“Orientation – Disorientation 2 follows the same logic as the previous work by juxtaposing the representation of the image with the abstraction of the drawing. The black-and-white silkscreen shows a man walking down the street; the framing strips him of any identity. Opposite it, a diagram on an orange background evokes the idea of a journey. The drawing becomes a space for representation and projection as this anonymous figure wanders.”
Alexandra Gillet
Production : La Criée centre d'art contemporain, Rennes
“Somewhere between a topographic map and a wayfinding map, the work provides us with the ‘instructions’ for a journey—an ironic nod to urban determinism. Jacques Domeau highlights the physical and temporal dislocation introduced by the camera angle. He also offers an alternative to the way we engage with the urban landscape. Orientation is the repetitive, unconscious daily movement that reflects the conditioning of our social patterns. Disorientation, on the other hand, is a moment of awareness—the beginning of a critical gaze, a living gaze.”
Alice Guybert, exhibition catalog Echos – Graphies, La Criée Center for Contemporary Art, Rennes, 2001
