Ever since Damien Peyret took up photography he tended to see it as an extension of his film work with the two arts engaged in a dialogue of some sort. The “Swim & Steam” project best exemplifies this creative relation. It came into being during the making of his award-winning film Un taxi pour Reykjavik. The harmonious dialogue did not deprive the photographic project of its autonomy and it emphasized the artist's interest, common for both the film and images, in the narrow strip of space where reality blends with fiction, with its unusual and ambiguous existence evidenced by nothing but photography. “Swim & Steam” consists of a series of images taken with the Polaroid SX70. The Polaroid aesthetics intensifies the sensation of having crossed the border of reality. Portraits of men and women soaking in steaming hot pools seem to be telling a story originating in a different world, peaceful and detached, where gravity does not interfere with people's lives.
Currently in Yours Gallery
I Floor: Wojtek Wieteska, curator Maja Kaszkur, 11.06.10-12.09.10
