Exhibition Debut
Found Images of Standards
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, 1490
Public meter standard, photo by Airair
Modulor Man by Le Corbusier
Excerpts from Dataset of 318 Distancing Photos March to May 2020
Found Image of COVID-19 Simulation
Narrative Storyboards
Narrative Construction Scheme
Narrative 1 Genre Scenes
Narrative 2 Extended Body
Narrative 3 Exterior Park
Narrative 4 Factory Lunch
Narrative 5 Choreographed Routine
Narrative 6 Enforced Repression
Narrative 7 Exterior Street
Narrative 8 Genre Scenes
Detailed Rendering Storyboards
Distanced Bodies
Clara Ormieres and Mathilde Philipponnat
Distanced Bodies observes social distancing through the lens of micro fictions as it showcases subjective models of the COVID-19 pandemic, taking place in an anomalous space, a temporary frozen reality. If we put everything on hold, are these the standards? This question resonates through scenes of daily life recreated from widely accessible images. The created narratives act as models of distancing, showing possible next steps. People are replaced by mannequin dummies, test-proofing each situation and the realities deriving from it. The question arises: How do we remain human whilst having to act as though we weren’t? Six movies hang in time and space, offering an anomalous extra dimensional space inspecting reality where standards of distancing have become laws of physics that govern the relation between bodies and environment. Considering widely-spread images of distancing, where are we heading?
Credits
CGI Assistant: Stijn Stumpel
Sound Design: Tibo Vincent-Ducimetière
Additional Material
Google Spreadsheet of 318 Distancing Photos March to May 2020 Link
References
Benjamin Bratton, “18 Lessons of Quarantine Urbanism,” Strelka Mag, March 4, 2020. Link
Daniel A. Galson and Peter N. Swift. “Scenario Development for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Building Confidence in the Assessment,” United States Department of Energy, July 1994. Link
Gideon Lichfield, “This is what it will take to get us back outside,” MIT Technology Review, April 12, 2020. Link
HRD Bacot, "dapet dari grup WA cara naik lift yang aman," Twitter, March 17, 2020. Link
MSC Software, “Interaction between droplets and fluids during sneeze using Cradle CFD,” YouTube, April 9, 2020. Link
“OSU researchers examine social distancing models, encourage caution,” OSU News and Information, April 7, 2020. Link
Slavoj Žižek, “Tribune. Surveiller et punir ? Oh oui, s’il vous plaît!” L’Obs, March 18, 2020. Link
Bio
Clara Ormières (BA Man and Communication, 2018) and Mathilde Philipponnat (BA Man and Activity, 2019) explore a parallel world where the realm of social distancing images is transformed into CGI narratives, depicting what once was and still could be our reality.