Théorème de la vie pratique
Théorème de la vie pratique / Practical Life Theorem
(2020-ongoing)
Théorème de la vie pratique is a fragmented story that talks about domesticity and same sex family life through ephemeral performances, improvisations, collaborations and observations I have very limited control over and some more constructed set up. At the heart of the project lies the idea of the game — both as a playful tool and a conceptual framework.
I Feel Bad About Inanimate Objects all the Time
I Feel Bad About Inanimate Objects all the Time
(2018)
“A thing that is not alive, something that doesn’t breathe or live, and yet palm trees, a pomegranate, the possibility of a snake: these fragments make up Gallet’s “I Feel Bad About Inanimate Objects” series, shot in Thailand over the course of three months. It seeks, to paraphrase the authors’words, to tease narrative meaning from sequences of both posed and accidental photowork. The photographer hopes to make manifest objects’ capacity to trigger social interaction, and her trip to Thailand, a country with “an animist perspective”, offered an opportunity to do so. The selection, in two parts, presents color shots of objects isolated from their surroundings (a fruit, a statue, a covered car) and black and white images showing anecdotal evidence of resilient growth in an urban setting. The latter are both monumental and powerfully elegant: they demonstrate Gallet’s keen eye for composition and texture, and track a form of interspecies cohabitation that is very alluring.”
Lucy Conticello, director of Photography of M, Le Monde for Fotofilmic publication.
“Avec une approche très plasticienne - voire conceptuelle - faisant la part belle à la nature morte, à l’objet, à la lumière et à l’abstraction, les clichés de cette série révèlent une intimité et une homogénéité de l'écriture photographique qui est au service du propos de l’artiste”.
Stefano Stoll, Directeur Images Vevey, Conseiller Artistique du Prix HSBC pour la Photographie 2019.
Archival Studies
Archival Studies
(2016-2019)
Archival Studies is a hide and seek game of a moment in space and time that was once fixed, through the exploration of a man’s photographic archive.
This project started as this man - my father - was diagnosed at an early age with Alzheimer’s disease. Considering this set of photographic material as the depositary of his memory, I am attempting to generate a dialogue with him through the alteration of these existing images.
The photographs are being physically manipulated and re-contextualised, looking at the actual photographic content as well as the archive as a sculptural object. These visual relations to antecedent realities echo to the illusion of permanence and intend to offer an alternative space for fictional memories or sometimes honor the absence of memories.
643 Collective
Marjolaine Gallet is a founding member of 643 Collective, a group of 5 visual artists working on lens-based collaborative projects.
https://643-collective.com
2022 June 3-5 / Paris Ass Book Fair, Paris, France
2019 Nov 19-22 / Unseen Book Market, Amsterdam
2019 July 3-6 / Temple Art Book Fair, Arles
2019 May 17-19 / Libros Unidos, Teatro Faenza, Bogotá
2019 / Artefact Marais, Paris
2018 Nov 7 - 10 / Polycopies, Paris
2017 / Melhores livros de fotografia brasileiros de 2017, Zum
2017 Oct 14 - Nov 4 / Notas al Futuro, Mexico City
2017 April 26 - May 6 / Notas al Futuro, Bogota
2017 March 17-19 / Feira Plana, Sao Paulo
2016 Nov 12 / DC Art Book Fair, Washington
2016 Sept 15-18 / NYABF, MoMA PS1, NY
2016 Sept 21-25 / The Future Perfect, Photoville, NY
2016 Sept 16-Nov 20 / The Future Perfect, Rita K. Hillman Gallery, ICP School, NY
2016 June 9-July 31 / Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens
2016 June 10-12 / Annual Zine and Self-Published Phonebook Fair, CCNY, NY
2016 Jan 15-17 / Feira Plana, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo
2015 April 26 / Brooklyn Zine Fest, NY
Publications
Chère Flesh
aime-aime éditions, 2024
Selected group publications
