https://dianalui.fr Diana Lui Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:48:41 +0000 https://dianalui.fr en https://dianalui.fr/Home-Image-Scroll Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:05:27 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Home-Image-Scroll <img width="2274" height="2866" width_o="2274" height_o="2866" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52d51d002bf111c591adf45713b3775b523a435f6157ec48d90c45fb82f0219b/TREE_BENT_OVER.JPG" data-mid="97322905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52d51d002bf111c591adf45713b3775b523a435f6157ec48d90c45fb82f0219b/TREE_BENT_OVER.JPG" /><img width="1137" height="1439" width_o="1137" height_o="1439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1c4d85ba1207643b99eaab1f69aa3dffd39e634af8a1124037f1c482aacd4a4/Veil-13_RobeMChefchaouen.jpg" data-mid="97736921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1c4d85ba1207643b99eaab1f69aa3dffd39e634af8a1124037f1c482aacd4a4/Veil-13_RobeMChefchaouen.jpg" /><img width="3001" height="3750" width_o="3001" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32c7107e6ae0366863569255345326fbd432474c8251a1a259b19dcf5575ff73/1-2-02006-version03.jpg" data-mid="115552426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32c7107e6ae0366863569255345326fbd432474c8251a1a259b19dcf5575ff73/1-2-02006-version03.jpg" /> https://dianalui.fr/Rooted Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:05:28 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Rooted Rooted <img width="3380" height="2681" width_o="3380" height_o="2681" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cfa1391fd7dcf5cc04448128eba69b27a099db6400387aeb137b466c5b7945d/La_Reunion_Tree_Couple_ret.jpg" data-mid="97321289" border="0" alt="Trees Intertwined, Reunion Island, 2015" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Trees Intertwined&lt;/i&gt;, Reunion Island, 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cfa1391fd7dcf5cc04448128eba69b27a099db6400387aeb137b466c5b7945d/La_Reunion_Tree_Couple_ret.jpg" /> <img width="3085" height="2410" width_o="3085" height_o="2410" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95bc67ecf27edbb3e2ffbea9c20da8b51d4bf5930ab7891c940d9e910aec1a70/NightTree.jpg" data-mid="97321292" border="0" alt="Night Tree, Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Holland, 2007" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Night Tree&lt;/i&gt;, Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Holland, 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95bc67ecf27edbb3e2ffbea9c20da8b51d4bf5930ab7891c940d9e910aec1a70/NightTree.jpg" /> <img width="1460" height="1148" width_o="1460" height_o="1148" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b71f2a733f7501dd8f77afcb2bf1847eab91aafb2433ec180dd1e3182684447/LizardPond_2_2009_ret.jpg" data-mid="97321290" border="0" alt="Lizard Pond, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, 2009" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Lizard Pond&lt;/i&gt;, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, 2009" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b71f2a733f7501dd8f77afcb2bf1847eab91aafb2433ec180dd1e3182684447/LizardPond_2_2009_ret.jpg" /> <img width="2887" height="2300" width_o="2887" height_o="2300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01a11817f9812ce1cdc3f2a411a411cef0010c08991b1ea9e16ce1cb7401e799/Wind-Kissed-Grass-copy.jpg" data-mid="99294063" border="0" alt="Wind-Kissed Grass, Glons, Belgium, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Wind-Kissed Grass&lt;/i&gt;, Glons, Belgium, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01a11817f9812ce1cdc3f2a411a411cef0010c08991b1ea9e16ce1cb7401e799/Wind-Kissed-Grass-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2896" height="2282" width_o="2896" height_o="2282" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07573db757323167635fdff814bc060fdb3d4bbaa84912fc9471c8d5e7d21278/Tree-of-Immortality_modif.jpg" data-mid="97616346" border="0" alt="Tree of Immortality, in front of a Hindu temple, Kotagede, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Tree of Immortality&lt;/i&gt;, in front of a Hindu temple, Kotagede, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07573db757323167635fdff814bc060fdb3d4bbaa84912fc9471c8d5e7d21278/Tree-of-Immortality_modif.jpg" /> <img width="2888" height="2285" width_o="2888" height_o="2285" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66803ca7f82aefae70f3302ddfe2d3120c262064a92a3716e4ddffafb78f715d/INNER_COURTYARD_OF_HIDDEN_A.jpg" data-mid="97904073" border="0" alt="Inner Courtyard of Hidden Appartments, Berlin, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Inner Courtyard of Hidden Appartments&lt;/i&gt;, Berlin, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66803ca7f82aefae70f3302ddfe2d3120c262064a92a3716e4ddffafb78f715d/INNER_COURTYARD_OF_HIDDEN_A.jpg" /> <img width="2875" height="2289" width_o="2875" height_o="2289" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d31b04806f14931143dabb67f82c46bea63df395a3035a8162fc8bfe2f23e22d/TREE_OF_YOUNG_LOVE.jpg" data-mid="115544316" border="0" alt="Tree of Young Love, Djurgarden Park, Stockholm, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Tree of Young Love&lt;/i&gt;, Djurgarden Park, Stockholm, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d31b04806f14931143dabb67f82c46bea63df395a3035a8162fc8bfe2f23e22d/TREE_OF_YOUNG_LOVE.jpg" /> ROOTED medium: large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view camera&nbsp; exhibitions&nbsp;· selection: Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia //&nbsp;I Will Not Give Names To Trees · 2020Galerie Sinitude, Paris // Femmes, Arbres et Hommes · 2008 Guangdong Museum of Art, China //&nbsp;Cities of the Immortals · 2007Aura Gallery, Shanghai //&nbsp;Trees, Individuals, &amp; Sexuality · 2006Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia //&nbsp;Trees, Individuals, &amp; Sexuality · 2006 Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas, Venezuela //&nbsp;Retratos Intimos · 2005 The innate, primitive attraction I have for nature, especially for trees is naturally due to their “rootedness”. Their silent omnipresence, their existence with or without man’s intervention give evidence to my existing within a natural, raw space. Seeing, touching or feeling a tree helps to extend and even stop time…returns me to “the face I had before the world was made”.(1) - Diana Lui (1) Yeats The Winding Stair&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1151" height="1446" width_o="1151" height_o="1446" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4feb9c4c5f2a7d51b0456665a8c01db181ffc355caef3e2675e05cfe946054ca/OldDurianTree_2009_ret.jpg" data-mid="97321293" border="0" data-draggable alt="Old Durian Tree, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, 2009" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Old Durian Tree&lt;/i&gt;, Rimbun Dahan, &lt;br&gt; Malaysia, 2009" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4feb9c4c5f2a7d51b0456665a8c01db181ffc355caef3e2675e05cfe946054ca/OldDurianTree_2009_ret.jpg" /> <img width="2251" height="2881" width_o="2251" height_o="2881" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b24d30a20766236858960cdaa97e92bfa131a3475f7295cc16aa1e6d016142ee/Storm-Hit-Tree_1.jpg" data-mid="97321296" border="0" alt="Storm Hit Tree, Maastricht, Belgium, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Storm Hit Tree&lt;/i&gt;,&lt;br&gt; Maastricht, Belgium, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b24d30a20766236858960cdaa97e92bfa131a3475f7295cc16aa1e6d016142ee/Storm-Hit-Tree_1.jpg" /> <img width="2274" height="2866" width_o="2274" height_o="2866" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52d51d002bf111c591adf45713b3775b523a435f6157ec48d90c45fb82f0219b/TREE_BENT_OVER.JPG" data-mid="97321298" border="0" alt="Tree Bent Over, Djurgarden Park, Stockholm, Sweden, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Tree Bent Over&lt;/i&gt;, Djurgarden Park, &lt;br&gt;Stockholm, Sweden, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52d51d002bf111c591adf45713b3775b523a435f6157ec48d90c45fb82f0219b/TREE_BENT_OVER.JPG" /> <img width="3069" height="2433" width_o="3069" height_o="2433" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e01f6cb2f9ac1c923a0add95dc504219b5d7770b7d81f04442a2f4156caa5b8/TreeChildren.jpg" data-mid="97321300" border="0" alt="Tree Children, Cap Corse, 2004" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Tree Children&lt;/i&gt;, Cap Corse, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e01f6cb2f9ac1c923a0add95dc504219b5d7770b7d81f04442a2f4156caa5b8/TreeChildren.jpg" /> Mon attirance primitive pour la nature se traduit par une fascination pour les arbres, bien évidemment liée à leur enracinement. Leur omniprésence silencieuse témoigne d’un cycle de vie autrement majestueux. Leur existence apaisante — qu’elle soit due à l’intervention de l’homme ou non — me ramène à ma propre existence, à un état brut. Sentir, voir, toucher les arbres me renvoie au “visage qui était le mien avant la création du monde” (1) - Diana Lui (1) Yeats The Winding Stair Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I Will Not Give Names To Trees (2020) <img width="1365" height="1024" width_o="1365" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c96df2c022fd3b5c24efcd40832aaef662b7ae8908d263a0d387379f58dcfca/PhotoGrid_1580910144482.jpg" data-mid="98165621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c96df2c022fd3b5c24efcd40832aaef662b7ae8908d263a0d387379f58dcfca/PhotoGrid_1580910144482.jpg" /> <img width="1020" height="772" width_o="1020" height_o="772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62bbdcf00a65f0624279c8bac1f06c51fa447de057424352e68e1ed0e720f7aa/View_Front.JPG" data-mid="102985115" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62bbdcf00a65f0624279c8bac1f06c51fa447de057424352e68e1ed0e720f7aa/View_Front.JPG" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48d976f5631559b5361c9d2f03dbd654e8fc173a5cf77790c389abe72d21cb20/LyingFeetUp_PromenadeEclipse-2.jpg" data-mid="98165618" border="0" alt="Lying Feet Up Against Him (left) and Promenade during an eclipse (right), August 2017, Lac Daumesnil, Woods of Vincennes, Paris 215 x 150cm, chinese ink on handmade mulberry paper, 2020" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Lying Feet Up Against Him (left) and Promenade during an eclipse (right)&lt;/i&gt;, August 2017, Lac Daumesnil, Woods of Vincennes, Paris &lt;br&gt; 215 x 150cm, chinese ink on handmade mulberry paper, 2020" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48d976f5631559b5361c9d2f03dbd654e8fc173a5cf77790c389abe72d21cb20/LyingFeetUp_PromenadeEclipse-2.