Julien Segard: Dancing at the Edge of Memory: Experimenter
Experimenter presents Dancing at the Edge of Memory, Julien Segard鈥檚 first solo exhibition at Experimenter 鈥� Colaba, Mumbai and fifth solo with the gallery. The exhibition will present new drawings and sculpture. This body of work originates from the backdrop of Segard鈥檚 childhood and teenage years: the landscape surrounding his home, the 脡tang-de-Berre near Marseille in the south of France. The work began over twenty years ago in a documentary vein. Now working far from the physicality of this terrain, in his studio in Goa, Segard relies on memory to reassemble fragments of his experiences. 鈥淭he territory, as it unfolds across my studio walls, recalls a patchwork of experiences from various realities, now 'contaminated' by diverse encounters.鈥� In this context, Segard sees contamination as a form of collaboration, inspired by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing鈥檚 The Mushroom at the End of the World.
The 脡tang-de-Berre, a brackish water lagoon on the Mediterranean coast, holds a paradoxical history. Once recognized for its rich biodiversity and remarkable fauna, the area became host to one of the largest petrochemical complexes in southern France during the 1960s. Spanning nearly 1,000 hectares, the Berre cluster includes petrochemical plants, harbors, pipelines, and distribution terminals. This juxtaposition of industrial scars and natural resilience has had a deep imprint on Segard鈥檚 psyche. Ironically, the factories鈥� presence allowed some pine forests to remain untouched. In recent decades, as some industrial plants were dismantled, their ruins and non-assigned spaces became fertile ground for marginal and illicit activities.
These gaps, these blind spots in the landscape, represent freedom to Segard: side roads, deviations, and spaces where authority鈥檚 gaze falters. He sees them as places for non-linear thought to wander, margins forgotten by the establishment鈥攆orests as ruins, holes in the urban fabric offering refuge. Segard finds himself drawn to spaces of rupture and contradiction, where layers of memory, geography, and culture converge. Like a one-way journey into the interior. Dancing at the Edge of the World.
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Experimenter presents Dancing at the Edge of Memory, Julien Segard鈥檚 first solo exhibition at Experimenter 鈥� Colaba, Mumbai and fifth solo with the gallery. The exhibition will present new drawings and sculpture. This body of work originates from the backdrop of Segard鈥檚 childhood and teenage years: the landscape surrounding his home, the 脡tang-de-Berre near Marseille in the south of France. The work began over twenty years ago in a documentary vein. Now working far from the physicality of this terrain, in his studio in Goa, Segard relies on memory to reassemble fragments of his experiences. 鈥淭he territory, as it unfolds across my studio walls, recalls a patchwork of experiences from various realities, now 'contaminated' by diverse encounters.鈥� In this context, Segard sees contamination as a form of collaboration, inspired by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing鈥檚 The Mushroom at the End of the World.
The 脡tang-de-Berre, a brackish water lagoon on the Mediterranean coast, holds a paradoxical history. Once recognized for its rich biodiversity and remarkable fauna, the area became host to one of the largest petrochemical complexes in southern France during the 1960s. Spanning nearly 1,000 hectares, the Berre cluster includes petrochemical plants, harbors, pipelines, and distribution terminals. This juxtaposition of industrial scars and natural resilience has had a deep imprint on Segard鈥檚 psyche. Ironically, the factories鈥� presence allowed some pine forests to remain untouched. In recent decades, as some industrial plants were dismantled, their ruins and non-assigned spaces became fertile ground for marginal and illicit activities.
These gaps, these blind spots in the landscape, represent freedom to Segard: side roads, deviations, and spaces where authority鈥檚 gaze falters. He sees them as places for non-linear thought to wander, margins forgotten by the establishment鈥攆orests as ruins, holes in the urban fabric offering refuge. Segard finds himself drawn to spaces of rupture and contradiction, where layers of memory, geography, and culture converge. Like a one-way journey into the interior. Dancing at the Edge of the World.
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