painting an abstract geometric piece, disrupting its linear progression. This manipulation replaces narrative continuity with a dynamic, flickering optical effect that stimulates visual perception over cognitive interpretation.
Site specific film produced in the occasion of the exhibition Post-Sculpture: Bruce MCLean, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, at Galerie 1M3, LAusanne, January 2013
Why Do Things Get In A Muddle