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0c9e895fd42acc85c7955c99f3902467bb37687ed5c64a3606bb97550dfe2c8/EmbersAsh.jpg" data-mid="98165614" border="0" alt="Embers and Ash 1 and 2, ⌀110cm, wood ash, chinese ink on handmade recycled cotton rag paper, 2020" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Embers and Ash 1 and 2&lt;/i&gt;, ⌀110cm, wood ash, chinese ink on handmade recycled cotton rag paper, 2020" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0c9e895fd42acc85c7955c99f3902467bb37687ed5c64a3606bb97550dfe2c8/EmbersAsh.jpg" /> <img width="4594" height="2881" width_o="4594" height_o="2881" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bae7679d92ad56a66b5f10586c46b275baa2d30cdb69cf40c4c092a1769d1042/SeedsFlowers_wall.jpg" data-mid="98165624" border="0" alt="Seeds and Flowers, 2019, ⌀30cm, chinese ink on handmade recycled cotton rag paper" data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Seeds and Flowers&lt;/i&gt;, 2019, ⌀30cm, chinese ink on handmade recycled cotton rag paper" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bae7679d92ad56a66b5f10586c46b275baa2d30cdb69cf40c4c092a1769d1042/SeedsFlowers_wall.jpg" /> <img width="4488" height="3444" width_o="4488" height_o="3444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9be74c9377216ef23d2ff8e079db2281aa8d44762028ee4f17c277f096e1ee13/SeedsFlowers_4a_detail.jpg" data-mid="98165623" border="0" alt="Seeds and Flowers, 2019, ⌀30cm," data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Seeds and Flowers&lt;/i&gt;, 2019, ⌀30cm," src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9be74c9377216ef23d2ff8e079db2281aa8d44762028ee4f17c277f096e1ee13/SeedsFlowers_4a_detail.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="1024" width_o="1365" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c20a1f6009bd47456b57744eda55b127bb106cab3a75cc0ddd2739a1635d349/Dessin-2.jpg" data-mid="98165613" border="0" alt="Seeds and Flowers #05, 2019, ⌀30cm," data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Seeds and Flowers #05&lt;/i&gt;, 2019, ⌀30cm," src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c20a1f6009bd47456b57744eda55b127bb106cab3a75cc0ddd2739a1635d349/Dessin-2.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="1024" width_o="1365" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbefe3027db13ddc9fb93190522cc78897b99c290379d14ef44eee020407e004/Dessin-1.jpg" data-mid="98165612" border="0" alt="Seeds and Flowers #06, 2019, ⌀30cm," data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Seeds and Flowers #06&lt;/i&gt;, 2019, ⌀30cm," src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dbefe3027db13ddc9fb93190522cc78897b99c290379d14ef44eee020407e004/Dessin-1.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0244c11c95c53ed8079bb7fea49240c03e08722644e489f945b9721cb231be4d/SeedsFlowers_3a_6_Diptych.jpg" data-mid="98165622" border="0" alt="Seeds and Flowers #03a and #06, 2019, ⌀30cm," data-caption="&lt;i&gt;Seeds and Flowers #03a and #06&lt;/i&gt;, 2019, ⌀30cm," src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0244c11c95c53ed8079bb7fea49240c03e08722644e489f945b9721cb231be4d/SeedsFlowers_3a_6_Diptych.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="1024" width_o="1365" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db313454a0d6f8f019fe2b61694c5b78a720d8a52b31eded144f6fcdca8c3917/vertical.jpg" data-mid="98165625" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db313454a0d6f8f019fe2b61694c5b78a720d8a52b31eded144f6fcdca8c3917/vertical.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bb89dd62b3db45188de72bbccad8bf0955a7044f43609a7dad3e4ae4cb67b92/IMG_9407.jpg" data-mid="98165617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bb89dd62b3db45188de72bbccad8bf0955a7044f43609a7dad3e4ae4cb67b92/IMG_9407.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38c8a543d956eefd9c9a97b4126ef613cf30ea7ac98a2aaa7e4138db0f01e794/P2120236.JPG" data-mid="98165619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38c8a543d956eefd9c9a97b4126ef613cf30ea7ac98a2aaa7e4138db0f01e794/P2120236.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d39d5bbc0f42011007c29060e5199a2d09baa89dbc826c7388ebf4206c99a72/P2120286.JPG" data-mid="98165620" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d39d5bbc0f42011007c29060e5199a2d09baa89dbc826c7388ebf4206c99a72/P2120286.JPG" /> Diana Lui’s solo exhibition ‘I Will Not Give Names to Trees – A Personal Mythology’ slowly unpacks and reveals her relationship to her own being through the metaphor of nature, tying her historical origin to her metaphysical one. What is the source of the self? It is this titular question which has occupied her mind as she continues her introspective interrogation into her identity, examining her life one memory at a time through a combination of photographs, sculptures and drawings. Trees are where the crux of her self-rediscovery lies. In her photographic archives as well as in boxes around her studio, there are thousands upon thousands of images and organic remnants of plants, forming the source which she has built this collection on. This is particularly salient in relation to her black and white photographic prints which hold such an ethereal yet figurative quality to them. Lui sees herself and her body as a tree; a concept that connects her earlier portraiture to her current subject matter. The idea of the tree as a body is one that has deep ties to her own personal and spiritual relationship to trees – seeing them as guardians who have accompanied her through her transient life. It is a symbol that is both steadfast in its strength, yet ever changing and growing, a body which extends its roots into the nether world and reaches its branches towards the sky. In conjunction with her photographs, Lui also showcases a series of delicate mini sculptures, made from the remnants of plants which she has been collecting over the past 30 years. Lui remembers almost every story that comes with each specimen collected, each fragment crystallises a memento to the emotion and memory of a certain point in Lui’s nomadic life. The sculptures themselves are delicate constructions from these found parts – seeds, flowers, leaves and trees painstakingly combined to produce a new plant, a hybrid that is quite literally a combination of past experiences and decisions given shape and allowed to take root. More generally, this idea of nature and how it ties into one’s being inevitably brings to mind the relationship between man and the world, something which Lui also pays much focus to. Ecology and the environment, she explains, plays a big part in her creative process when considering her identity. Particularly, it is the pillaging of the Earth’s natural resources to feed an ever expanding well of human desire, fuelled by the oil of late stage capitalism which Lui finds so abhorrent. From illegal logging to the destruction of indigenous habitats, it betrays a blatant disregard for the Earth that is the origin of all of humanity. This is especially true when considering her involvement and collaboration with the Orang Asli, who are facing increasing displacement as they lose their lands to activities such as this. It is a culmination of factors, from her upbringing around Orang Asli lands and later her own concerns about nature and the marginalized that have inspired her passion and&nbsp; formed this partnership. For Lui, it is not simply that the plants and trees in her work are a metaphor for Mother Nature, but rather that it is a reminder that the arrogance of mankind will be its downfall, and that disregard for a planet which has provided us with all that we need is a path that only leads towards self- destruction. The vines that connect and guide Lui in her journey of the self, betrays a raw and persistent curiosity; a personal journey told through the symbolism of nature. The culmination of this introspection is given root in ‘I Will Not Give Names to Trees – A Personal Mythology’, embracing us in the depth of its mythology and inexorably reminding us of our connection to our first mother: Earth. ‘I Will Not Give Names to Trees – A Personal Mythology’ by Diana Lui is featured at Wei-Ling Gallery from 6th February – 14th March 2020. <img width="2179" height="1149" width_o="2179" height_o="1149" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56a3965ea102b70d8809c32e4d91071506a31986a790f161724b53a4a4035f9d/Plural-article-copie.jpg" data-mid="98454958" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56a3965ea102b70d8809c32e4d91071506a31986a790f161724b53a4a4035f9d/Plural-article-copie.jpg" /> © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. 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Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/The-Essential-Veil Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:05:29 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/The-Essential-Veil The Essential Veil <img width="1137" height="1439" width_o="1137" height_o="1439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d353c3fb533556a58aa2e69fca3c5893139827907ebefecbcc024fc6bec589da/Veil-13_RobeMChefchaouen.jpg" data-mid="97625125" border="0" alt="Veil - 13 Nationality : Moroccan from Chefchaouen Personal history : single, sings with a group of Soufi women, wearing a traditional wedding costume from Chefchaouen Occupation : unemployed Location : Chefchaouen, Morocco" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Veil - 13 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nationality :&lt;/b&gt; Moroccan from Chefchaouen &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personal history :&lt;/b&gt; single, sings with a group of Soufi women,&lt;br&gt; wearing a traditional wedding costume from Chefchaouen &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Occupation :&lt;/b&gt; unemployed &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Location :&lt;/b&gt; Chefchaouen, Morocco" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d353c3fb533556a58aa2e69fca3c5893139827907ebefecbcc024fc6bec589da/Veil-13_RobeMChefchaouen.jpg" /> <img width="2285" height="2884" width_o="2285" height_o="2884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6192e219724cd71b44c6e4945591911236004d297ae901f0818ddfdcca7c66ef/Veil-7.jpg" data-mid="99199675" border="0" data-scale="71" alt="Veil - 7Nationality : Moroccan of Berber origin Personal history : single mother with an 8-year-old daughter, wearing a traditional wedding costume from Marrakesh Occupation : cook Location : at a ngaffa's (wedding organizer) home, Gu&eacute;liz district, Marrakesh" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Veil - 7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nationality :&lt;/b&gt; Moroccan of Berber origin &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personal history :&lt;/b&gt; single mother with an 8-year-old daughter,&lt;br&gt; wearing a traditional wedding costume from Marrakesh &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Occupation :&lt;/b&gt; cook &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Location :&lt;/b&gt; at a ngaffa's (wedding organizer) home, Guéliz district, Marrakesh" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6192e219724cd71b44c6e4945591911236004d297ae901f0818ddfdcca7c66ef/Veil-7.jpg" /> <img width="2285" height="2888" width_o="2285" height_o="2888" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e935c24fd0d522b15491b10bd51e5dc35a86720509e3ac805634f2469a7a613f/Veil-5.jpg" data-mid="99199673" border="0" alt="Veil - 5Nationality: Moroccan of Berber origin Personal history: single mother with an 8-year-old daughter, wearing a traditional wedding costume from Fez Occupation: cook Location: at a ngaffa's (wedding organizer) home, Gu&eacute;liz district, Marrakesh" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Veil - 5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nationality:&lt;/b&gt; Moroccan of Berber origin &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Personal history:&lt;/b&gt; single mother with an 8-year-old daughter, &lt;br&gt; wearing a traditional wedding costume from Fez &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Occupation:&lt;/b&gt; cook &lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Location:&lt;/b&gt; at a ngaffa's (wedding organizer) home, Guéliz district, Marrakesh" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e935c24fd0d522b15491b10bd51e5dc35a86720509e3ac805634f2469a7a613f/Veil-5.jpg" /> THE ESSENTIAL VEIL medium: large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view camera &amp; installation exhibitions · selection:Paris Photo — Galerie 127 · 2018 Mois de la Photo — Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris —&nbsp; Un Maroc raconté autrement, Galerie 127 · 2014 Galerie 127 — Marrakech, Morocco · artist residencies at the Institut Français de Marrakech and Institut Français de Fez · 2009 — 2011 Rencontres Internationales de la Photo de Fès · 2010&nbsp; Marrakech Art Fair · 2010 curator: Nathalie Locatelli Installation materials by textile designer Brigitte Perkins The Essential Veil is an artistic research on the diverse and rich symbolic meanings the veil possesses and how it is worn by different people from different cultural backgrounds today.