{"id":1500,"date":"2017-09-28T18:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackstothefuture.com\/en\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2017-09-28T18:54:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:54:26","slug":"gaelle-choisne-we-are-all-negroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blackstothefuture.com\/en\/gaelle-choisne-we-are-all-negroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ga\u00eblle Choisne: We are all Negroes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who are you ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ga\u00eblle Choisne, born from a Britton father and a Haitian mother, I am the opposites, a contradiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you human ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

No.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you believe in intuition ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

I only work with it. It is a form of resistance to an all-too rational world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ga\u00eblle Choisne, Praise colonial detention<\/em>,\u00a0digitalized\u00a0<\/b><\/span>super 8 video, 4\/3, 00\u201904\u201921,\u00a02015.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a9 Courtesy of the artist.<\/h6>\n

Are you optimistic ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Optimism only belongs to those who were once pessimistic. <\/span><\/p>\n

How would you describe the future ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Look behind our back and be able to envision what lies before us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ga\u00eblle Choisne, N.E.V.E.Q.N.A.L.A.\u00a0<\/em>(Nous \u00e9tions les victimes alors que nous avions \u00e9t\u00e9 les auteurs)<\/em>,\u00a0installation, glass, metal, plaster, ceramics, silicon, bic pencil, golden chains, tatoos and mixed media,\u00a016\/9 video, 00’08’35, digital, coulor, 2016.\u00a0\u00a9 Courtesy of the artist & Galerie UNTILTHEN.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n

Do magic and technology oppose ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Technology is very useful to magic<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the difference(s) between dreams, desires and projections ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

There are no differences, the common denominator is love. That is what happen when you make\u00a0<\/span>art, a rush love and intuition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0“Negro-bird”, detail from \u00a0N.E.V.E.Q.N.A.L.A.\u00a0<\/em>(Nous \u00e9tions les victimes alors que nous avions \u00e9t\u00e9 les auteurs)<\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>installation, glass, metal, plaster, ceramics, silicon, bic pencil, golden chains, tattoos and mixed media,\u00a016\/9 video, 00’08’35, digital, coulor, 2016.\u00a0\u00a9 Courtesy of the artist & Galerie UNTILTHEN.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>\n

What does \u00ab\u00a0fantasy\u00a0\u00bb mean ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fantasy acts as a surrogate for action, memory and anxiety. It is a process that fills an unfamiliar and unidentified space.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you feel like a stranger ? If yes, to what ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

To the universe ? I am one of its components just like any of us, if we want to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ga\u00eblle Choisne,\u00a0<\/span>Steles (Port-au-Prince, Haiti)<\/em>,\u00a039,7×125 cm,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>concrete, printing, 2013-2014. \u00a9 Courtesy of the artist & Galerie UNTILTHEN.<\/h6>\n

What does \u00ab\u00a0blackness\u00a0\u00bb mean ? What about \u00ab\u00a0afroness\u00a0\u00bb ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00ab\u00a0We are all Negroes\u00a0\u00bb. Globalisation has absorbed us, turned us into slaves to standardization. Globality awaits us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Exhibition view from \u00ab Pop Up \u00bb , Tour Panorama (Friche Belle de Mai), Marseille,\u00a0<\/span>April – July 2014. Ga\u00eblle Choisne, Cric Crac (Ensemble)<\/em>,\u00a0plaster, metal, concrete, wax, palm tree leaves, \u00a0Barbancourt bottle, Ast\u00e9rides production. \u00a9 Courtesy of JCLett.<\/h6>\n

What is Africa ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

A western fantasy for some, the origin of the world for others, Africa has become a concept. A state of being and of mind. <\/span><\/p>\n

Has Africa anything to learn from \/ teach to the world ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Let it speak !<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ga\u00eblle Choisne, When I will be dead<\/em><\/span>, s<\/span><\/em>creenshot of a<\/span>\u00a0super 8 video, color, 00’02’56, 4\/3, aluminium plate, 2016.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a9 Courtesy of the artist & Galerie UNTILTHEN.<\/h6>\n

What is its future ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Resurgence.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is afrofuturism ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mysticism, imagination, technology, Liberation, Black cultures but I would love to turn that into mixed cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ga\u00eblle Choisne, Conquest and carnival<\/em>, wax,<\/span>\u00a0coarse salt, pigments, polystyrene, 2015. \u00a9 Courtesy Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Jaulmens, Montpellier Agglom\u00e9ration.<\/h6>\n

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Do you consider yourself an afrofuturist ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

I don\u2019t really like labels, but I really like the idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

What was the last thing you learned ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

To continuously unlearn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Exhibition view from Rendez-Vous \/ Biennale de Lyon, IAC, 2015. Ga\u00eblle Choisne,\u00a0The survival of taste<\/em>, diverse dimensions, wax, coarse salt, lead, metal, plaster, glass, pigments, wood, 2015. \u00a9 Courtesy of the artist & Emile Ouroumov.<\/h6>\n

Where were you on Friday April 20, 2063 ?<\/span><\/h2>\n

I was discussing with Pier Paolo Pasolini about his film Notes Towards an African Orestes<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A soundtrack ?<\/span><\/h2>\n