{"id":16242,"date":"2021-03-23T08:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T07:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviercrouzel.fr\/?p=16242"},"modified":"2021-11-08T10:39:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T09:39:03","slug":"suburban-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviercrouzel.fr\/en\/suburban-shelters\/","title":{"rendered":"Suburban Shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creative residency<\/strong>
\nWith Bordeaux Metropole
\nVideo intervention on the 11 Suburban Shelters<\/em>
\n2019-2021<\/em><\/p>\n

The creative residency around the 11 suburban Shelters initially planned for the winter of 2019-2020 has been extended to 2021. It is finally a whole year of images and observations that are captured.
\nThe architectural specificity of each Shelter, the landscape, chance encounters, the environment, the seasons create points of view, directions. The weather is often a trigger, with a taste for rain, storms, and wind. The shots are triggered by rhythms: traffic passages, places of activity, immediate inhabited or occupied surroundings. Through the use of still shots, a multitude of movements – sometimes microscopic – and furtive scenes are discovered.
\nEach of the eleven shelters becomes a singular observatory.
\nI film them like sculptures, inspired by their shape, their name, their geographical location. I listen to the stories of the people I meet, a fisherman, a traveler, a boxer, walkers and all those dogs…
\nJanuary 2021: due to the latest health decisions, public events are cancelled. I did my video projections on the shelters, alone, in the night.<\/p>\n

The suburban Shelters<\/a> were created by Le Bruit du Frigo<\/a> and built by Z\u00e9bra3<\/a><\/p>\n

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Conception du refuge : collectif Fichtre, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

La nuit am\u00e9ricaine<\/a><\/strong>
\nTertre de Panoramis, Bassens<\/em>
\nP\u00e9riodes d’observation : janvier, avril, juin et d\u00e9cembre 2020<\/em>
\nProjection d’une boucle vid\u00e9o de 14 minutes sur le refuge<\/em><\/p>\n

C\u2019est le seul refuge qui dispose d\u2019un panorama en hauteur.
\nLe Pont d\u2019Aquitaine ressemble \u00e0 celui de San Francisco.
\nJe commence par un travail esth\u00e9tique, la nuit am\u00e9ricaine c\u2019est le nom d\u2019un proc\u00e9d\u00e9 de cin\u00e9ma. Je filme \u00e0 travers la vitre bleue, j\u2019interviens en actionnant la baie vitr\u00e9e, je la ferme, je l\u2019ouvre, je suis plut\u00f4t dans la performance. Tout l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi \u00e0 ouvrir et fermer. Au t\u00e9l\u00e9-objectif, je zoome, je cadre, en plan serr\u00e9. J\u2019observe les activit\u00e9s, le ballet des camions, les trains, la fum\u00e9e qui se confond avec les nuages. Un monsieur prom\u00e8ne son chien, Churchill. \u2028Je suis attir\u00e9 par le pont, je le filme beaucoup.
\nLe paysage \u00e0 travers la baie vitr\u00e9e devient de la fiction. Je pars loin. Aux USA.
\nEn y allant, je d\u00e9couvre un taureau avec des cornes immenses, un buffle peut-\u00eatre, il est l\u00e0 au milieu des herbes, \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 du rond-point. Il y a aussi les restes d\u2019un feu – peut-\u00eatre des indiens ? -, la circulation des poids-lourds, ce panneau publicitaire lumineux qui clignote. On est dans un film.
\nJe reviens encore, pour filmer les orages et le vent \u00e0 60 km\/h.<\/p>\n