&nbsp;Guided by the obsessional photographic work on women’s costumes in Morocco by famous French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872-1934)&nbsp;and through a personal documentation of the recurring semantical structures of the veil,&nbsp;Diana Lui unmasks the very essence of its multiple meanings,&nbsp;possibly finding the "essential or universal veil", hence giving clues to our complex existence. <img width="948" height="632" width_o="948" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/013af12b6022e4befd0de38417b45d6ed3bc246e21fe36d5b21e90251887cf73/Galerie127_1.jpg" data-mid="97619168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/948/i/013af12b6022e4befd0de38417b45d6ed3bc246e21fe36d5b21e90251887cf73/Galerie127_1.jpg" /> <img width="948" height="632" width_o="948" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/524c19160b90e55df95ff284343e5d6c5e124cd5b9702ce57d6a90df3c3239d6/Galerie127_2.jpg" data-mid="97619169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/948/i/524c19160b90e55df95ff284343e5d6c5e124cd5b9702ce57d6a90df3c3239d6/Galerie127_2.jpg" /> <img width="3936" height="2624" width_o="3936" height_o="2624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff83f2e3da5ebf4499308c93c1a138774e06693e74a4ac15bcd9d6418899389f/Galerie127_2.JPG" data-mid="99295292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff83f2e3da5ebf4499308c93c1a138774e06693e74a4ac15bcd9d6418899389f/Galerie127_2.JPG" /> <img width="3936" height="2624" width_o="3936" height_o="2624" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f0aa15cb3418bc51ba26e43230a6c0242abda2c6b3defc4adaea8e677cebb55/Galerie127_4.JPG" data-mid="99295293" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f0aa15cb3418bc51ba26e43230a6c0242abda2c6b3defc4adaea8e677cebb55/Galerie127_4.JPG" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Galerie 127 — Marrakech, Morocco&nbsp;·&nbsp;artist residencies at the Institut Français de Marrakech · 2009 &amp; 2010 Le voile essentiel par Diana LuiLes collaborations entre 2009 et 2011 avec les Instituts Français de Marrakech, de Fès et la Galerie 127 à Marrakech, m'ont permis de réaliser mon projet Le Voile Essentiel. Ce projet itinérant consiste en un travail photographique et artistique sur l'esthétique du voile et du drapé en relation avec le corps. Mon travail est une mise en rapport visuelle des significations diverses qu'induit le port universel du drapé et du voile dans notre monde contemporain. Le Voile Essentiel est inspiré de l'oeuvre photographique du psychiatre Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872-1934). Passionné de draperie il a photographié au Maroc entre 1917 et 1920 les différentes manières de porter le voile. <img width="2277" height="2892" width_o="2277" height_o="2892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/918e1b3570c6beb94d2f382de7abd549b6ae26ae487736f3735ccc379e00bcdd/Veil4.jpg" data-mid="99294737" border="0" data-scale="74" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/918e1b3570c6beb94d2f382de7abd549b6ae26ae487736f3735ccc379e00bcdd/Veil4.jpg" /> Veil - 4 Nationality : Moroccan from Fez Personal history : loves fine arts and drawn to photography, dreams of travelling around the world to learn more about&nbsp; different cultures, wearing a modern Moroccan haute couture dress Occupation : physics and chemistry student Location : at a friend's home, Assif district, Marrakesh <img width="2317" height="2896" width_o="2317" height_o="2896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e89fb442aa2adcc1b78e60d36fe0f4860f8aeae3427f47519c95ab413744386/Veil-3.jpg" data-mid="99294734" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e89fb442aa2adcc1b78e60d36fe0f4860f8aeae3427f47519c95ab413744386/Veil-3.jpg" /> Veil - 3 Nationality : Moroccan from Fez Personal history : loves the fine arts and drawn to photography, dreams of travelling around the world to learn more about different cultures, wearing a traditional Berber wedding dress Occupation : physics and chemistry student Location : at a friend's home, Assif district, Marrakesh Le travail photographique que j'ai entamé au Maroc est un projet d'envergure qui tisse un lien entre des mondes variés par le biais de l'interprétation artistique. Il porte sur les costumes de mariage, les événements variés allant du rituel à la vie quotidienne, concernant les diverses régions du pays, se déployant des villes impériales jusqu'au désert de Drâa, passant par le littoral ainsi que les montagnes de l'Atlas. Cette interprétation photographique se situe par-delà l'étude purement ethnographique. Donner à voir de façon personnelle les diverses manières dont le voile est porté au Maroc de nos jours me permet d'en exprimer une vision artistique singulière. Mettant en avant l'écriture photographique au travers de laquelle je me définis, je reste en même temps fidèle à la réalité qui se présente devant mon objectif. <img width="2257" height="2864" width_o="2257" height_o="2864" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baf9a3a0989b43b6b999953c45ffc6cc8efe0de2bc304c90ba68e8d1e9e97048/Veil-1.jpg" data-mid="99294730" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/baf9a3a0989b43b6b999953c45ffc6cc8efe0de2bc304c90ba68e8d1e9e97048/Veil-1.jpg" /> Veil - 1 Nationality : Moroccan of Berber origin Personal history : mother of two children, wearing a niqāb, a veiled costume imported in recent years from Iran Occupation : cleaning maid, cook Location : Riad Denise Masson, Bab Doukkala, Marrakesh <img width="2300" height="2872" width_o="2300" height_o="2872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26749510696306bdff2f2ea3d7de27245137ffd30571786ca06ac5a6d7c76d40/Veil-6.jpg" data-mid="99294735" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26749510696306bdff2f2ea3d7de27245137ffd30571786ca06ac5a6d7c76d40/Veil-6.jpg" /> Veil - 6 Nationality : Moroccan of Arabian origin Personal history : saw renowned Moroccan artist, Regraguia, on television and decided to look for her, adopted by the artist Occupation: student, artist Location : at her home in El Hrarta, near Essaouira <img width="2289" height="2868" width_o="2289" height_o="2868" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2ee288b48d25657d99e9ded868d8883baf561ed1c213d3e058fff79bcaf3708/Veil-8.jpg" data-mid="99294736" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2ee288b48d25657d99e9ded868d8883baf561ed1c213d3e058fff79bcaf3708/Veil-8.jpg" /> Veil - 8 Nationality : Moroccan of Berber origin Personal history : mother of two children, wearing a traditional veiled costume from Marrakesh Occupation : cleaning maid, cook Location : Riad Denise Masson, Bab Doukkala, Marrakesh &nbsp; <img width="2310" height="2889" width_o="2310" height_o="2889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc420f6d5786cd23987f27f4454c6077b64ecc6a1627b72bebbad008c8104e29/Veil-15.jpg" data-mid="99199677" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc420f6d5786cd23987f27f4454c6077b64ecc6a1627b72bebbad008c8104e29/Veil-15.jpg" /> Veil - 15 Nationality : Moroccan from Fez Personal history : only child, was brought up by her great-aunt until her death at age 15, terrible sadness after her great-aunt's death, learned to sing professionally, wearing a complete traditional costume from Fez Occupation : singer of the “malhoune” style, a traditional and popular singing style Location : Dar Batha, Fez<img width="1144" height="1428" width_o="1144" height_o="1428" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2dc0ad2418f2552d166306106f58f4bd59bc1bd499981c7916b4acb2230a214/Veil-10_RobeMariage1erJour-Fez.jpg" data-mid="97625122" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2dc0ad2418f2552d166306106f58f4bd59bc1bd499981c7916b4acb2230a214/Veil-10_RobeMariage1erJour-Fez.jpg" /> Veil - 10 Nationality : Moroccan, father from Tata (south Morocco), mother from Fez Personal history : dreams of going to the USA, participated in the Green Card Lottery, wearing a wedding dress with a white cape called a "selham", a wedding costume worn during the bride's journey from her home to the bridegroom's house (while passing by the mausoleum) Occupation : English literature student Location : Dar Batha, Fez, Morocco Chaque résidence est accompagnée d'une exposition composée d'une série de photographies ainsi que d'une installation. Mon intention est de donner à ce projet une approche artistique plurielle. Chaque installation consistera, selon la cohérence et les besoins du projet, en une interaction avec les diverses strates de la culture et de l'artisanat marocains. Ainsi, une grande place sera faite à la fabrication des tissus, donc aux couturiers, tisserands et brodeurs... <img width="2264" height="2887" width_o="2264" height_o="2887" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10849cf711576aab466394ace82d1251fa11c2d9a2537bc97cf287cbcc0136d3/Veil-9_C_RobeMHenna-Fez-copie.jpg" data-mid="97625110" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10849cf711576aab466394ace82d1251fa11c2d9a2537bc97cf287cbcc0136d3/Veil-9_C_RobeMHenna-Fez-copie.jpg" /> Veil - 9 Nationality : Moroccan, father from Tata (south Morocco), mother from Fez&nbsp; Personal history : dreams of going to the USA, participated in the Green Card Lottery, wearing a wedding dress for the henna ceremony Occupation : English literature student Location : Dar Batha, Fez, Morocco <img width="974" height="1230" width_o="974" height_o="1230" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4969f0b750f5aa6fd2fe2b24efe3bc65ef3f459b9113c6e9ad5b99180de6800c/Veil-14_C_RobeMariageSbohe_lowdef.jpg" data-mid="97625128" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/974/i/4969f0b750f5aa6fd2fe2b24efe3bc65ef3f459b9113c6e9ad5b99180de6800c/Veil-14_C_RobeMariageSbohe_lowdef.jpg" /> Veil - 14 Nationality : Moroccan, father from Tata (south Morocco), mother from Fez Personal history : dreams of going to the USA, participated in the Green Card Lottery, wearing a wedding caftan called a&nbsp;lebsa del joher