Léna

Brno Del Zou
Léna
Photo Sculpture
80 cm x 100 cm x 16 cm
2014

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Brno Del Zou is a photographer, sculptor, video artist, software designer, creator of video / sound / interactive installations. After a PhD in theoretical mechanics (1990), and an information-seeker and communication teaching position at the University of Poitiers (1994-2006), Brno Del Zou now devoted exclusively to his artistic productions. Training at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Poitiers.
(http://brnodelzou.ouvaton.org/brno/biobrno.html)

In his "photosculptures" series, Brno Del Zou uses the fragmentation of the body in order to better understand it. The body and the faces are revisited and their volumes are highlighted in order to create installations of multiple scales. These "photosculptures" suggest a clear aesthetic preference which does not hide the chaotic side of our minds. "Beyond the body itself and its beauty, there is its unity. Fragmenting the body, in this case, doesn’t mean cutting it up in order to dissolve it, it means trying to recompose it in the hope to achieve and create unity, an identity, perhaps the fundamental one, the one that supports all the differences, all the variations, all the points of view, which is saved despite everything, despite the light variations and the positions in the space, resisting any immediate apprehension, multiplying as it wishes, without ever losing this unity without which the body itself could not exist.”
(http://www.artsper.com/en/contemporary-artists/france/845/brno-del-zou)

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This work demonstrates Space as an element of design in that each sub-piece of the photo-sculpture is combined to create the depth of a three-dimensional work. While we're used to seeing photographs as two dimensions, this gives another aspect to consider when viewing the piece.

It demonstrates Unity as a principle of design in that the overall shape of the work is a portrait, yet the individual elements are not, but as viewed together we see the whole piece as a complete portrait.

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We chose this work because it clearly shows a key element of the theme of the show as the potentiality and in this case, the sum total of a moment. We see it like a capitulation. The moment, that quantum superpostional state has been resolved and we're almost back to the beginning, longing for it. Can we do it again? Can we make the right decision this time? Is it even possible?