Plier les horizons
Virginie Otth
Through her artistic investigation, Virginie Otth questions the materiality of photography, between subject and object. Her installation Plier les horizons, created for the festival, exploits the line of the horizon in a selection of photos which she created and then printed on cardboard to challenge our accustomed spatial points of reference when facing an artwork. The image becomes object, immersion, emancipation, reflection. Facing the night sky, one might like to look at the moon and observe the stars; what one sees are Israeli rockets, Starlink satellites, and smoke rising during celebrations of the Swiss National Day on August 1. On this imaginary line, there are urban horizons, mountains that obscure the horizon, mental perspectives that seem infinite, walls being put up – a visual experience which sets us in motion between mental and physical images. The photographic representation floats, is folded in two to suggest the horizon, and leads the viewer to weave connections between a tangible world and an imagined one.
With the support of: Canton de Vaud, Ville de Lausanne
Year of production: 2024-2025
Performance: Plier les horizons
A closing performance by the artist Virginie Otth on her art installation Plier les horizons, which was made for the festival. She uses the horizon line of a selection of photographs that she has taken, which are then printed on cardboard, as a means to challenge our usual spatial and artistic points of reference. A visual experience that, between mental and physical images, sets us in motion.
Photoforum Pasquart
Photoforum Pasquart
Faubourg du Lac 71
2502 Biel
