Artist
Emmanuelle Leonard
An alien body—fragments of electrical wire—enjoys an unexpected autonomy. Through framing, the object names itself. Mere traces of a presence, these marks allow for flights of fancy. For to read a photograph is to simultaneously enact description and construction—to immerse oneself in lines and zones, in a state of overflow. Like a stain on a wall, the gaze traces an inevitable addition amidst the image’s ambiguity. Thus, all the players in the circuit—the wire, the artwork, the act of reading—are condemned to oscillate between belief and observation.
Text: Emmanuelle Léonard