which means “attire in pearls” Occupation : English literature student Location : Dar Batha, Fez, Morocco&nbsp; <img width="1063" height="1339" width_o="1063" height_o="1339" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0c2127cff06a9b96a5eaa266680b799d430914bff69b6f71edadf9d643e198d/Veil-11_C1_RobeMSoussi-Fez_lowdef.jpg" data-mid="97625123" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0c2127cff06a9b96a5eaa266680b799d430914bff69b6f71edadf9d643e198d/Veil-11_C1_RobeMSoussi-Fez_lowdef.jpg" /> Veil - 11 Nationality : Moroccan from Marrakesh, Berber origin Personal history : first in her family to become an actress, wearing a traditional Soussi Berber wedding dress Occupation : actress Location : Dar Batha, Fez, Morocco <img width="2281" height="2908" width_o="2281" height_o="2908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ad19e42feb83c8ecb53982cb2124c560786b7bbd170e87273ea10e7b8372d82/Veil-12_C2_RobeSaharaGoulmima-Fez.jpg" data-mid="97625124" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ad19e42feb83c8ecb53982cb2124c560786b7bbd170e87273ea10e7b8372d82/Veil-12_C2_RobeSaharaGoulmima-Fez.jpg" /> Veil - 12 Nationality : Moroccan from Marrakesh, Berber origin Personal history : first in her family to become an actress, wearing a Goulmima Saharian costume Occupation : actress Location : Dar Batha, Fez, Morocco <img width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c9345dd56e79fe7e0bcaed2308c2c6dedd471c9b4fd6e88b318ea0393ebe4ad/HotelDeSauroy.jpg" data-mid="99295294" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/670/i/3c9345dd56e79fe7e0bcaed2308c2c6dedd471c9b4fd6e88b318ea0393ebe4ad/HotelDeSauroy.jpg" /> Mois de la Photo — Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris —&nbsp; Un Maroc raconté autrement, Galerie 127 · 2014 <img width="2480" height="1754" width_o="2480" height_o="1754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/235820f28604fabfbdfa42447f276b2796bc936c7f329d73be5c1b0e1c19aa52/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_2_1.jpg" data-mid="99295446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/235820f28604fabfbdfa42447f276b2796bc936c7f329d73be5c1b0e1c19aa52/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_2_1.jpg" />Performance and installation with henna powder · Institut Français de Fez · 2011 Les produits fabriqués sur place comme le henné, les pigments de couleur issus des minéraux trouvés au Maroc, les miroirs de hammam, pourront également être utilisés selon la nature de l'installation. Ce procédé induit une mise en relation et un échange avec les artisans locaux qui de ce fait participent de manière active et impliquée à l'élaboration du projet artistique. <img width="2480" height="1754" width_o="2480" height_o="1754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67d1e2b1907a519dd396460adc9c2296115c617e7e80e9b2972656ea05e59591/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_1_1.jpg" data-mid="99295444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67d1e2b1907a519dd396460adc9c2296115c617e7e80e9b2972656ea05e59591/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_1_1.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="1754" width_o="2480" height_o="1754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fefd952684d37a60a4a7367ac7715b0f4884eaec52bdf8d2605a78dbfe44b5b/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_1_2.jpg" data-mid="99295445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fefd952684d37a60a4a7367ac7715b0f4884eaec52bdf8d2605a78dbfe44b5b/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_1_2.jpg" /><img width="2480" height="1754" width_o="2480" height_o="1754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23d78bbe789a7d2544bbf3550d0c9776e6205fc816e834dc5a275b65047f2ca6/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_2_2.jpg" data-mid="99295447" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23d78bbe789a7d2544bbf3550d0c9776e6205fc816e834dc5a275b65047f2ca6/View_InstitutFrancaisFez_2_2.jpg" />Institut Français de Fez · 2011 © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. 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Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Les-Tunisiennes Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:38:14 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Les-Tunisiennes Les Tunisiennes &nbsp; <img width="2402" height="3026" width_o="2402" height_o="3026" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b55f5ff7a12dcfb1bbc06b41d58c32c6b4055e36bff3a4cd2aa6e30b59ae46d3/Aziza_Djerba.jpg" data-mid="98180293" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b55f5ff7a12dcfb1bbc06b41d58c32c6b4055e36bff3a4cd2aa6e30b59ae46d3/Aziza_Djerba.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb3a4ac0b6c6e6e0b01640d4eae1b4b48fbaef0051481c1039746d43d80cec9c/8Aziza.jpg" data-mid="98180524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb3a4ac0b6c6e6e0b01640d4eae1b4b48fbaef0051481c1039746d43d80cec9c/8Aziza.jpg" /> L’ENVERS DES CORPS exhibition :&nbsp;l'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France,&nbsp; 10th December 2013 - &nbsp;9th March 2014&nbsp; curator : Dorothée Allaneau ・With the kind support of the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, l'Institut français &amp; l'Institut français de Tunis, la Ruche numérique / CCI Le Mans Sarthe Les Tunisiennes - Tunisia’s North African culture, rich with its Mediterranean heritage, is a country torn between tradition and modernity due to its radical political and social changes since the 1950's and once again since its Arab Spring in 2011. Tunisia and its young population often struggle to bridge the gap between their contradictory roles and identities.Through a kind of collective performance of dressing today's Tunisian women in traditional costumes from different regions in Tunisia, we hope to lessen this "gap" symbolically by finding a new and essential way of being, combining tradition and modernity, integrating the old with the new, mixing roots, origins and today's revolutionary ideas with inventiveness, innovation, courage and daring. L'Envers des corps is the result of a 6-month artist residence in 2013 where collaboration with local artists, artisans and collectors helped to piece together a Tunisian identity in radical evolution. <img width="656" height="375" width_o="656" height_o="375" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ccd02fe268018e3c7bf4f62a602d031ea6f2c54c1a18a62373a40a7a6e89663/Video-L-envers-des-corps.jpg" data-mid="98185603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/656/i/7ccd02fe268018e3c7bf4f62a602d031ea6f2c54c1a18a62373a40a7a6e89663/Video-L-envers-des-corps.jpg" /> Official film presented by l'Institut du Monde Arabe on the exhibition "L'Envers des corps" artists exhibited - Diana Lui &amp; Mariem Besbes · curator - Dorothée Allaneau/Galerie Sponte La série de photographies présentée dans « L'Envers des Corps » est une quintessence de mes rencontres avec des femmes de Tunisie tout au long de cette année 2013. Avant d'entamer ce projet, mes connaissances sur ce pays étaient à vrai dire assez sommaires. De la révolution en 2011 aux événements politiques qui se sont déroulés ensuite, la Tunisie a souvent été présentée sur la carte géopolitique du monde comme initiatrice du Printemps Arabe. Ces connaissances glanées au hasard des médias occidentaux me laissaient une impression plutôt mitigée alors que je m'apprêtais à partir pour mon tout premier voyage vers la Tunisie. Je connaissais par ailleurs trop bien l'atmosphère qui pouvait régner dans un pays en pleine reconstruction. Cependant, lors de mes voyages successifs à travers le pays, alors que je commençais à voir de mes propres yeux et que les rencontres avec les gens laissaient remonter des histoires personnelles, un mélange de surprise et de plaisir s'est imposé comme une évidence. En effet, je découvrais un pays mais c'est par la rencontre avec ses habitants que je créais une carte personnelle et intime de ce peuple dont j'entendais les histoires au singulier. <img width="2439" height="3057" width_o="2439" height_o="3057" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0be5d42499215a15fb69fdf12ed33a2dca6494fd8189e861009bc8f641c7178b/Mouna_RafRaf.jpg" data-mid="98207910" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0be5d42499215a15fb69fdf12ed33a2dca6494fd8189e861009bc8f641c7178b/Mouna_RafRaf.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd509c9a4e58079882fc77ba3c19bf78ac10ce695e2103d2ac42591f57a1d275/3Mouna.jpg" data-mid="98180519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd509c9a4e58079882fc77ba3c19bf78ac10ce695e2103d2ac42591f57a1d275/3Mouna.jpg" /> <img width="2411" height="3012" width_o="2411" height_o="3012" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5131bf19c850680e1fd428d5721a9590839ca1825f3e378d82dc2bef1bcbc8ea/Rabaa2.jpg" data-mid="99294332" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5131bf19c850680e1fd428d5721a9590839ca1825f3e378d82dc2bef1bcbc8ea/Rabaa2.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/899feb6450e7ffb2699b95b00f381c3e035ad0f8303edb519536a94b91ef11bd/10Rabaa2.jpg" data-mid="98544312" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/899feb6450e7ffb2699b95b00f381c3e035ad0f8303edb519536a94b91ef11bd/10Rabaa2.jpg" /> <img width="2469" height="3043" width_o="2469" height_o="3043" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf0265671204af008b34a991c5a4d7d598da1fd2a9a3b9c61e24d2da10de1322/Mahbouba_Ksar_Hellal_verso.jpg" data-mid="98180305" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf0265671204af008b34a991c5a4d7d598da1fd2a9a3b9c61e24d2da10de1322/Mahbouba_Ksar_Hellal_verso.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a47b71998f3b942c9f9b451a4bebeca9c97b5149470efe6ea2942e628b4cdddf/13Mahbouba.jpg" data-mid="98180528" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a47b71998f3b942c9f9b451a4bebeca9c97b5149470efe6ea2942e628b4cdddf/13Mahbouba.jpg" /> <img width="2452" height="3039" width_o="2452" height_o="3039" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd8fea0002033b01963bdd47dbaf3a4402002517c5f333cc60cb33305731e5f7/Hadhemi_Djerba_color.jpg" data-mid="98180297" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd8fea0002033b01963bdd47dbaf3a4402002517c5f333cc60cb33305731e5f7/Hadhemi_Djerba_color.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/291fbb34a8bcb8ed187b60445294046449ed4fdeef0307097622667e0a391ff4/17Hadhemi.jpg" data-mid="98180532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/291fbb34a8bcb8ed187b60445294046449ed4fdeef0307097622667e0a391ff4/17Hadhemi.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="2988" width_o="2400" height_o="2988" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de16ca28d7e5c64754eb81bf29e4579baefaac2630c934ac62879c4274bd9194/Aziza_Mahdia.jpg" data-mid="98180294" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de16ca28d7e5c64754eb81bf29e4579baefaac2630c934ac62879c4274bd9194/Aziza_Mahdia.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dc3d4a7547f440b8af9f2e32260553d2565eae0ac4076b5086a327024715f95/7Aziza.jpg" data-mid="98180523" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dc3d4a7547f440b8af9f2e32260553d2565eae0ac4076b5086a327024715f95/7Aziza.jpg" /> <img width="2472" height="3020" width_o="2472" height_o="3020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3b35fbc319cd1a59020799331ac87e4e45678dbaecd1409f37fa556c30ad76f/Baha_Mahdia_Tunique.jpg" data-mid="98207907" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3b35fbc319cd1a59020799331ac87e4e45678dbaecd1409f37fa556c30ad76f/Baha_Mahdia_Tunique.