Un personnage semble lutter contre l’adversit\u00e9 et essaye de tenir debout. Apr\u00e8s chaque d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre il reprend sa place. Apr\u00e8s chaque chute, il remonte inlassablement pour reprendre sa position.\u00a0La lutte contre ces vagues au bord de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e apparait comme la m\u00e9taphore d\u2019un combat pour la survie d\u2019une humanit\u00e9 accul\u00e9e. Car l\u2019humain vit de combats et de luttes quotidiennes. C\u2019est l\u2019adversit\u00e9 qui le nourrit et lui donne le courage et la rage de sans cesse se relever et la force de traverser des mers mortif\u00e8res pour rechercher des lendemains meilleurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A character appears to struggle against adversity and tries to stand firm. After each imbalance, he regains his position. After each fall, he tirelessly rises again to resume his stance.\u00a0The struggle against these waves on the Mediterranean coast\u00a0 appears as a metaphor for a battle for the survival of a cornered humanity. For humans live through daily struggles and fights. It’s adversity that feeds them and gives them the courage and determination to constantly rise again and the strength to cross deadly seas in search of better tomorrows.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n La collaboration artistique d’Audrey Barthes<\/strong> (franco-am\u00e9ricaine) et Michel Amaral<\/strong> (franco-portugais) a commenc\u00e9 par hasard dans la \u00ab chambre bleue et lumineuse \u00bb d’un h\u00f4pital, leur premier projet commun. Depuis la formation du duo, ils travaillent exclusivement ensemble, m\u00eame si leur go\u00fbt de l’\u00e9change et du partage les am\u00e8ne \u00e0 collaborer r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement avec d’autres artistes et collectifs. Leurs recherches artistiques initialement centr\u00e9es sur l\u2019image et la repr\u00e9sentation s\u2019\u00e9largissent rapidement \u00e0 d\u2019autres m\u00e9diums. Leurs \u0153uvres (photo, vid\u00e9o, installations, installations num\u00e9riques cin\u00e9tiques et art sonore) ont \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9es et prim\u00e9es dans des festivals nationaux et internationaux de photo, vid\u00e9o et art contemporain. Que ce soit par la forme, les mat\u00e9riaux ou les techniques, ils aiment bousculer les id\u00e9es. Leur pratique se nourrit de l’observation et de l’\u00e9coute attentive du monde contemporain. Ils abordent de mani\u00e8re souvent d\u00e9cal\u00e9e des sujets sociaux, \u00e9conomiques ou politiques, parfois philosophiques mais toujours li\u00e9s \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 dans laquelle nous vivons. Leur travail a notamment \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9 au Festival \u00ab Circulation(s) \u00bb au \u00ab CentQuatre \u00bb \u00e0 Paris, au Mus\u00e9e Saint-Raymond de Toulouse, au \u00ab Ch\u00e2teau Eph\u00e9m\u00e8re \u2013 Usine Num\u00e9rique et Sonore \u00bb et au \u00ab Mus\u00e9e d’Art Multim\u00e9dia \u00bb. de Moscou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The artistic collaboration of Audrey Barthes<\/strong> (Franco-American) and Michel Amaral<\/strong> (Franco-Portuguese) began by chance in the \u00ab\u00a0blue, light room\u00a0\u00bb of a hospital, their first joint project. Since the formation of the duo, they have been working exclusively together, although their taste for exchange and sharing leads them to collaborate regularly with other artists and collectives. Their artistic research initially centered on image and representation soon widened to other mediums. Their works (photo, video, installations, kinetic digital installations and sound art) were selected and awarded in national and international photo, video and contemporary art festivals. Whether through form, materials or techniques, they like to shake up ideas. Their practice feeds on the observation and attentive listening to the contemporary world. They deal in an often offbeat manner with social, economic or political subjects, sometimes philosophical but always related to the society in which we live. Their work has notably been exhibited at the \u201cCirculation(s)\u201d Festival in \u201cCentQuatre\u201d in Paris, in the Saint-Raymond Museum in Toulouse, in the \u201cCh\u00e2teau Eph\u00e9m\u00e8re \u2013 Digital and Sound Factory\u201d and in the \u201cMultimedia Art Museum\u201d of Moscow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n