Mermier, Bernadette

Looking, filming - 2019.


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What happens between the person who is filming and the person who is being filmed when it is a matter of restoring as faithfully as possible the truth of a situation which is of an intimate nature? The protagonist exposes his image; with the camera, the film maker/camera operator records it. In this situation where two viewpoints meet, a third, that of the spectator, takes up a position between them. In this transition of the gaze, from “showing oneself” to “seeing”, a reality has taken form.