Description
Place du 8 Septembre, on the side of the bus shelter, an advertising screen addresses passers-by. But instead of the usual colourful, animated and fleeting advertisements, short texts, static in green on a black background, remain displayed for a long time.
‘I am watching you,’ ‘I am listening to your footsteps,’ ‘I appreciate your presence’…
Martin Le Chevallier’s work addresses passers-by through short, static texts in green on a black background.
The screen confides in us, expressing its feelings and telling us things about ourselves, our habits, our doubts… It talks to us about the collection of our data, which is usually used by this type of advertising billboard, and all the intimate knowledge that retailers would like to have about our lives.
Action
Bien Urbain 12
10 days : from 7 to 15 June 2025
17 invited artists or artist collectives : 3615 Señor (FR) // Adélaïde Racca (FR) // Blo (FR) // Carole Douillard (FR) // Carole Karlen-Renahy (FR) // Charlotte Beltzung (FR) // Chuglu (FR) // Club Superette (FR) // Duncan Passmore (UK) // Florent Dubois (FR) // Hélène Marian (FR) // ici l’onde (FR) // Julien Berthier (FR) // Laura Tisserand (FR) // Magnétophonie (FR) // Martin Le Chevallier (FR) // Toxoplasma (SW)
Biographie
Martin Le Chevallier is a French visual artist, filmmaker and author. He lives and works in Paris. He studied graphic design at ESAG, then video at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. His works address social, economic and political issues.
Since the late 1990s, Martin Le Chevallier has been developing work that takes a critical look at contemporary ideologies and myths. His works take the form of videos, installations, interventions, and even video games.
In 2024, he published the Répertoire des subversions, an inventory of the forms of action used by artists and activists to thwart the violence of domination with unprecedented non-violent actions.
Crédits
Elisa Murcia Artengo et Anabelle Michon