During a residency at Villa Kujoyama (Kyoto), Emmanuel conducted research on conceptions of desire rooted in ancient Japan, in collaboration with the dancer Takao Kawaguchi (member of Dumb Type, creator of About Kazuo Ohno at the Théâtre de la Ville). The mythology associated with the forest on the edge of the Villa tells that the world of humans and that of animist spirits intersect there.
It inspired their research. Desire is conceived there as a fluid force with multiple potentials. Ghosts, creatures tied to natural elements, and the sensual sensations experienced by a body immersed in water or caressed by the wind nourish the imagination.
At a time when apps and digital platforms work to shape our affects and standardize our dreams, it seems essential to open ourselves to other foundational narratives.
“We are not queer. We may never reach a queer state of consciousness, but we can feel it as the warm illumination of a horizon imbued with potentialities.”
expositions
expositions
co-auteur·rices
Numéro une Éliane Radigue
Psechrus jaegeri
Bruno Latour
Bise
Argiope lobata
PM 2.5
Mitchell Akiyama
Air
Caesium-137
Peter Jäger
Mark Wigley
1.62 m/s²,
Yannick Guedon
Tegenaria domestica
co-auteur·ices
Numéro une Éliane Radigue
Psechrus jaegeri
Bruno Latour
Bise
Argiope lobata
PM 2.5
Mitchell Akiyama
Air
Caesium-137
Peter Jäger
Mark Wigley
1.62 m/s²,
Yannick Guedon
Tegenaria domestica
documents, talks
documents, talks