Espace contraint
(Confined Space)
Video Performance, 59min 53sec, Camera HD

Espace contraint physically isolates the model. She is left all alone; with no contact whatsoever to the outer world. The only clear instruction the model was given is the following: “stay in that confined box as long as you possibly can”. Set up above the wooden box, a camera records the whole performance from a high angle. As the performance goes on, the young woman starts making stereotyped gestures that translate her frustration and that show the amount of self-control necessary to remain trapped in this box. Facing only herself, she is reduced to her most basic needs, showing an almost animal-like behavior. Her isolation and her very vulnerable state could herewith ignite a reflection about the human condition, her very own status in the society, and her real personal needs.