For OpenART – Scandinavia’s biggest public art biennial, running for twelve weeks in the city of Örebro in Sweden - Baptiste Debombourg has realized a work inspired by the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea behind the work is to distort our perception of the space and the feeling of home and to shift the visual experience by building and deconstructing perception in order to open minds to the hidden layers of reality.

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The caravan – a symbol of freedom for many – is sliced up and presented in a lacerated state. The opportunity to head out on an adventure is gone, as is the spontaneity to make our dreams come true and to decide the course of our own lives. Baptiste Debombourg calls attention to – and condemns – how during the pandemic, the world’s decision-makers stopped people’s movement and extinguished freedom. With strong role models in the art and music communities, he turns devastation into an artistic tool.

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In this destructive spirit, hope remains that something new will sprout. The work oscillates between demolition and transformation, becoming a growing, overwhelming desire for freedom and independence. These are the core values of Debombourg’s art.

Legende

Amplifier – sliced polar caravan, wood, glue, metal structure, 2,50x8x4m, Openart Biennial curated by Sofia Gustafsson, Örebro Castle, Sweden, 2022 / © 2022 Baptiste Debombourg | Adagp, All rights reserved. 

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