Jardin Synthétique à l'Isolement
| @ Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon Jardin synthétique à l’isolement by Antoine Catala is a kind of island plunged into half-darkness. It is made up of artificial plants, screens, rocks, signs and sounds (extracts from assistive communication applications for non-verbal children or children who have difficulty communicating) created in collaboration with professionals working with non-verbal children and non-verbal individuals themselves. The language signs used by some of these children are presented as runes, while a digital voice pronounces the actual words. Jardin synthétique à l’isolement highlights the pleasure that can be provided by communicating via a machine, all the while alluding to problems of communication. It also illustrates the sense of connection that may be experienced with the world, via this specific language. ‘Today, any word, thanks to a web search, can display millions of images. Then, through the use of 3D printers, a word may allow one to access files, which in turn allows one to print the objects associated or connected with that same word. Thus, with the help of machines, a new physical equivalency is established:object = image = word.’ Antoine Catala |
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