Jean-Charles Blais debuts digital works at Espace des Arts

Jean-Charles Blais presents his first digital exhibition at Espace des Arts in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, from January 19 to March 24, 2002. Known for his use of unconventional materials like torn poster panels, felt, and sewing patterns, Blais now incorporates monitors and projections into his practice. The digital works feature generic figures that appear and disappear, echoing the elongations and distortions of his earlier pieces. On the building's obscured windows, two eye-shaped holes slowly dilate across the surface, giving the structure a new sense of breath. Blais considers this an experimental sequence, but it opens new investigative terrain, including the market question of the DVD as an artistic object, which he likens to a record or book.