https://rebeccatopakian.com Rebecca Topakian Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:23:18 +0000 https://rebeccatopakian.com en https://rebeccatopakian.com/Home Fri, 22 May 2020 18:55:24 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/Home https://rebeccatopakian.com/Il-faut-que-les-braises-de-Constantinople-s-envolent-jusqu-en-Europe Fri, 22 May 2020 21:57:34 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/Il-faut-que-les-braises-de-Constantinople-s-envolent-jusqu-en-Europe Il faut que les braises de Constantinople s’envolent jusqu’en Europe. 2020 - in progress With the support of La Fondation des Artistes, Centre National des Arts Plastiques and Centre Photo Rouen Normandie. «Il faut que les braises...» is a photography project at the intersection of documentary and fiction, focusing on Armenians in Turkey and the consequences of genocide denial on the populations living in Turkey today. The project is built around two main threads: a genealogical investigation into the traces of my ancestors in Istanbul and Anatolia, and a contemporary inquiry into Armenians living in Istanbul today, composed of portraits and interviews. My intention is to create a back-and-forth movement between past and present, the intimate and the documentary, past traumas and current struggles. &gt;&gt;&nbsp;Download PDF <img width="2048" height="1448" width_o="2048" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/506c1ad382d0262e95177886c47292709b09a9b8c8bb9e85761f7e8fb90219e3/drapeaux.jpg" data-mid="216119825" border="0" alt="On S&ouml;ğ&uuml;tl&uuml;&ccedil;eşme street in Kadik&ouml;y are the headquarters of the MHP, an openly racist and ultra nationalist party. Their flag measuring several meters is hanged over the street." data-caption="On Söğütlüçeşme street in Kadiköy are the headquarters of the MHP, an openly racist and ultra nationalist party. Their flag measuring several meters is hanged over the street." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/506c1ad382d0262e95177886c47292709b09a9b8c8bb9e85761f7e8fb90219e3/drapeaux.jpg" /> https://rebeccatopakian.com/Along-the-crumbling-wall-soon-the-violet-will-bloom Mon, 27 May 2024 09:41:46 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/Along-the-crumbling-wall-soon-the-violet-will-bloom Along the crumbling wall, soon, the violet will bloom 2024, curated by François Cheval.Produced in residency at Borderline Art Space, Iaşi, Romania.With the support of Institut Français of Romania. Inkjet prints, 60x70cm &nbsp; &nbsp; Between 1923 and 1926, an Armenian orphanage was opened in the village of Strunga, Romania, to host kids orphaned by the Armenian genocide. For the lack of funds and the diminishing number of orphans, the orphanage had to close. The buildings disappeared and the memory slowly got forgotten, if not for a few individuals trying to revive its memory. &nbsp; &nbsp; “In the footsteps of... What photographer hasn't at some point in his or her career taken a retrospective look at a particular object, close, too close? The danger of looking back is one that Lot knew the hard way, that nostalgia, that feeling of irrelevance that can turn you into a statue of salt. Rebecca Topakian, by patiently researching fragments of the history of the Armenian orphanage in Strunga, is certainly seeking to consolidate her identity, but she also wants to abandon herself to the chance of new perspectives. &nbsp; &nbsp; Fragments of architecture attest to a presence, the testimonies that underpin it. These fragments, trapped by nature, are nourished by the wandering souls of these orphans. This great Whole regenerates the passage of children to inscribe them in its history. They were here, they are still here! Not as ghosts, but as food for the living. &nbsp; &nbsp; Rebecca Topakian had a choice between two attitudes: one that minimises everything, to ward off her demons, or one that aesthetises. It's not so easy to be just right. Because we mustn't overdo the banal and the beautiful. &nbsp; &nbsp; From the sadness of the genocide to the emigration routes that lead to Strunga, the journey is long and, of course, hazardous. It's hard not to get lost, because what's left to see but the little white pebbles that history has left behind. &nbsp; &nbsp; Rebecca Topakian has simply taken care to fit together a few images, seemingly out of the blue, picked up at random.” François Cheval. <img width="1500" height="1286" width_o="1500" height_o="1286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec6b22fb06bc4db56cfb8c47bfd4593b1c641523dfff843f139bad748fce5d8f/202404_strunga__DSF3941_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211714633" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec6b22fb06bc4db56cfb8c47bfd4593b1c641523dfff843f139bad748fce5d8f/202404_strunga__DSF3941_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="1125" height="1500" width_o="1125" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/720ccc4d3b282a7970f8dfccf0a1c0883bfd0fe24fcc3d96059d9f7b6d193ed6/202403_strunga__DSF3838-Modifier_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211714562" border="0" 