La Vie Héroïque de B.S. – Acte I : As a tribute…, 2013
The first act of the video opera La Vie Héroïque de B.S. : As a tribute… displayed at the FRAC des Pays de la Loire is an inventory of creations from the 20th century. The main character, B.S., attempts to synthesize a century of industrial creation in a sprawling construction. But his dandyesque demonstration ends up in a very confused composition.
His installation brings together styles and materials from post-war to today’s design in a typical architect’s exercise’s : the Pavilion. Emblematic and specific objects, technics and materials are mixed together such as the Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, Enzo Mari’s Autoprogettazione, decorative patterns of the American Craft Movement, Eileen Gray’s folding screen, Josef Albers’ drawings, Marcel Breuer’s sculptures…
This referential collage build a domestic environment whose plethora of influences underlines the precariousness and the patheticism of B.S. much more than the supposed efficiency of each element.
La Vie Héroïque de B.S. – Acte I : As a tribute…, 2013