Penelope.Index

PHOTO INSTALLATION
Penelope.index.html Installation
Penelope.index.html Installation with viewers consulting archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation viewer consulting one of the 7 archive folders

This photo installation explores a contemporary representation of Penelope through a polymorphous portrait created from an archive of early internet research. Penelope.index challenges the reliability of defining information, revealing diverse connotations and applications of the name. The documentation establishes a connection between the patient and faithful Homeric figure and its contemporary manifestations. 

Viewers are immersed in a blue-lit ambiance with tables for consulting the archived images under 7 themes.

Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (teddy bear)8!/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (art collector)6/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (romantic painting)4/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (myth) 2/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (dogs)10/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (cv woman) 13/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (comic penguin) 14/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (drawing)3/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (engine)11/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (world map)1/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (coffee) 7/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (myth) 15/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (portrait bio) 12/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (princess) 9/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
Penelope.index.html Installation detail : (available woman) 5/347 digital photos from 7 classified archive folders
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  • Solo Exhibition & Acquisition

    Espace Culturel François Mitterrand, Beauvais, France, 1999/2000

    Components

    • 347 colour photographs classified under 7 themes

    • 7 tables : 127cm x 50cm x70 cm each;

    • 7 lamps

    • 7 chairs

    • 7 binders of photographs: (corresponding themes)

    • blue gel lighting

    Dimensions

    • Table : 127cm x 50cm x70 cm each

    • binder : A4

    • images : A4

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