Covid & Co.

Photographs, performances, videos, assemblages, 2020-2021

The period of the Covid pandemic, the constraints of its lockdowns, the deceleration of life and the ever present risk have inspired several works.
With the complicity of Jason Karaïndros.
See also the video performance Breath.

***ΠΑΝΤΑ ΡΕI***

Fragment of an engraved marble plate, found in Greece, and a German parking disk.
Assemblage finalised during the first Covid lockdown, Paris, March 2020.
“Panta rhei” (Πάντα ῥεῖ / Pánta rheî) is a concept by Heraclitus which means in ancient greek litterally “Everything flows”, everything changes, nothing is permanent.

***Clear Channel***

Situation discovered during the first Covid lockdown, on one of my walks limited to 1 km, place d’Italie, Paris, April 2020. The name of the publicity company marked on the pannel, “Clear Channel”, is indeed meaningful.

***The Scream***

A version of Munch’s *Scream*, April 2020. During the lockdown, the cellphone became one of the rare communication links with the outside world.

***Pregnancy***

This photo from August 2020 takes up the pose of the famous portrait of the actress Demi Moore nude and pregnant, photographed by Annie Leibovitz in 1991.
The photo has been published in the collective artist book *Almanach - Ides of March*, Paris 2021, at the date of 08/21/20.

***The Nest***

Ancient human skull in a bird’s nest, September 2020.

The Nest and Breath at the exhibition MIRACLE, Immanence, Paris 2021.
In the foregroud Jason Karaïndros’ work The Salutation, Immanence, Paris 2021..