Odile Decq and Camille Henrot at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris

The Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton in Paris presents a dual exhibition featuring architect Odile Decq and artist Camille Henrot, running from June 4 to September 2010. The show, titled 'Perspectives,' is not a direct confrontation but an interlocking of diverse concerns. Henrot's works, including 'Arrivals/Departures' (2010), a sculpture-screen with monitors displaying airport-like destinations blending myth and reality, explore doubt about art's purpose and challenge universalism. Her pieces reference Claude Lévi-Strauss, primitivism, and animism, using materials like used hoses ('Espèces menacées', 2009-2010) and objects covered in earth and tar ('Objets augmentés', 2010). Decq contributes three spatial interventions: 'Plongeon du Funambule' (a bridge opening to the void), 'Lignes de fuite' (3D image), and 'Homeostasie' (two spheres with opposing gravity), which highlight hidden conflicts in urban spaces and engage the senses. The exhibition underscores Henrot's search for a 'new wild thought' emerging from contemporary hyper-space, while Decq's works function as pure spatial objects revealing cracks in reality.