Arno Ivaldi: Memory, Distance, and the Unfinished in Multidisciplinary Practice

London-based French artist Arno Ivaldi, a Royal College of Art graduate, works across photography, writing, moving image, installation, and performance. His practice examines memory, distance, desire, and selfhood through lived experience. Key works include the performance "A Confidential Report of What We Are Looking For" (13 minutes), developed through walks across Paris and Europe, and the early black-and-white photo series "The Pleasure x2" (2023–ongoing), marked by unease and restraint. Ivaldi treats absence and distance as active formal elements, influenced by French photographer Raymond Depardon and drawing on François Truffaut's auteur theory. His works resist closure, emphasizing the search over the answer.