Orientation - Désorientation 1

inkjet print on paper laminated to PVC, 130 x 500 cm

“Orientation Désorientation 1 is structured around a sequence of nineteen spaced-out panels of photographs and motifs that reproduce the image of the fence. Each photograph depicts a fragmented portrait of strangers walking down the street. Geometric circles are interspersed among these faces in series. The composition thus restores a sense of continuity in the viewing of the work and forges connections between the various figures.”

Alexandra Gillet

“Orientation and Disorientation brings together the traces of a reflection on the memorization of an image, and on movement—the daily journey of the passerby through the city, which is also that of the photographer. Jacques Domeau roamed the streets of Rennes with a digital camera to take pictures of passersby. The photographs, taken at eye level, are fragmented and arranged in alternation with drawings the artist calls ‘thought bubbles.’ These circles, which brush against or overlap one another, were created while reflecting on the people he encountered—as a way of recalling them through the graphic rendering of a mental image. ”

Alice Guybert, exhibition catalog Echos – Graphies, Rennes: La Criée Center for Contemporary Art, 2001