Natacha Nisic at Jeu de Paume: Gestures, Memory, and Fukushima

Natacha Nisic's exhibition at Jeu de Paume in Paris (October 15, 2013 – January 26, 2014) explores existence through drawings, photographs, videos, and sound pieces. The show spans from the ongoing Catalogue de gestes (1995-), a repertoire of everyday gestures, to f (2013), a video on the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Other works include Andrea en conversation (2013), documenting a Bavarian woman's conversion to Korean shamanism, and e (2009), filmed in northern Japan near Fukushima after the June 2008 earthquake. Nisic addresses cultural differences, memory, and the risk of forgetting, particularly regarding Fukushima. Critic Dominique Baqué praises the testimonial quality of e and f but prefers the minimalist purity of Catalogue de gestes.