Jean-Charles Massera – Attentional Transition volet 1 : « Burial of Power ».

04.12.2019 — 02.02.2020

Vernissage: 03.12.2019 18:00

Jean-Charles Massera


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© Jean-Charles Massera, Sans titre, 2019

 

Attention Transition Part 1: "The Burial of Power" is emerging as a new exhibition in Switzerland. Jean-Charles Massera's practice has recently turned more and more towards the association of texts and images, starting with writing. Interested by this approach, the curator and director of the Geneva Centre of Photography, Joerg Bader, wanted to invite this multi-talented artist, who is sensitive to both literature and contemporary art issues. The deconstruction of the language in his works, the criticism of the current language of advertising and mass media and the associations he creates between the banality of these images and that of texts are both insignificant and deeply meaningful. No clash, no conflict, no authority relationship in these productions of Jean-Charles Massera: on the contrary, it is the soft mass of the ambient ideology that is highlighted. It is for this critical thinking and this original mixed work that the Centre de la photographie Genève presents a major monographic exhibition of the artist, which will focus on works that combine photography and writing, and will also show some videos

 


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Jean-Charles Massera * 1965 in Mantes-la-Jolie, lives in Paris et Berlin

Jean-Charles Massera is a French writer, artist and director. Among his works: essays; Amour, Gloire et CAC 40 and La Leçon de Stains; sound plays; All You Need Is Ressentir (France Culture, 2006), Jte dérange? No no (Arte Radio, 2012); plays; Another Way Now pourrait supprimer 2800 villages d’ici 5 ans (directed by Brigitte Mounier, 2006), We Are L’Europe, (directed by Benoît Lambert, 2009); literary works; Jean de [...]

Jean-Charles Massera is a French writer, artist and director. Among his works: essays; Amour, Gloire et CAC 40 and La Leçon de Stains; sound plays; All You Need Is Ressentir (France Culture, 2006), Jte dérange? No no (Arte Radio, 2012); plays; Another Way Now pourrait supprimer 2800 villages d’ici 5 ans (directed by Brigitte Mounier, 2006), We Are L’Europe, (directed by Benoît Lambert, 2009); literary works; Jean de La Ciotat confirme (2004); Jean de La Ciotat, la légende and A cauchemar is born (Verticales, 2007).

His visual or sound installations have been shown in various group exhibitions (La Beauté, in Avignon, Corporate Everything at the Kunsthalle in Fribourg, Cherchez le garçonau MAC/VAL…) or personal (Institut d’Art Contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes).


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