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dfd6bceb75b997a26628e17d6921ed744a0d5a6598e98cec2e5be6617521269/16Baha.jpg" data-mid="98180531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dfd6bceb75b997a26628e17d6921ed744a0d5a6598e98cec2e5be6617521269/16Baha.jpg" /> La rencontre avec les femmes m'a touché plus particulièrement. Leurs modes de vie contradictoires. Leurs habits occidentaux, leur éducation, leur pleine conscience des droits de la femme. Leur attachement profond à la culture et à la tradition complexes de la terre dont elles sont issues. L'influence de la richesse des mélanges méditerranéen, européen, arabe, berbère et turc dont est constitué le peuple tunisien se retrouve à toutes les strates et participe à tout moment à la complexité des situations quotidiennes comme plus générales. La progression à grands pas vers l'indépendance, le libéralisme et la modernité depuis les années 50 a crée une brèche imprévue entre passé et futur. La lutte au quotidien consiste à concilier ce passé et ce présent tout en abordant le début de 21ème siècle d'un pas incertain. Ma méconnaissance en apparence de la Tunisie contemporaine me permet de faire des rapprochements avec le pays de mes origines, la Malaisie. Un pays musulman colonisé plusieurs fois où cultures et peuples divers vivent ensemble dans une jeune démocratie issue de l'indépendance acquise en 1957. Les différences en surface avec les femmes tunisiennes rencontrées au fur et à mesure se métamorphoseront en laisser-passer car de par mon passé et mon cheminement dans la vie, nous avons bien des choses à partager et à nous raconter. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01c602ce772d01dc4e8def6349ae66bbd1b7bb3fa46b6d22bd079f59941212f8/2Rim.jpg" data-mid="98180516" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01c602ce772d01dc4e8def6349ae66bbd1b7bb3fa46b6d22bd079f59941212f8/2Rim.jpg" />&nbsp; <img width="2431" height="3021" width_o="2431" height_o="3021" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d47d4ee55f5cd587d05e71aa7d8075f530df7a65894f449f3f8007eea2f43f6/Rim_Gandoura.jpg" data-mid="98180307" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d47d4ee55f5cd587d05e71aa7d8075f530df7a65894f449f3f8007eea2f43f6/Rim_Gandoura.jpg" /> <img width="2434" height="3032" width_o="2434" height_o="3032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cec3e172c5c7f837a58399a062d290e1586378f80ae36be074622fa0554a07f/Amal_CaftanHammamet.jpg" data-mid="98458950" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cec3e172c5c7f837a58399a062d290e1586378f80ae36be074622fa0554a07f/Amal_CaftanHammamet.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/580675ff21a98eacd09eabeeafd44e77f1cf27e3bbe048e93bf44cc0d819838a/6Amal.jpg" data-mid="98180522" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/580675ff21a98eacd09eabeeafd44e77f1cf27e3bbe048e93bf44cc0d819838a/6Amal.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a66f956c6ca158bdd4a6d6a0a0e6fb093d7c607403adda17e8627666606c0185/1Hadhemi2.jpg" data-mid="102987053" border="0" data-scale="76" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a66f956c6ca158bdd4a6d6a0a0e6fb093d7c607403adda17e8627666606c0185/1Hadhemi2.jpg" /> <img width="2452" height="3042" width_o="2452" height_o="3042" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c59b3d4b084bdd87bff6d2a5d0d1fc1344b96607fdf9b4dc732c7691ed428dd2/Hadhemi_Hammamet_bw.jpg" data-mid="98207909" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c59b3d4b084bdd87bff6d2a5d0d1fc1344b96607fdf9b4dc732c7691ed428dd2/Hadhemi_Hammamet_bw.jpg" /> En photographiant des femmes de Tunisie et en leur demandant de revêtir les costumes traditionnels faits à la main provenant des diverses régions du pays, je crée une performance symbolique. En se parant d'un habit traditionnel, chaque femme endosse les couches multiples qui constituent l’identité du pays. Les costumes imaginaires L'expérience a été poussée au-delà de la représentation même pour certaines femmes. Créant des « costumes hybrides » qui reflètent l'ambiance générale ou bien l'humeur du moment, des éléments extraits du quotidien de la vie tunisienne d'aujourd'hui ont été intégrés dans des costumes imaginaires. Du fil barbelé militaire au sac de chantier, du tissu noir à la poupée d'enfant Lala (Maman), très populaire, l'utilisation de ces objets issus de la vie de tous les jours, permet une forme d'exutoire ainsi que la création de nouveaux totems. <img width="2490" height="3038" width_o="2490" height_o="3038" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39c73b5d809a323fc6e3c0507e521272edc84ebb2f66e3db649490c49e9f05e3/Amira.jpg" data-mid="98180292" border="0" data-scale="69" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39c73b5d809a323fc6e3c0507e521272edc84ebb2f66e3db649490c49e9f05e3/Amira.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9f622cb59fd3df3aa89a936cd514c3613eebd2e8ccfd844024aa2b814dd54f4/5Amira.jpg" data-mid="98180521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9f622cb59fd3df3aa89a936cd514c3613eebd2e8ccfd844024aa2b814dd54f4/5Amira.jpg" /> <img width="2418" height="3014" width_o="2418" height_o="3014" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebdd936c6484bcd2e912e51ca0519a13ebf19f15f3e25efd460c1a0d8d75eee1/Aziza_VoileNoir.jpg" data-mid="98180295" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebdd936c6484bcd2e912e51ca0519a13ebf19f15f3e25efd460c1a0d8d75eee1/Aziza_VoileNoir.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af2da6aeb0cc08a26223b5266ce1d7ba01315daf7ce3755d7feb35e196765a13/9Aziza.jpg" data-mid="98180525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af2da6aeb0cc08a26223b5266ce1d7ba01315daf7ce3755d7feb35e196765a13/9Aziza.jpg" /> Qu'elle soit étudiante, activiste, architecte, artiste, tisseuse, designer de bijoux, actrice, femme de ménage, serveuse, femme d'affaires, vendeuse, danseuse, femme au foyer ou mère, chaque femme photographiée est invitée à suivre le même rituel: le rituel de redécouvrir son héritage par le biais de l'acte de porter et de représenter des costumes provenant de villes et villages aussi divers que Mahdia, Djerba, Raf raf, Hammamet, Moknine, Ksar Hellal, etc… <img width="2494" height="3166" width_o="2494" height_o="3166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6cd4cd2400771f74ec90f5bf0fe9881b7c7eb978cd326de44f7314b0cf9b307/Mouna_Djellaba.jpg" data-mid="98180306" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6cd4cd2400771f74ec90f5bf0fe9881b7c7eb978cd326de44f7314b0cf9b307/Mouna_Djellaba.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/281a170e45c5073216158e0a42d47f2f0e3afa73a3ee21cf64f22c3a3981ab34/4Mouna.jpg" data-mid="98180520" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/281a170e45c5073216158e0a42d47f2f0e3afa73a3ee21cf64f22c3a3981ab34/4Mouna.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bcd289b73ec694d8e8577a52c8b086b5a40d7add63dd84628e11990c8a9f4f3/14Sabrine.jpg" data-mid="98180529" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9bcd289b73ec694d8e8577a52c8b086b5a40d7add63dd84628e11990c8a9f4f3/14Sabrine.jpg" />.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="2468" height="3026" width_o="2468" height_o="3026" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e0b61d7ba59b0f9b4b4362f8b54968cf20caf58b068d62dfa792a55e3a0114a/Sabrine_Olfa.jpg" data-mid="98180308" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e0b61d7ba59b0f9b4b4362f8b54968cf20caf58b068d62dfa792a55e3a0114a/Sabrine_Olfa.jpg" /> <img width="2406" height="3072" width_o="2406" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5207f7ca5387d191734e0193ac7d8bebf1ae629b5dff05d45ece1b82f755d193/Fatima_Baha.jpg" data-mid="98207908" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5207f7ca5387d191734e0193ac7d8bebf1ae629b5dff05d45ece1b82f755d193/Fatima_Baha.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adb974e727e88dcaaf79b20ed94d549f9ce7c23dc7ab608b177368f18d4c461d/15Fatima.jpg" data-mid="98180530" border="0" data-scale="78" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adb974e727e88dcaaf79b20ed94d549f9ce7c23dc7ab608b177368f18d4c461d/15Fatima.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="3661" width_o="2244" height_o="3661" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/272a0820cdfd9c4257cd5381ded955500fda4e9dbcec1915fa97f8360098e292/11Rabaa.jpg" data-mid="98180527" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/272a0820cdfd9c4257cd5381ded955500fda4e9dbcec1915fa97f8360098e292/11Rabaa.jpg" /> <img width="2470" height="3078" width_o="2470" height_o="3078" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a02d3d0dfa48d4ab12c34347a9cb7aeac6b08e2d696154d9e2f319a436386807/Rabaa_Mouknin_lounging.jpg" data-mid="98207911" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a02d3d0dfa48d4ab12c34347a9cb7aeac6b08e2d696154d9e2f319a436386807/Rabaa_Mouknin_lounging.jpg" /> <img width="2854" height="1564" width_o="2854" height_o="1564" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/745e7528c0fe442bd8cbda773fad21b86d413942e2f74eb5636679fd5cc1e510/road-movie.jpg" data-mid="98673458" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/745e7528c0fe442bd8cbda773fad21b86d413942e2f74eb5636679fd5cc1e510/road-movie.jpg" />Video of the road movie during the artist residence in Tunisia 2013 L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France, 2014 <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0dcf7173fb07bdfbb20b6701629f3f136ffe313d72cf217b16d55052734c5c0/IMG_7231.jpg" 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Bigot, director of TV5 Monde" data-caption="(right) Jack Lang, director of Institut du Monde Arabe and Yves Bigot, &lt;br&gt;director of TV5 Monde" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/567/i/4e6e39fb9f05f7da36cf9d8e5e31debd98a40b78022b057cc377d474f6c070ef/JackLang_YvesBigot_567.jpg" /> <img width="6016" height="4016" width_o="6016" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08aeae76d46c9be32cb55a4cba942f99124c5d25ab9882a3cab49fbdbcae5572/_DSC7950.jpg" data-mid="98180289" border="0" alt="Diana Lui with Brigitte Patient, french journalist, well-known for her popular radio show on photography Regardez voir on France Inter" data-caption="Diana Lui with Brigitte Patient, french journalist, well-known for her popular radio show on photography &lt;i&gt;Regardez voir&lt;/i&gt; on France Inter" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08aeae76d46c9be32cb55a4cba942f99124c5d25ab9882a3cab49fbdbcae5572/_DSC7950.jpg" /> <img width="670" height="501" width_o="670" height_o="501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21ad5c16279ac347d203bffdda791fa2f76a31b39c7d39841aa5adf84033d81f/Vernissage_IMA_670.jpg" data-mid="98180310" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/670/i/21ad5c16279ac347d203bffdda791fa2f76a31b39c7d39841aa5adf84033d81f/Vernissage_IMA_670.jpg" /> <img width="2781" height="1537" width_o="2781" height_o="1537" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c482bd39af9b1525097e6faa5b7653fcb2ba1a431ce1d6b87791588332f3e7e5/IMA-Vernissage.jpg" data-mid="98193544" border="0" data-scale="79" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c482bd39af9b1525097e6faa5b7653fcb2ba1a431ce1d6b87791588332f3e7e5/IMA-Vernissage.jpg" /> Video