Laurent Hopp's Nocturnal Visions and Spatial Interventions

Laurent Hopp, winner of the 2010 HSBC Photography Prize, creates work across photography, installation, and in situ interventions. His photographs, particularly the series 'Sublunaire,' capture urban environments at night using limited color palettes—red, green, blue, yellow—against darkness, creating cinematic, disorienting scenes. In installations, he analyzes spaces to subtly alter them through inclusion and assimilation, using elements like walls, floors, and lighting. His series 'Composition équilibrée' involves painted wood panels balanced by layers of red paint, while 'Ergo / BA 13' cuts a Saint Andrew's cross from a wall to form a cube. Projections, such as 'Somewhere over the window' (Maison de la Photographie, Lille, 2011) and 'But Across the Street was the Real World' (Forbach, 2004), transpose external events into interior spaces with temporal shifts. Hopp's work challenges perspective and perception, echoing artists like Jan Dibbets and Felice Varini.