Jeanne Susplugas Examines Human Conditioning at Centre d'art le Lait

Jeanne Susplugas's exhibition 'All the world's a stage' at Centre d'art le Lait in Albi explores human conditioning and its psychological, physical, and behavioral effects. The show, housed in the former mills of Albi, opens with 'Light House III,' a circular LED cage-like shelter that emits a crackling sound mixed with the flow of the Tarn river, creating unease. A female voice repeats 'there is no place like home' as a video shows a timeless face rotating and reflecting in water. In the main vaulted room, 'All the world's a stage' presents a cardboard and wood church on wheels, facing Albi Cathedral across the river. The church, schematic and mobile like a child's construction, lacks openings and offers no refuge. A male voice intones 'ton corps n'est pas un chien qu'on enferme,' linking religious doctrine to pharmaceutical consumption as forms of control. The exhibition includes 'Containers,' white ceramic bottles forming a ghostly landscape, and a large crystal Lexomil pill broken into three doses. A video titled 'Iatrogène' features two women and a man discussing pharmaceutical consumption in absurd technical detail. The show critiques the normalization of drug ingestion and the pressure to optimize endurance, appearance, and happiness, using craft techniques and literary references.