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height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a243aae804eb2800a75c9908d1f86a8d57248c4a3b33081bfcb69efff3eb7d7/202404_Borderline_DSF4243_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211714627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a243aae804eb2800a75c9908d1f86a8d57248c4a3b33081bfcb69efff3eb7d7/202404_Borderline_DSF4243_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc098fff46e0bb163d5dec66ae4719aac2a3a7220bd40eb03cbc3002b6b80600/202404_Borderline_DSF4222_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211714586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc098fff46e0bb163d5dec66ae4719aac2a3a7220bd40eb03cbc3002b6b80600/202404_Borderline_DSF4222_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ca3a7fa25ef430c3dafbc2c756fc6dd68540db0caa67212d90b2712200c5462/202404_Borderline_DSF4241_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211714620" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ca3a7fa25ef430c3dafbc2c756fc6dd68540db0caa67212d90b2712200c5462/202404_Borderline_DSF4241_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1125" width_o="1500" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a6efb42fa3f6045332470ebf749179b95c72bf69ddc680b634817f22aedda64/202404_Borderline_DSF4229_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211714602" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a6efb42fa3f6045332470ebf749179b95c72bf69ddc680b634817f22aedda64/202404_Borderline_DSF4229_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> &nbsp; https://rebeccatopakian.com/Vordan-Karmir Sun, 17 Jul 2022 20:52:52 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/Vordan-Karmir Vordan Karmir, in collaboration with Araks Sahakyan 2022 Hand-knotted carpet, density 40 knots/10 cm, wool, natural and synthetic dyes, 170x100 cm. Woven in Tsovagyugh (Armenia) by Liana Grigoryan and Gayané Gulanyan, under the supervision of Astghik Amirbekyan. With the support of Bourse Transverse - ADAGP, FreeLens and Sometimes Éditions. Vordan Karmir is a collaborative work on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) war. The artists transform the traumatic images of violence against Armenians, deliberately disseminated by Azerbaijani soldiers on social media as psychological warfare and sent directly to the artists, through a glitch process to reduce their traumatic impact. The created carpet incorporates three glitch medallions and patterns referring to elements of the war, woven with ancestral techniques and a unique pigment derived from cochineal, replacing the historic "vordan karmir" pigment, the red cochineal of the Ararat valley, which is endangered. This collective weaving metaphorizes the ethnic cleansing suffered by the Armenians of Artsakh and operates a collective transformation of trauma. The process, as important as the rug itself, has been documented in a book published by Sometimes Editions in november 2022.&nbsp;Vordan Karmir rug <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af313529995fe2fd7901417b416401cc7dbb7222414b579b48da899ff68cb09c/assemblage_tapis-copie.jpg" data-mid="148568462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af313529995fe2fd7901417b416401cc7dbb7222414b579b48da899ff68cb09c/assemblage_tapis-copie.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f96aa05620cd8992ceacacd05d0e91c9c202b5a0c701d58d0d8b7f7c40f3a3ba/202207_sans-titre_15697.jpg" data-mid="148568461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f96aa05620cd8992ceacacd05d0e91c9c202b5a0c701d58d0d8b7f7c40f3a3ba/202207_sans-titre_15697.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e8fa994ca2005e1c3eb990e1aa038281c521a98d6de275cb3a002f3b6a5fd5f/202207_sans-titre_15663.jpg" data-mid="148568460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e8fa994ca2005e1c3eb990e1aa038281c521a98d6de275cb3a002f3b6a5fd5f/202207_sans-titre_15663.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf1f8a20be58a610be040668e145d4e8db97e0477c37547e92cc3185ee57d2de/202207_sans-titre_15730.jpg" data-mid="148568456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf1f8a20be58a610be040668e145d4e8db97e0477c37547e92cc3185ee57d2de/202207_sans-titre_15730.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fffbec1c8c2d1d82ecf3220780638cdba7ee58d3514b7fbb2844f79f7782a80b/202207_sans-titre_15716.jpg" data-mid="148568457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fffbec1c8c2d1d82ecf3220780638cdba7ee58d3514b7fbb2844f79f7782a80b/202207_sans-titre_15716.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbb446b154a2b13d410e59698944ef9f791b07b3e0314a83668e6ba11a77873a/202207_sans-titre_15692.jpg" data-mid="148568496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bbb446b154a2b13d410e59698944ef9f791b07b3e0314a83668e6ba11a77873a/202207_sans-titre_15692.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b069433af2629d10d32650a9b50d266285f138acbe0e51a7f1a587deea6f3d4b/202207_sans-titre_15680.jpg" data-mid="148568459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b069433af2629d10d32650a9b50d266285f138acbe0e51a7f1a587deea6f3d4b/202207_sans-titre_15680.jpg" /> Glitched images used to design the rug <img width="1000" height="742" width_o="1000" height_o="742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6b0a873ec0e94a58a164b942a2e817f78c06667d30933978b4992df0867bdb1/glitch4.jpg" data-mid="148787800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6b0a873ec0e94a58a164b942a2e817f78c06667d30933978b4992df0867bdb1/glitch4.jpg" /> <img width="998" height="1000" width_o="998" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33f6b171efd34742095a9dad211d73df7fbe45660d838e1b4381cfa1f9de96b1/glitch2.jpg" data-mid="148787801" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/998/i/33f6b171efd34742095a9dad211d73df7fbe45660d838e1b4381cfa1f9de96b1/glitch2.