Boris Achour's 'Séances' at Crédac: A Cinematic Journey

Boris Achour's exhibition 'Séances' at Crédac in Ivry-sur-Seine (April 13 – June 3, 2012) transforms the space with blue filters on windows, creating a 'night American' cinematic atmosphere. Visitors are given 45 minutes to wander and construct their own narrative from fragmented pieces. The show includes a film of a sleeping child, a campfire motif made of colored logs, and a choreographed film by Emmanuelle Huynh's dancers in a set by François Roche. Eight writers—including Nathalie Quintane, Paul Sztulman, and Elise Parré—contributed fictional texts, displayed as large-format wall pages in a 'Library of Fragments.' A voiceover by Jean-Yves Jouannais reads Gabrielle Obliégly's text. The exhibition references Chris Marker's 'La Jetée,' William Klein's films, and Paul Éluard's poem read by Anna Karina in Godard's 'Alphaville.' Achour returns to earlier principles, with a lexicon available at Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois. The show blurs boundaries between works, inviting sensual and intimate interpretations.