welcome to the Living Room

LIVINGROOM Performance, Paris 2008 - ©C.Kettiger

The mise en abime of an ordinary space and an extra-ordinary space.

LIVINGROOM is a performance by Julianne Rose and Jeff Manzetti, a couple of artists, accompanied by their 2 children, who open their home/photo-studio and invite the public to experience the confrontation of the artist’s workspace with that of private family life.

 

"mise en abime d'un espace
ORDINAIRE et D'un univers
EXTRA-ORDINAIRE"

This “a mise en abime of an ordinary space and an extra-ordinary space” creates a sensation of excitement and curiosity, the possibility of peeking behind closed doors. The public visits the studio, where series of photos and videos are exhibited , guided by an acting gallerist (Sebastien Zongero)  Simultaneously the viewer feels an uncomfortable sensation of involuntary voyeurism as he/she observes the artists in all intimacy, through a one way mirror in the form of  a “camera obscura” installation.