Strates Miroir [Mirror Stratas] Vernissage and Blind Seer Performance

Strates Miroir [Mirror Stratas]
Emma Charrin

Emma Charrin’s exhibition entitled Strates Miroir [Mirror Stratas] will be on view in the Petit Pavilion at Institut Français, June 12-July 26, 2025.

Her project Visions Telluriques combines photographs and a video/sound installation created during a residency at Minas Gerais, Brazil. The project explores the transformation of landscapes due to the extraction of iron and precious stones through the observation of minerals and their geological and anthropological aspects. The photographs offer a variety of perspectives—from the panoramic to close-up views of leaves and minerals—reminding us of the scales of geological formations and our capacity and limit of vision. For the sound and video installation, Charrin mixed sounds from different sources, including those from gongs originally used as therapy in Asia. The vibrations of gongs pass through our bodies and can resynchronize our inner vibrations. This video installation evokes the mysterious ambience of an underground space such as a mine or cave, akin a threshold to the bowels of the Earth.

Starting at 17:30, the vernissage for Emma Charrin’s exhibition entitled Strates Miroir [Mirror Stratas] will be accompanied by a conversation with the artist, followed by a performance of Gustavo Ciríaco with Ville en Mouvment.

Blind Seer
Gustavo Ciríaco, Ville en Mouvment

Blind Seer, conceptualised by Gustavo Ciríaco, will be performed with Bigué Ndiaye, Ndèye Gueye, Mohamadou Lamine Damba, Dibor Biaye, and Alexandre Garcia. The work is inspired by the transitory construction of space during religious rituals, among them Haitian voodoo. This first chapter of an on-going research will explore how an invisible panorama of ritual unfolds through gestures and actions. Through an evocative blend of music, dance, and visual theater, the performance will envelop audiences in a mystical landscape where the intangible becomes tangible. Blind Seer is part of Covered by Sky, a collection of interactive installations and performances centered on the relationships between landscape and art, experience and poetic discourse.