of the opening&nbsp; Press France 2 Télématin, pour regarder l’émission tv, cliquer ici ou sur l’image en dessous : <img width="670" height="470" width_o="670" height_o="470" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13be6ab9835fbe8e3383d60b78aac9968ff9d307f3f5f7d64b307a0a43821490/Tele-matin.png" data-mid="98457694" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/670/i/13be6ab9835fbe8e3383d60b78aac9968ff9d307f3f5f7d64b307a0a43821490/Tele-matin.png" /> TV5 Monde&nbsp;L'exposition "L'Envers des corps" a ouvert ses portes à l'Institut du monde arabe le 10 décembre 2013. Fruit de la rencontre entre une créatrice tunisienne de textiles, Mariem Besbes, et une photographe franco-belge d'origine malaisienne, Diana Lui, l'installation raconte en 17 photos, les codes vestimentaires féminins tunisiens et leur influence sociétale de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Rencontre avec la photographe, Diana Lui, sur Terriennes de TV5 Monde. Interview ici ou sur l'image en dessous : <img width="579" height="839" width_o="579" height_o="839" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9c981f29cfdbadf1d6854f0a7224d23e31fd958e0fc5a69b3494de4f26832d9/Screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-2.30.53-PM_579.png" data-mid="98185600" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/579/i/f9c981f29cfdbadf1d6854f0a7224d23e31fd958e0fc5a69b3494de4f26832d9/Screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-2.30.53-PM_579.png" /> © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. 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Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Les-Etoiles-de-Diana-1 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:38:58 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Les-Etoiles-de-Diana-1 Les Étoiles de Diana 1 <img width="3120" height="3908" width_o="3120" height_o="3908" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1adc91c4e3ba07097bf54bce0da52f055a735c6d2bdd6483a81947b843ef2288/1-2-02018-version34.jpg" data-mid="99700412" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1adc91c4e3ba07097bf54bce0da52f055a735c6d2bdd6483a81947b843ef2288/1-2-02018-version34.jpg" />Quarry of the Barthe brickyard in Gratens near Toulouse, Haute-Garonne region LES ÉTOILES DE DIANA&nbsp;·&nbsp;1DIANA’S STARS medium: large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view camera, digital images &amp; installation exhibitions: Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, France – Les Etoiles de Diana (Diana’s Stars)&nbsp;- group exhibition from a photography &amp; science residence, Résidence 1+2 Toulouse · 2017Museum of Contemporary Art Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France – Les Etoiles de Diana - exhibition from a photography &amp; science residence, Résidence 1+2, bilingual&nbsp;catalogue under the same title, 80 pages, edited by Editions Filigranes, Paris · 2016 curator and artistic director: Philippe Guionie for Résidence 1+2 I left my native country, Malaysia, at the age of fourteen and for more than thirty years, I’ve been travelling the world in search of my identity and origins. For this reason, the theme of uprootedness is central to my artistic creation. I am part of a hybrid generation for whom the attachment to a geographical location is no longer important. This is the consequence of a turbulent, nomadic life. I’ve become receptive to the specific features of peoples, cultures, political and economic systems, climates, foods, languages and even more subtle things like ways of thinking, hopes and hopelessness, fears, dreams and so on. Becoming an artist means being an archaeologist, an explorer and a psychologist all at once. ‘Where am I?’ and ‘Who am I?’, two recurring questions raised by humankind in its obsessional desire to know the origins of its existence. The people of Toulouse are part of the alchemists and investigators who have been attempting since the Middle Ages to decipher the mystery of the sky and the four elements: Earth, Water, Air and Fire. From the first day, I felt a telluric energy emanating from the pebbles and clay bricks of this fascinating city, at once anchored in the earth and permanently looking towards the sky. This was my very first photographic residency in France and my eighteen years in this country had simply not prepared me for this encounter with such a powerful city.·· Légende de l’image ci-dessus : Carrière de la briqueterie Barthe à Gratens, département de la Haute-Garonne. Tuiliers-briquetiers de père en fils depuis 1772, la famille Barthe perpétue la fabrication ancestrale de carreaux en terre cuite. La carrière tolosane, façonnée par les rivières en crue, apparaît comme un livre ouvert chargé des péripéties d’une longue histoire géologique. Chaque couche recèle une part de ce message sédimentaire du passé. Extraites une à une de leur gisement, les trente variétés de terre sont classées, disposées en tas puis travaillées avant leur mise au four. Utilisée sous forme de blocs en terre crue, en terre à piser, en terre à torchis ou adobe, la terre reste un matériau indémodable. <img width="3081" height="3835" width_o="3081" height_o="3835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75da4733dfb08ebc70d04fa8459851c9c9d8a94b991d43c71563c026db819ba9/AudreyLoupy_version08.jpg" data-mid="99699278" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/75da4733dfb08ebc70d04fa8459851c9c9d8a94b991d43c71563c026db819ba9/AudreyLoupy_version08.jpg" /> Toulousaine&nbsp;#1 · Violinist from the National Orchestra of the Capitol of Toulouse, of Vietnamese and Limousin origins· Quarry of the Barthe brickyard in Gratens near Toulouse, Haute-Garonne region · Costume : the top is a jacket by Callot Soeurs (summer 1912), a Parisian haute couture house, inspired by a man's jacket from the Louis XVI period and containing elements characteristic of the creations of this house such as the use of lace and ribbons on the sleeves. The hat dates from the same period around 1912, a creation of Novalis, a milliner from Toulouse who ran a store at 23, rue Alsace-Lorraine&nbsp;✦ Collection Jean-Pierre Daraux <img width="3003" height="3754" width_o="3003" height_o="3754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba964333211bd5c821939dbb4d708fdf467dd6537d1f975fb074a01e06ef8f3d/1-2-02005-Version03.jpg" data-mid="99699270" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba964333211bd5c821939dbb4d708fdf467dd6537d1f975fb074a01e06ef8f3d/1-2-02005-Version03.jpg" />Toulousaine #2 · Professional make up artist of Mexican origin· Couvent des Jacobins, Toulouse &nbsp; · Costume : jacket, skirt, petticoat, apron and head handkerchief in wool and cotton, 20th century. This costume was created from old models for the Ballets Occitans. Founded in 1962 by Françoise Dague, this troupe of dancers and musicians embodies the revival of folklorism in the 1960s. Relying on a body of knowledge accumulated on popular arts and traditions, the Ballets Occitans help to transmit the memory of this heritage. ✦ Collection Musée Paul Dupuy <img width="3050" height="3812" width_o="3050" height_o="3812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5911fa422e0f648232901384e87a7c9275b112421853fddfe495ef83e49aca3/1-2-02013-version02.jpg" data-mid="99699274" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5911fa422e0f648232901384e87a7c9275b112421853fddfe495ef83e49aca3/1-2-02013-version02.jpg" />Toulousaine #7 · Second year student in psychology at the University Jean Jaurès, of Italian, French and Algerian origins· La Chapelle Saint-Antonin, Couvent des Jacobins, Toulouse ·&nbsp;Costume for the character of an extra in the film Les Chants de Mandrin by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche in 2011, created by Christiane Vervandier. Costume details: a brown quilted skirt, a white apron, a white whale stay with beige and blue checkers, a checkered dress top, a blue scarf, a white charlotte ✦ Collection Cinémathèque de Toulouse My daily pilgrimage in the historical centre of Toulouse begins with a cup of coffee in the Garden of antiquities of the Musée Saint-Raymond. Surrounded by olive trees, Acanthus plants, grapevines, palm trees and Mediterranean flowers, I find myself transported back to the Roman era. A play of shade and light prints a lace-like pattern on my hands and my personal diary. Hypnotised by the mysterious dance of leaves rippled by the wind, I walk towards the crypt of the basilique Saint-Sernin, one of my favourite places in Toulouse. In the vaulted crypt I am filled with silence and calm as if immersed in water and meditate for several minutes until a feeling of tranquil strength takes hold of me. Some faiths claim that this is a powerful geo-biological site with a cosmo-telluric chimney that generates energy. I like to wander and lose myself in the open-air markets in Toulouse. Markets are the heartbeats of a city. The clamour of sellers of fruits and vegetables, meats and pork-cuts, breads and pastries, the strident sounds of bargaining, bursts of laughter, the clinking of wineglasses on terraces, the delicious smells tickling my nostrils, confirm my opinion that Toulouse is a city of pleasure and gourmet cuisine. People of all race, colour and creed parade by in a colourful, lively pageant. Since the very first day, my photographer’s eye has filed away hundreds of portraits. It is a true feast for my hungry eyes, forever alert to the many possible lives on this Earth. <img width="3022" height="3800" width_o="3022" height_o="3800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35e42f3cd2a3714fae634572c671cc5ebf42befa49199b3cc2eaea1c8a6fd9ae/1-2-02004-version06.jpg" data-mid="99700182" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35e42f3cd2a3714fae634572c671cc5ebf42befa49199b3cc2eaea1c8a6fd9ae/1-2-02004-version06.jpg" />Toulousaine #5 · Copywriter and photographer of English, Dutch, Czech and German origins· Terre de Pastel, Labège near Toulouse ✢ accessories : spools of thread, curtains and tablecloth dyed in pastel blue · Costume : jacket, skirt, petticoat and apron in wool and cotton, 20th century. This costume was created from old models for the Ballets Occitans. Founded in 1962 by Françoise Dague, this troupe of dancers and musicians embodies the revival of folklorism in the 1960s. Relying on a body of knowledge accumulated on popular arts and traditions, the Ballets Occitans help to transmit the memory of this heritage ✦ Collection Musée Paul Dupuy <img width="3136" height="3924" width_o="3136" height_o="3924" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0257d7fb77312fd8d5287a0ae3e5dec4035b1c4b29bd4111ac3a5f37a83b14b/1-2-02020-version04.jpg" data-mid="99699277" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0257d7fb77312fd8d5287a0ae3e5dec4035b1c4b29bd4111ac3a5f37a83b14b/1-2-02020-version04.jpg" /> Toulousaine #10 · Technical secretary for low-income housing from Toulouse· The small cloister of Musée des Augustins, Toulouse· Costume of the Toulouse bourgeoisie towards the end of the 19th century. ✢ coffo canelada - Toulouse headdress, three rows of piped lace, decorated with a flat knot on the back of the