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="979" width_o="1000" height_o="979" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae5a8c9f9044b04cc13a88c53df039815fc33223250347f66ed58611b365a555/glitch3.jpg" data-mid="148787802" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae5a8c9f9044b04cc13a88c53df039815fc33223250347f66ed58611b365a555/glitch3.jpg" /> <img width="810" height="1000" width_o="810" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/248fc51d809086a4123c249b634e7014235a7f6da393571b73ee30c32bec4f6f/glitch1.jpg" data-mid="148787804" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/810/i/248fc51d809086a4123c249b634e7014235a7f6da393571b73ee30c32bec4f6f/glitch1.jpg" /> Documentation of the rug making and Tsovagyugh&nbsp; 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With the support of Armenian Art Foundation,&nbsp;Compagnia di San Paulo and ACSL residency. For Dame Gulizar and Other Love Stories, Rebecca Topakian’s starting point is the unique story of her Armenian family, who lived in Turkey before her grandfather emigrated to France. This story is the love of her great-grandparents – Garabed and Gulizar –forbidden by their parents, until the kidnapping of Gulizar by Garabed, who came for her on his horse to take her to Constantinople. Topakian explored this part of her identity by choosing fiction and mythology. Bearing the love story of her ancestors in mind while she traveled and lived in Armenia, desire became the thread of this work: it is a desire for earth, ground, identity, but also for the other’s body acting almost as a mirror. Following the ambiguity of the kidnapping of her great-grandmother, she also questions the ambiguity of her armenian identity as a woman : in between desire and the strong patriarchy showing itself even in the landscapes. She printed her family archive pictures, through an analog process, on the surface of local stones that she found while walking in the Armenian mountains. 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She analogically printed, in the darkroom, her own family archive pictures on the surface of the stones. 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2018" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/844b1ef8e3902e7a9fa3e35d66635a39b4d66026d9799d1d9f292776f9468017/201806_sans-titre_6712.jpg" /> https://rebeccatopakian.com/n-6-9 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:26:24 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/n-6-9 (n=6–9) 2020-2021 5 prints on silk, 130x185cm, silk printing ; contact print from a 4x5’’negativ ; 38 Instax in a 80x120cm frame ; 107 feathers in 80x120cm frame ; 103 inket prints, 12,7x17,8cmPart of the national commission Regards du Grand Paris, by Ateliers Médicis and the Cnap. Imported mid 20s century in France to decorate homes with their exotic features, some 30 rose-ringed parakeets escaped from Orly airport in 1974. Since then, they breeded and invaded the parisian sky. While some say they are an inviding species that should be stopped, researchers found out they are not threatening to the parisian urban ecosystem and that they are just like any other big bird. A parallel could be drawn between these birds and post-colonial trajectories : this species, enjoyed precisely for its exoticism, was loved when in cages, and seen as a threat when freed. Topakian studied the vocabulary around the descriptions of the bird and realized it matches a racist vocabulary : each print has a sentence silk-printed on it, found on Internet, in which a disturbing ambivalence makes it uneasy for the viewer to understand if we are talking about birds or humans. While the human territory is based on borders and property, nature finds no interest in these human conceptions. Couldn’t we learn from looking up the sky and watching the birds? <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fe0366863cc93d56dc8d13205b0eeb025fa52d72e343ad496f72b02239c1f2b/Chicago_Rebecca_019_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211718701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fe0366863cc93d56dc8d13205b0eeb025fa52d72e343ad496f72b02239c1f2b/Chicago_Rebecca_019_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="5402" height="3601" width_o="5402" height_o="3601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/440684547859ace2ceeea30d040920ea93a0ee832e98a4249d6016a75ac36e08/202110_drapeauxperruches_15245-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="123012129" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/440684547859ace2ceeea30d040920ea93a0ee832e98a4249d6016a75ac36e08/202110_drapeauxperruches_15245-Modifier.