CORPS IN SITU IN CITY
Corps In Situ In City is a participatory urban poster project. It displays "trompe l'oeil" images of bodies, on a scale 1, on the walls of the city (2011 to 2024).
Materials
Prints on blue back paper, wallpaper paste.
Productions:
2011 // 81 participants, 49 photos, 1 book, Rennes.
2014 // 167 participants, 60 photos, 1 book, Pont L'abbé Douarnenez.
2016 // 106 participants, 45 photos, Melbourne, Australia.
2017 // 78 participants, 54 photos, Munich, Germany.
2020 // 35 participants, 16 photos, Cahraix.
2024 // 85 participants, 42 photos, Béthune
2024 // in progress, Rely.
Photographs:
Rennes, Douarnenez, Pont l'Abbé, Melbourne, Bethune.
These unexpected presences challenge passers-by on their daily way of inhabiting the city, of crossing it.
The posters appeal to the imagination of passers-by who project themselves onto them. The posters are single-printed and their sizes correspond to a very specific location in the city.
This place generally receives three unique prints which follow one another over time, to always surprise passers-by.
Corps In Situ In City (Body In Situ In City) brings the public to discover or rediscover the city with a new perspective, that of detail and nooks and crannies.
This project beyond its playful side leads us to reflect on the housing crisis. The participants are challenged physically as well as on the perception of their personal spaces which are put to the test due to the proximity with others.