neck&nbsp; ✢&nbsp;cos - dress: cotton brocade fabric, engageantes (false sleeves) : white sleeve ends in lace ✢ white baptist shawl, pleated around the neck, double point embroidery on the back, fixed on the dress with a brooch ✢&nbsp;davantal - striped colored taffeta apron ✢&nbsp;black stockings and black shoes ✢ black crocheted gloves in thread ✢ cadenos - necklaces or sautoirs, gold cross on velvet ribbon&nbsp;✢ black silk purse, embroidered with jet stone beads&nbsp;✢ clabie - chatelaine, suspended from the waist, 4 chains: metal mesh purse, ballroom notebook, needle case, photo medallion ✦ Collection Le Poutou* de Toulouse&nbsp; *kiss in Occitan language In the neighbourhood of Matabiau where I live, women ‘set up shop’ on the corners of the streets or stroll around in the evening after 5 pm. One woman in particular catches my eye. She is always sitting on a queen’s throne before her door, in a white fur coat that has yellowed over time. Come rain or wind she remains at her post, faithful to her profession. Her make-up is always the same, like a sad clown’s in its exaggerated overflowing lines and colours, and her expression likewise with a slight lifting of the eyebrows, half waiting, and half beseeching. I am deeply moved by her. There is nobility in her silent posture, commanding that she be seen with a mix of curiosity, admiration and compassion. I had imagined several shooting sessions with her but in fact our first encounter never presented itself. The traces of her existence will soon be forgotten as the neighbourhood undergoes its current and future urban mutation. From Jolimont Hill, the sunset looks like a mirage. Perched over one of the rooftops of the Observatory, I savour each moment of this panoramic vista of the city bathed in burnt sienna red, becoming more intense at the end of the day against the blue sky. Akin to Saint-Exupery’s little Prince, I feel like I have landed on a planet built of the dreams and ambitions of its inhabitants. Everything seems to be a carefully constructed illusion, yet the illusion is strikingly real. <img width="3056" height="3838" width_o="3056" height_o="3838" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb3439a0a2618662afd8e8a3af11d79345c1cffa340955fb996ec7fa3480bc86/1-2-02014-version05.jpg" data-mid="99699275" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb3439a0a2618662afd8e8a3af11d79345c1cffa340955fb996ec7fa3480bc86/1-2-02014-version05.jpg" /> Toulousaine #6 · History student and writer of Parisian and Algerian origins· Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse ✢ accessories : armillary sphere, wood and printed paper, 1st half of the 19th century·&nbsp;Costume for the character of Gabrielle de Polignac played by Virginie Ledoyen in Farewell to the Queen directed by Benoît Jacquot in 2012, created by Christian Gasc, famous French costume designer for cinema, theater and opera from Tarn-et-Garonne. Details of the costume: a white petticoat, a green silk satin basket dress, a green silk taffeta underskirt embroidered with gold thread. ✦ Collection Cinémathèque de Toulouse <img width="2303" height="2877" width_o="2303" height_o="2877" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a10d57d90d84b3dbd23df99f77e2bf78e47d3587415b9469c7cf2aea00cd2758/1-2-02008-version02.jpg" data-mid="99699272" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a10d57d90d84b3dbd23df99f77e2bf78e47d3587415b9469c7cf2aea00cd2758/1-2-02008-version02.jpg" /> Toulousaine #3 · Blue pastel master dyer of Belgium and American origins · Bleus de Pastel de Lectoure, the pastel dyeing workshop, a former tannery in Lectoure in the Gers · Costume and accessories : linen set tinted in two shades of blue from the pastel plant, cow horn, leather belt. This costume is inspired by the 13th, 14th and 15th century, the Golden Age of pastel. It represents a dyer, whose accessories around the waist allows her to have everything she needs to either defend herself or to eat with (the horn). The medals on the purse celebrate several Feasts of the King of the Birds in Puy-en-Velay&nbsp;✦&nbsp;Collection Bleus de Pastel de Lectoure THE REVELATION OF PASTEL BLUE&nbsp; My first encounter with Toulouse took the form of a colour stemming from the alchemy of a medicinal plant named Isatis Tinctoria: pastel blue. Blue was never an essential colour in my artistic practice but I started to take notice of it three years ago during my artist residencies in Tunisia and Malaysia. The indigo blue of these hot countries turned up in their traditional textiles, evoking the celestial energy of the sky and water. In Toulouse, blue has definitively become part of my creation. This alchemical greyish blue, which takes on different shades according to the atmosphere, the pollution, the humidity, the medium or the dyer’s mood, is a ‘lively’ blue that is difficult to master. It’s the blue of the northern countries, different from indigo blue, its rival from the South. A greyish blue whose range of tones goes from a nascent blue (almost white) to the black mysterious blue of the ocean’s depths. According to Louis XIV’s venerable minister Colbert, thirteen shades of blue can be obtained from this medicinal and tinctorial plant. The culture of the Occitan pastel reached its peak in the 16th century, when blue had become a luxury item. Many private mansions in what is now the historical centre of Toulouse attest to the fortunes accumulated by the merchant families of that era. But today there are only a few dyers in Occitania perpetuating the ancestral alchemical technique. I wanted to create a dialogue between the pastel blue and the warm tonalities of the bricks and the earth. A rich palette of blues and reds have thus brought colour to a large number of my portraits of Toulouse women. Through traditional or imaginary costumes inspired by the city’s history, most of which come from the collections of local museums and public institutions, each woman intensely expresses her Toulouse identity, whether acquired by birth or adoption. I chose to represent this unity, at once personified and symbolic, on historical sites like the Basilica of St. Sernin, the convent of the Jacobins, the Musée des Augustins, the Carmelite chapel, the Musée Paul Dupuy, the Jolimont Observatory or the Piste des Géants (Giants’ Runway) aerospace complex in the suburb of Montaudran. By photographing these women of all ages and backgrounds, I’m exploring the place of cultural heritages in contemporary society, that of individuals between their past and their present, and in particular, the identity of today’s women, for the hybrid identity of the 21st century has long been one of my obsessional subjects. &nbsp;(all texts are taken from the bilingual book Les Etoiles de Diana / Diana’s Stars, published by Editions Filigranes &amp; Résidence 1+2, Toulouse, 2016) <img width="2277" height="2857" width_o="2277" height_o="2857" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/645658d3f03de96ebe67681c09d58375104b26f6272aadb565aaf6640c68784a/1-2-02009-version02.jpg" data-mid="99699273" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/645658d3f03de96ebe67681c09d58375104b26f6272aadb565aaf6640c68784a/1-2-02009-version02.jpg" />Toulousaine #4 · Parisian teacher, consultant and cultural mediator for the image and cinema·&nbsp;The reserve of the Paul-Dupuy museum, Toulouse· Costume : blue penitent's tunic, linen canvas, 18th - 19th century The brotherhood of the Blue Penitents allowed the laity to live their faith through prayer and charity and created solidarity among its members. The long, hooded tunic that hides the whole body expresses the penitent's humility while ensuring his anonymity for deeds from which he is not to derive any glory here on Earth. The old chapel of the Blue Penitents, which has become the Saint-Jérôme church, still exists on rue du Lieutenant-Colonel Pélissier in Toulouse. ✦ Collection Musée Paul Dupuy <img width="3120" height="3932" width_o="3120" height_o="3932" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cd4b93c19e6834640f54ea420c5b5158631efc27d9d843208f49d3ec3dc67a1/1-2-02017-version04.jpg" data-mid="99703469" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cd4b93c19e6834640f54ea420c5b5158631efc27d9d843208f49d3ec3dc67a1/1-2-02017-version04.jpg" />Toulousaine #9 · Swiss Brazilian dancer and choreographer·&nbsp;Perry building, place Esquirol, Toulouse ·&nbsp;Costume for the character of Tina Lombardi played by Marion Cotillard in A Very Long Engagement directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet in 2004, created by Madeleine Fontaine. Costume details: a black skirt, a black transparent bodice, a black coat with removable pockets and stole with belt, two pieces of black lace, a black hat with violet and bird hairpiece ✦ Collection Cinémathèque de Toulouse <img width="2290" height="2862" width_o="2290" height_o="2862" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fe0baf5ecec1ca89af1876f8832a63fbbb00120b2fa56286b81126b93dca555/1-2-02007-version03.jpg" data-mid="99699271" border="0" data-scale="72" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fe0baf5ecec1ca89af1876f8832a63fbbb00120b2fa56286b81126b93dca555/1-2-02007-version03.jpg" />Toulousaine #11 · Ivorian model and reiki practitioner·&nbsp;La Piste des Géants, Montaudran district, Toulouse· Costume : jacket, skirt, hat in embroidered silk satin and cotton, Paris 1991. Designer: Christian Lacroix (born in Arles, 1951) This costume was created in 1991 at the request of Mrs. Mimette Drommelschlager, organizer of fashion shows in Toulouse in the 1990s. Inspired by the theme of Toulouse, the subject matter of the commission, the costume consists of a fitted jacket and a matching corolla skirt in black satin. The whole piece is entirely embroidered with a sprinkling of violets, flowers whose cultivation has long been a specialty of the city of Toulouse. ✦&nbsp; Collection Musée Paul Dupuy <img width="4528" height="5620" width_o="4528" height_o="5620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ae85a2da7696256ff4ddbc5067db6b21e54760f648aeb3e7e7adfa08c270e6d/Scan-018b-version045.jpg" data-mid="99700413" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ae85a2da7696256ff4ddbc5067db6b21e54760f648aeb3e7e7adfa08c270e6d/Scan-018b-version045.jpg" />Toulousaine #8 ·&nbsp;Rwandan model and social worker of Peul origin· La chapelle des Carmélites, Toulouse· Costume : bustier, skirt, ruff and pair of cuffs in satin, tulle and synthetic cabochon, Paris, 1992. This dress was commissioned by Ms. Mimette Drommelschlager from designer Popy Moreni. The Toulouse theme is inspired by the violet, the dress itself has become a flower. From a green bustier dotted with colored cabochons, the petals bloom at the level of the skirt in an explosion of colored tulles, ranging from yellow to purple. ✦ Collection Musée Paul Dupuy <img width="2575" height="1555" width_o="2575" height_o="1555" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9bac8bde82f0ffc9fc7b3f01ab1fdc2f47f863c443f2f28f5824b68ed3768a1/video.jpg" data-mid="100495506" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9bac8bde82f0ffc9fc7b3f01ab1fdc2f47f863c443f2f28f5824b68ed3768a1/video.jpg" />"Diana Alice Léa" short film of the artists working on site during the art and science residence&nbsp; Résidence 1+2 - Toulouse #2016 ©Marjorie Calle with Diana Lui, Alice Lévêque and Lea Patrix MUSÉE LES ABATTOIRS, Toulouse, France, 2016 <img width="6136" height="4909" width_o="6136" height_o="4909" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd09dd09d58f136ef71e3f72dc64dcae4a86be8434fb1aaf4f6afc6fa4a711bc/12.jpg" data-mid="99722755" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd09dd09d58f136ef71e3f72dc64dcae4a86be8434fb1aaf4f6afc6fa4a711bc/12.jpg" /> <img width="7389" height="4955" width_o="7389" height_o="4955" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/237ad978f22824bc0aa9779d405ccafa5bd328c97a6f874b80f63142fb581a0a/4.jpg" data-mid="99722752" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/237ad978f22824bc0aa9779d405ccafa5bd328c97a6f874b80f63142fb581a0a/4.jpg" /> <img width="6320" height="5056" width_o="6320" height_o="5056" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/181fa1c439dd662379d2a5a27cd7389f56e8a5bb05d33e1053bb1f826d8496f1/5.jpg" data-mid="99722753" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/181fa1c439dd662379d2a5a27cd7389f56e8a5bb05d33e1053bb1f826d8496f1/5.jpg" /> <img width="6140" height="4912" width_o="6140" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14a2f068d7c18adf4ec6453e6d9678894f0f518b0d16d5a27838492194eb3155/3.jpg" data-mid="99722747" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14a2f068d7c18adf4ec6453e6d9678894f0f518b0d16d5a27838492194eb3155/3.