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acd19d311d1c34f7b9149dae9c1359cc48a1cc2add6fb7bdfddc4709e77642fb/Chicago_Rebecca_002_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211718699" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acd19d311d1c34f7b9149dae9c1359cc48a1cc2add6fb7bdfddc4709e77642fb/Chicago_Rebecca_002_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="2986" height="2699" width_o="2986" height_o="2699" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3b67202b3bc0c2d7e51a1563ce272844faee68778eb216ba7f44ce3de111e4b/RT_dortoir.jpg" data-mid="123012048" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3b67202b3bc0c2d7e51a1563ce272844faee68778eb216ba7f44ce3de111e4b/RT_dortoir.jpg" /> <img width="1481" height="1000" width_o="1481" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3b308928b792e6f007fc96f1ea97ff7b452623819c3c289457ca9bf16a0bfa3/RT_soie2.jpg" data-mid="123012125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3b308928b792e6f007fc96f1ea97ff7b452623819c3c289457ca9bf16a0bfa3/RT_soie2.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="2000" width_o="1310" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ecb47df602c35c3433871cae54478fc8622237c4b5dfb4917e6c83dac9ebcea/202108_perruches_plumesailes0016.jpg" data-mid="123519847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ecb47df602c35c3433871cae54478fc8622237c4b5dfb4917e6c83dac9ebcea/202108_perruches_plumesailes0016.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ec18c96a09d6bd390d39fcb16a95e85e96a593b0457f5ada94efdeca470eb1d/Chicago_Rebecca_016_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211718700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ec18c96a09d6bd390d39fcb16a95e85e96a593b0457f5ada94efdeca470eb1d/Chicago_Rebecca_016_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87e7c3f01cbe1f8eb1dca45fcec7faf50bdf7c29f55f87541072d282ade688f6/Chicago_Rebecca_008_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" data-mid="211718698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87e7c3f01cbe1f8eb1dca45fcec7faf50bdf7c29f55f87541072d282ade688f6/Chicago_Rebecca_008_RTOPAKIAN.jpg" /> <img width="1438" height="2000" width_o="1438" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c799fc83725c72eda572f1300ab3110a3efdbdae10a69c5c63b022cd87ce693f/TOPAKIAN2021-05843_WEB.jpg" data-mid="129874656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c799fc83725c72eda572f1300ab3110a3efdbdae10a69c5c63b022cd87ce693f/TOPAKIAN2021-05843_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="1364" height="2000" width_o="1364" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0bff73f4f468683edc52ec7fe3db326a4190dd8125c0b8811aeb508e657cd34/TOPAKIAN2021-05842_WEB.jpg" data-mid="129874659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0bff73f4f468683edc52ec7fe3db326a4190dd8125c0b8811aeb508e657cd34/TOPAKIAN2021-05842_WEB.jpg" /> <img width="5396" height="3597" width_o="5396" height_o="3597" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b412dd9819d0781614bad4cad971602ee2d0f9b6f2dd03dda4a27c030ad7ea5/202110_drapeauxperruches_15250-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="123012130" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b412dd9819d0781614bad4cad971602ee2d0f9b6f2dd03dda4a27c030ad7ea5/202110_drapeauxperruches_15250-Modifier.jpg" /> <img width="1310" height="2000" width_o="1310" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f37b4e816809f1c36d79c0a0af3df2233582cecb1ea105eed0691af5789b11e7/202108_perruches_plumesqueue04.jpg" data-mid="123519848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f37b4e816809f1c36d79c0a0af3df2233582cecb1ea105eed0691af5789b11e7/202108_perruches_plumesqueue04.jpg" /> (n=6–9) - scarves 2022 3 natural silk scarves, hand rolled-hem, 25 copies each To further spread the parakeets’ message, I edited 3 prints as scarves, so the parakeets continue to fly in the public space.&nbsp;These are natural silk scarves, with hand rolled-hem, limited to 25 copies. You can purchase them here https://rebeccatopakian.bigcartel.com/ <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a11fe859cfa1336b7346523b34698cd9dc06fc3df7f9184b7b12ac8673376214/foulards_perruches-01.jpg" data-mid="215978090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a11fe859cfa1336b7346523b34698cd9dc06fc3df7f9184b7b12ac8673376214/foulards_perruches-01.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4e6fc85c90b01eb4bd06ab4d82af41b0668677f5d34c2aa63cd801a545c9092/foulards_perruches-03.jpg" data-mid="215978091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4e6fc85c90b01eb4bd06ab4d82af41b0668677f5d34c2aa63cd801a545c9092/foulards_perruches-03.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0553583545dd1d6a03559320446d9df83c3b454185778cefa677003bc3d19e10/foulards_perruches-05.jpg" data-mid="215978092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0553583545dd1d6a03559320446d9df83c3b454185778cefa677003bc3d19e10/foulards_perruches-05.