Reworks
Alexis Guillier

“Reworks” is a collection of digital images assembled by Alexis Guillier. Its subject is works of art thathave been materially modified by accidental or wilful damage. These photographs are projected at random as a slide show onto one or several juxtaposed monitors. “Reworks” presents a complex intertwining of temporalities that can be divided into different layers. First comes the moment of creation and evolution of the original work. A violent attack theninterrupts everything, leaving its own traces. A witness to this act of vandalism, the photograph captures and preserves it as an image. From this point, two time schemes evolve in parallel: that ofthe “physical” work which, over the years, continues to degenerate or can be restored, and that of the photograph. The latter is a complex object that contains both the temporality of its subject andits own temporality.