La rougeole
Created for video, this performance/installation takes an ironic and aesthetic approach to nationalism while depriving the phenomenon of its usual context. A nameless body, in physical relation to an installation placed in a sand pit, evokes the ridiculous and the tragic, nationalism’s all too frequent trademarks. The solitariness/loneliness of the character is juxtaposed to a social dimension evoked in the soudtrack. Images suggest puns: "drapeau" (flag), for instance, becomes "drap" (sheet) and "peau" (skin), which underline the reciprocal sublimations between the private and the social body.
Credits
Direction
Marc Boucher
Screenplay
Marc Boucher
Participants
Marc Boucher
Production
Marc Boucher
Technical information
Color
Color
Image format
4:3
Sound
Mono
Shooting format
Betacam
Keywords
Nationalism, Body, Solitude, Essay
Themes