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e6db0efbf0cafd680ba7fd3539709703161dc3a34bf7cc0f503c014752c5042/foulards_perruches-02.jpg" data-mid="215978093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e6db0efbf0cafd680ba7fd3539709703161dc3a34bf7cc0f503c014752c5042/foulards_perruches-02.jpg" /> https://rebeccatopakian.com/L-attente-l-oubli Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:23:18 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/L-attente-l-oubli L’attente l’oubli 2014-2017 Various formats and technics Inket prints, various sizes ;&nbsp; installation: negatives in frame, mosaic, photo emulsion on rocks and antic mosaics ; handmade mosaic. Jericho, called the City of the Moon, said the most ancient city in the world, shows many historical layers, from mesolithic sites to modern ruins. Jericho takes its name from the Arabic word «Ariha», fragrance, or the canaanite god «Yareakh» - god of cyclic rebirth, who allows the morning dew to deliver the perfume of the trees. Continously destroyed and rebuilt from biblical times to the nowadays occupation, Jericho bears some post-apocalyptic looks with its ruins of each time - making us feel like we were archaeologists from the future. At the same time, the city’s luxurious nature seems to always rebirth from its ashes, under a magical golden light. <img width="2917" height="2500" width_o="2917" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fcd9af2e2e881a1889417f6c8acb46dd0528ef244c0086ee8ee9b6823a5a425/RT_20170715-cycles-01.jpg" data-mid="215975026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fcd9af2e2e881a1889417f6c8acb46dd0528ef244c0086ee8ee9b6823a5a425/RT_20170715-cycles-01.jpg" /> <img width="2917" height="2500" width_o="2917" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d04e516163b2a60ea8e03f69ca923dad2f4f533341c4d471ebb6154ea14e6fb1/RT_20171218-cycles-01-2.jpg" data-mid="215975028" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d04e516163b2a60ea8e03f69ca923dad2f4f533341c4d471ebb6154ea14e6fb1/RT_20171218-cycles-01-2.jpg" /> <img width="2917" height="2500" width_o="2917" height_o="2500" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ea05ae4c5c81af4b27558b2f8e4720f1d26881189f7e0e2c5397322bacbf4fc/RT_cycles2016_01.jpg" data-mid="215975043" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ea05ae4c5c81af4b27558b2f8e4720f1d26881189f7e0e2c5397322bacbf4fc/RT_cycles2016_01.jpg" /> <img width="1714" height="2000" width_o="1714" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dbc8e21c76c3e0bf16d71f748303a2af56efe289bc9bf3728d0f390a81ca73c/RT_cycles2016_09.jpg" data-mid="215975049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dbc8e21c76c3e0bf16d71f748303a2af56efe289bc9bf3728d0f390a81ca73c/RT_cycles2016_09.jpg" /> <img width="2333" height="2000" width_o="2333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b99635bb76b2bd321a6358ad74fb7953981b2e3eae22dd90e13c37ce32e446b5/RT_cycles2017_05.jpg" data-mid="215975067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b99635bb76b2bd321a6358ad74fb7953981b2e3eae22dd90e13c37ce32e446b5/RT_cycles2017_05.jpg" /> <img width="2333" height="2000" width_o="2333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41cdef9c10069285ce81e9014975f6355c7687d625d629c7dd8ddbb69c403063/RT_cycles2016_22.jpg" data-mid="215975056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41cdef9c10069285ce81e9014975f6355c7687d625d629c7dd8ddbb69c403063/RT_cycles2016_22.jpg" /> <img width="2333" height="2000" width_o="2333" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81ef578a33e83e91c95f9c32326aa8dc40e974c9aa56186606e59ec16f1903c9/RT_cycles2016_04.jpg" data-mid="215975046" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81ef578a33e83e91c95f9c32326aa8dc40e974c9aa56186606e59ec16f1903c9/RT_cycles2016_04.jpg" /> L’attente l’oubli: Supermoon∞2016Photosensitive emulsion on rocks fromNabi Musa, pieces of antic mosaics and roman amphora handle. Around 35cm. Three negatives in 33x95cm frame. Photographs of the supermoon rising from Nabi Musa, near Jericho.On Monday, 14 November 2016, appeared in the sky a supermoon - the biggest supermoon since 1948. Jericho is known as the city of the moon. Its arabic name, Ariha, could have its origin in the name of the Canaanite moon god Yarikh, which is the provider of the dew, enabling the orchards to bloom in the desert - the moon operates as a symbol of life and renewal. Ariha refers both to the flagrance and to the moon god. A picture of the supermoon, photographed from the Nabi Musa site near Jericho, is printed on the stones. <img width="3042" height="4054" width_o="3042" height_o="4054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a93c40a1b1f00a8593e779c436fcf1de8c7d1b217cdb742fcb3a4fdf76b28f6/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_026-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="215975185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a93c40a1b1f00a8593e779c436fcf1de8c7d1b217cdb742fcb3a4fdf76b28f6/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_026-Modifier.jpg" /> <img width="3519" height="2500" width_o="3519" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0cb740d8318933dde146c9422f8873cf0098f7c89c61296782110eb8dc58fec/RT_20171013-supermoon-02-1.jpg" data-mid="215975184" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c0cb740d8318933dde146c9422f8873cf0098f7c89c61296782110eb8dc58fec/RT_20171013-supermoon-02-1.jpg" /> L’attente l’oubli: Oasis 2000 2016Mosaic, 35cmMade with stones from Jericho, Birzeit, Nablus, Bethlehem, Jenin. Oasis Jericho casino chip cup from 2000.In 1998, the Oasis Casino opened within the luxurious Intercontinental resort in Jericho, aiming to attract visitors from abroad and Israel, where casinos are prohibited. However, the casino's operation was cut short in 2000 when the Second Intifada began, leading to air and ground attacks that forced its closure after only two years. The mosaic, created under the guidance of Mohamad Khashroom at the Mosaic Center of Jericho, emulates the style of antique mosaics found throughout Jericho. It draws inspiration from the symbols depicted in the Madaba Map, incorporating elements such as the moon and palm trees to represent Jericho's rich heritage. <img width="2917" height="2500" width_o="2917" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5222dca733e21a1f63a822d395a6e48bb63081bbe4dbc6687c11ea71e5e393c8/RT_20161128-oasis2000-01.jpg" data-mid="215975251" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5222dca733e21a1f63a822d395a6e48bb63081bbe4dbc6687c11ea71e5e393c8/RT_20161128-oasis2000-01.