Noémie Goudal's Post Atlantica exhibition explores deep time through photographic illusions
Noémie Goudal, a French artist, produces photographic pieces that interrogate how landscapes are depicted and how we perceive time. Her video installation, Below the Deep South (2021), presented at Frieze London, showcases images of tropical jungles that gradually disintegrate, exposing their fabricated nature. Goudal draws on sediment core samples from West Antarctica, which suggest a temperate rainforest existed 90 million years ago. The Tropiques series (2020) features photographic constructions set within actual equatorial forests. Her recent work, Les Mécaniques – Phoenix Atlantica vii (2021), employs striated photographic strips. Goudal's solo exhibition, Post Atlantica, is currently displayed at Edel Assanti in London until March 12, 2022, addressing philosophical themes and modern ecological issues.
Key facts
- Noémie Goudal's solo exhibition Post Atlantica runs through March 12, 2022 at Edel Assanti in London
- Her video Below the Deep South (2021) was shown at Frieze London art fair
- The work reveals jungle imagery as printed photographs that burn away in layers
- Goudal's research references 2017 West Antarctic sediment cores showing evidence of a temperate rainforest 90 million years ago
- Her Tropiques series (2020) installs photographic forest constructions within actual forests
- Les Mécaniques – Phoenix Atlantica vii (2021) uses striated photographic strips revealing background elements
- The artist engages with deep time concepts measuring planetary rather than human time scales
- Her work references philosophical ideas from Gilles Deleuze and historical precedents including Jean-Antoine Watteau
Entities
Artists
- Noémie Goudal
- Jean-Antoine Watteau
- Gilles Deleuze
- Alfred Wegener
- Jacques Élie Faure
Institutions
- Edel Assanti
- Frieze London
- ArtReview
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- West Antarctic
- Antarctica