Esther Hoareau

UP. 04.11.2021

Esther Hoareau’s wide-ranging practice encompasses film, photography and installation as well as composition and performance. Natural environments, from the verdant and volcanic terrain of Réunion Island to the outer reaches of space, form the principal subject of investigation for the artist. Yet the resulting works are no ordinary landscapes. Juxtaposing real and artificial elements, Hoareau creates territories that are imbued with wonder and vitality as well as apprehension. These are otherworldly, incongruous places, at once subterranean and extraterrestrial. They draw the viewer in but impose a barrier to their full apprehension or easy consumption. Her works merge the phantasmagorical and the mundane, refuting preconceptions and recasting our surroundings in a new light.

Alexandra McIntosh, 2024.

Les entretiens du FRAC RÉUNION
#2 [ Esther Hoareau ]

2021
Réalisation Brandon Gercara
Logo sonore Stefan Barniche
Production FRAC Réunion

ARTISTES

Kate Bush
Björk
David Lynch
Pipilotti Rist
Andrei Tarkovsky
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

LIVRES

Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur C. Clarke, Les chants de la Terre lointaine, éditions Albin Michel, 1986
William Faulkner, Sanctuaire, Folio éditions, 1972
Stephen King, Écriture, éditions Poche, 2003
Stanisław Lem, Solaris, Éditions Denoël, 1966
Ernest Shackleton, L’Odyssée de l’Endurance, éditions Libretto, 2011 (publication originale 1919)

FILMS

Peter Brook, Sa Majesté des mouches, 1963
Andreï Tarkovski, Andreï Roublev, 1969
Andreï Tarkovski, Le miroir, 1975
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady, 2004
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Oncle Boonmee, celui qui se souvient de ses vies antérieures, 2010

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