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="2500" width_o="2500" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a38c66059104fb3e7c9e7f3509b04569c4209e586f7ff7cf280549dfa9d83a39/RT_20161128-oasis2000-02.jpg" data-mid="215975252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a38c66059104fb3e7c9e7f3509b04569c4209e586f7ff7cf280549dfa9d83a39/RT_20161128-oasis2000-02.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="2500" width_o="2500" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a5a2d3de67565dc43c388dd44a7bbc81bb432736ce658f389688b3603e1f602/RT_20171218-oasis2000-01.jpg" data-mid="215975253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a5a2d3de67565dc43c388dd44a7bbc81bb432736ce658f389688b3603e1f602/RT_20171218-oasis2000-01.jpg" /> L’attente l’oubli: installation views <img width="4806" height="3183" width_o="4806" height_o="3183" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cefd0678d88fdb2518a4f3042286ac933ee23969949f34984600fd0ebdd70764/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_003-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="215975277" border="0" alt="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" data-caption="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cefd0678d88fdb2518a4f3042286ac933ee23969949f34984600fd0ebdd70764/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_003-Modifier.jpg" /> <img width="4819" height="3192" width_o="4819" height_o="3192" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad898aea9552779140c75746195b26b5e86629aa20651190f1688c7b4d461d88/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_011-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="215975279" border="0" alt="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" data-caption="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad898aea9552779140c75746195b26b5e86629aa20651190f1688c7b4d461d88/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_011-Modifier.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="4928" width_o="3264" height_o="4928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a59226b5f290dc43b87c0b21f029f38fb3eeffaf4935fec601b7557fddc61b5/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_016-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="215975281" border="0" alt="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" data-caption="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a59226b5f290dc43b87c0b21f029f38fb3eeffaf4935fec601b7557fddc61b5/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_016-Modifier.jpg" /> <img width="5304" height="3543" width_o="5304" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/679b0f5a9892331e1a518981faceeafec31bad33b8db308d091eee08c1a83cc4/artparisartfair_citedesarts_01.jpg" data-mid="215975272" border="0" alt="Bad girls do it well, La Cit&eacute; Internationale des Arts, Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, 2019" data-caption="Bad girls do it well, La Cité Internationale des Arts, Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, 2019" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/679b0f5a9892331e1a518981faceeafec31bad33b8db308d091eee08c1a83cc4/artparisartfair_citedesarts_01.jpg" /> <img width="5304" height="3543" width_o="5304" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3b91616c04a70830b64277a0a6b9205fa155fcbf144a47137e610de7ab457d1/artparisartfair_citedesarts_02.jpg" data-mid="215975274" border="0" alt="Bad girls do it well, La Cit&eacute; Internationale des Arts, Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, 2019" data-caption="Bad girls do it well, La Cité Internationale des Arts, Art Paris Art Fair, Paris, 2019" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3b91616c04a70830b64277a0a6b9205fa155fcbf144a47137e610de7ab457d1/artparisartfair_citedesarts_02.jpg" /> <img width="4776" height="3164" width_o="4776" height_o="3164" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8d95c2fe0ebf44aeae866d469a7c526d862bbb4114456d98a87c02a7bdb3587/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_006-Modifier.jpg" data-mid="215975278" border="0" alt="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" data-caption="Inventeurs d'aventures, La Villa Arson, Nice, 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8d95c2fe0ebf44aeae866d469a7c526d862bbb4114456d98a87c02a7bdb3587/lavillaarson_gaelcharbau_inventeursdaventures_006-Modifier.jpg" /> https://rebeccatopakian.com/Les-fantomes-du-souk Sat, 23 May 2020 11:28:39 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/Les-fantomes-du-souk Les fantômes du souk 2014 Film, 13’Bethlehem, West Bank, July-August 2014. Rebecca Topakian went in search of ghosts, following the advice of sorcerers and witches she met in Bethlehem. If she went to the market of the old city in the dead of night, they told her, she would find a beautiful nun and a British soldier. Though she spent the night in the market, she did not find them; she did, however, stumble upon teenagers who haunt the place and drive the spectator to the imaginary place of a mythology mixing family history, treasures of kings, djinns and Israeli spies. <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58c80c54451fdfcca50e128df226b23bcc618921b68c01fcf0ee22efd098994a/RT_fantomesdusouk.jpg" data-mid="72116125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58c80c54451fdfcca50e128df226b23bcc618921b68c01fcf0ee22efd098994a/RT_fantomesdusouk.jpg" /> &nbsp; https://rebeccatopakian.com/Infra-1 Sat, 23 May 2020 12:36:49 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/Infra-1 Infra- 2015-2019 Infrared photographs.Inspired by the works of George Bataille and Maurice Blanchot about solitude, community and communion, Infra- tries to deindividualize the subject, who loses his identity as he merges with a community in a state of trance. Topakian used a digital transformed camera so it is sensitive to infrared. In the pitch-black darkness of dance parties, she sheds light on her subjects by using infrared lighting, which is invisible to the human eye. Aking to a spy or a hunter, she lies waiting for moments of abandonment in the dancers. Their shapes look ghostly, emerging from the dark for just an instant. <img width="3427" height="2500" width_o="3427" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/995e43dc2eaf1b82109ae57ecef3b4a05529c25fa229f8cf6856c32cdcc05944/RT_20200427-infra-11.jpg" data-mid="72121088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/995e43dc2eaf1b82109ae57ecef3b4a05529c25fa229f8cf6856c32cdcc05944/RT_20200427-infra-11.jpg" /> <img width="3427" height="2500" width_o="3427" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe5ef9c99bec2842da6a56bbc0fd19bdafb1c6150015edceaad59c4fea37de66/RT_20200427-infra-13.jpg" data-mid="72121089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe5ef9c99bec2842da6a56bbc0fd19bdafb1c6150015edceaad59c4fea37de66/RT_20200427-infra-13.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/576f43d261ac2f01f107b390205a65077efb8565f018cd1ac10af7a93ba76bde/RT_20200427-infra-09.jpg" /> <img width="3427" height="2500" width_o="3427" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75b599cffe39fb75628c4e7f5b7464ec612396a8492cb09ae6fb2b4e5aeb939b/RT_20200427-infra-16.jpg" data-mid="72121092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75b599cffe39fb75628c4e7f5b7464ec612396a8492cb09ae6fb2b4e5aeb939b/RT_20200427-infra-16.jpg" /> <img width="3427" height="2500" width_o="3427" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf5d0700e562df77fa0d02540007c4e2da885cef8b9eab65378c7fbb1117e22b/RT_20200427-infra-14.jpg" data-mid="72121090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf5d0700e562df77fa0d02540007c4e2da885cef8b9eab65378c7fbb1117e22b/RT_20200427-infra-14.jpg" /> <img width="3333" height="2500" width_o="3333" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c4634a84f86b6c0c7eac3fd089a3718294e4d77fa639da41e952ac9dfe12efb/RT_20200427-infra-20.jpg" data-mid="72121093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c4634a84f86b6c0c7eac3fd089a3718294e4d77fa639da41e952ac9dfe12efb/RT_20200427-infra-20.jpg" /> <img width="3427" height="2500" width_o="3427" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb051c5384ddd8b34f6616f43d075ecfc84412c29b14a66fdccec2122a84969f/RT_20200523-infra-12.jpg" data-mid="72121101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb051c5384ddd8b34f6616f43d075ecfc84412c29b14a66fdccec2122a84969f/RT_20200523-infra-12.jpg" /> Infra- : instillation views <img width="2998" height="2249" width_o="2998" height_o="2249" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/495d63256b0c90bf4f6348b4550b5b53b74a159d512c8135bebe7221a1d62db9/RT_2015-infra_install-04.jpg" data-mid="72401641" border="0" alt="Interstices, Agn&egrave;s B., Paris, 2015" data-caption="Interstices, Agnès B., Paris, 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/495d63256b0c90bf4f6348b4550b5b53b74a159d512c8135bebe7221a1d62db9/RT_2015-infra_install-04.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c0f88b3f0d1320c4407d02ce384db24fcca0a74e185722a48c7b0d8e2b1ec36/RT_20150529-infra_install-06.jpg" data-mid="72401628" border="0" alt="Espace Van Gogh, Arles" data-caption="Espace Van Gogh, Arles" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c0f88b3f0d1320c4407d02ce384db24fcca0a74e185722a48c7b0d8e2b1ec36/RT_20150529-infra_install-06.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43bcb302e0fb12724481c64d0e9e73fc9bd2e884be2530c414dd6fe435384a31/RT_20180217-infra_install-04.jpg" data-mid="72401637" border="0" alt="La flamme double, BIP Li&egrave;ge, Li&egrave;ge, 2018" data-caption="La flamme double, BIP Liège, Liège, 2018" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43bcb302e0fb12724481c64d0e9e73fc9bd2e884be2530c414dd6fe435384a31/RT_20180217-infra_install-04.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c038f86a38db4e99b6fabebe4ae7d30b2419ee6cee3ee2870b6e253ae76dc6bb/RT_20171028-infra_install-10.jpg" data-mid="72401631" border="0" alt="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " data-caption="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c038f86a38db4e99b6fabebe4ae7d30b2419ee6cee3ee2870b6e253ae76dc6bb/RT_20171028-infra_install-10.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bba9e006c155d6b9b193736a1ddf5a648322d243518c8238387413e2fc1bb8a/RT_20171028-infra_install-08.jpg" data-mid="72401633" border="0" alt="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " data-caption="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bba9e006c155d6b9b193736a1ddf5a648322d243518c8238387413e2fc1bb8a/RT_20171028-infra_install-08.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8652ffe13bb29deebb11d50a67d81204ad8d28d537c76e33593a8a0c7cef087/RT_20171028-infra_install-09.jpg" data-mid="72401632" border="0" alt="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " data-caption="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8652ffe13bb29deebb11d50a67d81204ad8d28d537c76e33593a8a0c7cef087/RT_20171028-infra_install-09.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52f93189765c772d66643567c1cf5518fb71243dede8312902fb502d99885b34/RT_20171028-infra_install-07.jpg" data-mid="72401634" border="0" alt="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " data-caption="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52f93189765c772d66643567c1cf5518fb71243dede8312902fb502d99885b34/RT_20171028-infra_install-07.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8af3efaa5eac784a944b26b786fe56f721700ad34ab6eab227af0b3cc398210/RT_20170125-infra_install-11-2.jpg" data-mid="72401620" border="0" alt="Transparent print on window, Les fid&egrave;les, Espace T2, Paris, 2017" data-caption="Transparent print on window, Les fidèles, Espace T2, Paris, 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8af3efaa5eac784a944b26b786fe56f721700ad34ab6eab227af0b3cc398210/RT_20170125-infra_install-11-2.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/122dc95774e4d1b095326290fcaf9f7c12714fe37f65abb73784ec158afd1d85/RT_20170125-infra_install-11.jpg" data-mid="72401625" border="0" alt="Transparent print on window, Les fid&egrave;les, Espace T2, Paris, 2017" data-caption="Transparent print on window, Les fidèles, Espace T2, Paris, 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/122dc95774e4d1b095326290fcaf9f7c12714fe37f65abb73784ec158afd1d85/RT_20170125-infra_install-11.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2ba7db7badce4e3449208812dbe0b8cb517afbfb5b5eab2a62a853f3d1bfbec/RT_20171028-infra_install-06.jpg" data-mid="72401635" border="0" alt="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " data-caption="Festival QPN, Galerie du Rayon Vert, Nantes, 2017 " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2ba7db7badce4e3449208812dbe0b8cb517afbfb5b5eab2a62a853f3d1bfbec/RT_20171028-infra_install-06.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f826365d182f6ee5645cbd29a12b1ab9e7b24e4133228cc97e4c3775a4c3951/RT_20160116-infra_install-05.jpg" data-mid="72401636" border="0" alt="&Eacute;changes de vues, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, 2015" data-caption="Échanges de vues, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f826365d182f6ee5645cbd29a12b1ab9e7b24e4133228cc97e4c3775a4c3951/RT_20160116-infra_install-05.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/816429aa5b4cfe3c61413d7dc430f18a59d515597f35846e6e4d66325e1ed9f9/RT_20160603-infra_install-03.jpg" data-mid="72401638" border="0" alt="Infra-, Biennal de la Photographie de Mulhouse, CCFF, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2016" data-caption="Infra-, Biennal de la Photographie de Mulhouse, CCFF, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/816429aa5b4cfe3c61413d7dc430f18a59d515597f35846e6e4d66325e1ed9f9/RT_20160603-infra_install-03.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c346c835bf2083f7adebd30be582fb1a96995a93d228fb6860931228885e11c/RT_20160603-infra_install-02.jpg" data-mid="72401639" border="0" alt="Infra-, Biennal de la Photographie de Mulhouse, CCFF, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2016" data-caption="Infra-, Biennal de la Photographie de Mulhouse, CCFF, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c346c835bf2083f7adebd30be582fb1a96995a93d228fb6860931228885e11c/RT_20160603-infra_install-02.jpg" /> <img width="2999" height="2000" width_o="2999" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb10249390908f677a994a3dbfe5042045b20e70a62867c950e1545e05f69849/RT_20160603-infra_install-01.jpg" data-mid="72401640" border="0" alt="Infra-, Biennal de la Photographie de Mulhouse, CCFF, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2016" data-caption="Infra-, Biennal de la Photographie de Mulhouse, CCFF, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb10249390908f677a994a3dbfe5042045b20e70a62867c950e1545e05f69849/RT_20160603-infra_install-01.jpg" /> https://rebeccatopakian.com/La-melee Sat, 23 May 2020 11:17:14 +0000 Rebecca Topakian https://rebeccatopakian.com/La-melee La mêlée 2014 Blueback print, 250x400cm. La mêlée is a single image of a mosh pit and shows a sensual tangle of bodies, arms and heads. 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