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3c903de932cde6c1ae9da89525da3451585fe458da3fdafb2e2bcc1590a178f/BOOK_3.jpg" data-mid="99722237" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3c903de932cde6c1ae9da89525da3451585fe458da3fdafb2e2bcc1590a178f/BOOK_3.jpg" /> <img width="4511" height="3007" width_o="4511" height_o="3007" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2569fe105659fa3bf31656214d4a136212db4174366943b75663feb2c5fad8b/BOOK.jpg" data-mid="99722239" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2569fe105659fa3bf31656214d4a136212db4174366943b75663feb2c5fad8b/BOOK.jpg" /> <img width="5184" height="3456" width_o="5184" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd75b18983e05a87f9f92c837a61d3d0a1cea5fa98a41d99d5c44ac4dc8f2c20/BOOK_10.jpg" data-mid="99722238" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd75b18983e05a87f9f92c837a61d3d0a1cea5fa98a41d99d5c44ac4dc8f2c20/BOOK_10.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1d378f80db107643f558cadb3c1e544f849d45996fc223ba6bea7c1dfb4f137/IMG_3499.JPG" data-mid="103103679" border="0" data-scale="82" alt="Stand Editions Filigranes, Paris Photo 2016" data-caption="Stand Editions Filigranes, Paris Photo 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1d378f80db107643f558cadb3c1e544f849d45996fc223ba6bea7c1dfb4f137/IMG_3499.JPG" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80fa099615139669d4c4dee964a560ef03b1b152beb79bf04a2f7f22f056a236/IMG_7059.jpg" data-mid="103105155" border="0" alt="Les Rencontres&nbsp;de la photographie d'Arles 2017" data-caption="Les Rencontres&nbsp;de la photographie d'Arles 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80fa099615139669d4c4dee964a560ef03b1b152beb79bf04a2f7f22f056a236/IMG_7059.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23bf18b296a8f02e71527d83f1873626cf4765310d5f46e3054c8c2ce63f731d/IMG_7050.jpg" data-mid="103105154" border="0" data-scale="71" alt="Les Rencontres&nbsp;de la photographie d'Arles 2017" data-caption="Les Rencontres&nbsp;de la photographie d'Arles 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23bf18b296a8f02e71527d83f1873626cf4765310d5f46e3054c8c2ce63f731d/IMG_7050.jpg" /> © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. 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Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Les-Etoiles-de-Diana-2 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:48:41 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Les-Etoiles-de-Diana-2 Les Étoiles de Diana 2 <img width="3001" height="3750" width_o="3001" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2689a8b6420cbb10cf7f4a2e80036ce90c40c9f7316f7738064c92155bd5cabc/1-2-02006-version03.jpg" data-mid="99705305" border="0" alt="La Carte du Ciel #01, Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse, 2016" data-caption="La Carte du Ciel #01, Basilique Saint-Sernin de Toulouse, 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2689a8b6420cbb10cf7f4a2e80036ce90c40c9f7316f7738064c92155bd5cabc/1-2-02006-version03.jpg" /> LES ÉTOILES DE DIANA · 2DIANA’S STARS medium: large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view camera, digital images, photograms &amp; installation exhibitions: Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, France – Les Etoiles de Diana (Diana’s Stars) - group exhibition from a photography &amp; science residence, Résidence 1+2 Toulouse · 2017Museum of Contemporary Art Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France – Les Etoiles de Diana - exhibition from a photography &amp; science residence, Résidence 1+2, bilingual catalogue under the same title, 80 pages, edited by Editions Filigranes, Paris · 2016 curator and artistic director: Philippe Guionie for Résidence 1+2 scientists: Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist and co-responsible for the ChemCam instrument in operation on the Curiosity rover on planet Mars, William Rapin, CNRS Research Scientist at IRAP (Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology) in Toulouse Maps of the heavens One morning I found myself in the corridor of time, or more precisely, in the 13th century: opposite me in the shadowy darkness, there was a wall with two different maps of the heavens that may well have served as teaching materials for the study of the universe. The more damaged of the two, composed of concentric ochre circles and signs, probably deals with the theme of macrocosm and microcosm that symbolically relates human beings to the universe. On the other one, which is better preserved, the Earth is divided into three parts corresponding to the three continents known at that time (Europe, Africa and Asia). It is positioned at the centre of a universe made up of twelve concentric circles. Seven of these circles are associated with a heavenly body: from the centre outwards, Luna Lobus (the Moon), Luna Mercuris (Mercury), Circulum Venus (Venus), Casa Solis (the Sun), Sfera Martis (Mars), Celium Jovis (Jupiter) and Saturn. In the hushed silence, my imagination started to wander and I felt like an astronomy student memorising the composition of this amazing celestial vault. I asked myself what Paradise might look like beyond the circle of the stars, the realm of the angels and God. When I left the Basilica of St. Sernin, I was white with dust and it may be that a bit of celestial dust has remained in my soul. <img width="2942" height="3835" width_o="2942" height_o="3835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93faf0814d3d4eecac5848965cff3a5d9e8609881973034e0193b5a4c6b4508e/P48-024.jpg" data-mid="99983448" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93faf0814d3d4eecac5848965cff3a5d9e8609881973034e0193b5a4c6b4508e/P48-024.jpg" /> Self-portrait of artist painting the movement of the stars · Malaysian artist of Chinese and Sikh origins· in her Montreuil studio near Paris <img width="7656" height="7632" width_o="7656" height_o="7632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28465e03c2029462339a3328529260c254a8f5a912b9bbabc8874b25b6d5b962/LesDamesdelaCarteduCiel.jpg" data-mid="99708553" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28465e03c2029462339a3328529260c254a8f5a912b9bbabc8874b25b6d5b962/LesDamesdelaCarteduCiel.jpg" /> Cliché de la Carte du ciel issu de 3 poses de 30 minutes comprenant 11220 étoiles, obtenu le 1er février 1927 à 9h45 à Toulouse. Archives Municipales (fonds de l’Observatoire de Midi-Pyrénées) La Carte du Ciel #02, 11220 x 3 étoiles, 2016L’image ci-dessus est une fusion de deux photographies sélectionnées dans les réserves des Archives Municipales de Toulouse.&nbsp;Le titre fait écho aux trois points en triangle de chaque étoile qui font partie de la technique pour distinguer une étoile&nbsp;d’un point de poussière. Cela a été réalisé grâce à trois expositions successives légèrement décalées sur la même plaque&nbsp;photographique. Les dames superposées à l’avant-plan de la Carte du ciel sont un hommage rendu à ces femmes qui, bien&nbsp;que n’ayant jamais participé aux observations astronomiques, ont néanmoins joué un rôle important dans l’astronomie de&nbsp;la fin XIXe et début XXe siècle. <img width="13462" height="10362" width_o="13462" height_o="10362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f74e0c22dd21aa71c3f3c0fd5146b5d34076d34dd481b1e255eb3256e4a85e3/FRAC31555_72FiNC01.jpg" data-mid="99708668" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f74e0c22dd21aa71c3f3c0fd5146b5d34076d34dd481b1e255eb3256e4a85e3/FRAC31555_72FiNC01.jpg" /> Vers 1900, les dames de la Carte du ciel à l’Observatoire de Jolimont, Toulouse Collection René Baillaud, Observatoire de Midi-Pyrénées <img width="3088" height="3900" width_o="3088" height_o="3900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e31de2f66fca2045b886bbaa1ebb4366e435f89f7a7b56ccb6dbcfc5fabc52b2/1-2-02027-Version04.jpg" data-mid="99705318" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e31de2f66fca2045b886bbaa1ebb4366e435f89f7a7b56ccb6dbcfc5fabc52b2/1-2-02027-Version04.jpg" />Le planétarium de l’E.N.A.C. (École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile), Montaudran, Toulouse, 2016. Ce planétarium, un dôme blanc de 6 mètres de diamètre, est un lieu d’apprentissage pour les futurs pilotes dans le repérage des étoiles et l’orientation dans un ciel nocturne. L’appareil mécanique, une sorte de projecteur situé au centre de la salle, a été fabriqué en 1950 à Jena en Allemagne de l’Est par la société VEB Carl Zeiss. Depuis l’invention du GPS et l’évolution de la technologie, les pièces de cet appareil n’étaient plus fabriquées et le planétarium est tombé dans l’oubli. Grâce à l’intervention de quelques anciens étudiants passionnés, ce lieu retrouve aujourd’hui toute sa magie. Le projecteur aux multiples lentilles trace dans le noir les petits points de lumière sur l’alcôve. Chaque spectateur découvre au milieu de milliers d’étoiles un ciel peuplé des signes du zodiaque, de la course du soleil ou de la lune. Le ciel semble se mouvoir à volonté par le biais d’une machine hors du temps pilotée par un enseignant en navigation aérienne. <img width="3988" height="3168" width_o="3988" height_o="3168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6938b5a2ee759864f4e336e475b16e8e5a3f8b20ce1c30fac6500de0ecd18bce/1-2-02026-version02.jpg" data-mid="100494940" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6938b5a2ee759864f4e336e475b16e8e5a3f8b20ce1c30fac6500de0ecd18bce/1-2-02026-version02.jpg" /> Orion, le chasseur de l’universLorsque la voûte de ce planétarium se transforme en ciel nocturne, on aperçoit la constellation d’Orion suspendue dans « le ciel » dessinée par le projecteur stellaire Zeiss. Orion est probablement la constellation la plus ancienne et la plus visible depuis notre hémisphère nord bien qu’elle le soit également dans l’hémisphère sud du fait de sa position proche de l’équateur céleste. Pendant plus de deux mille ans, Orion a eu plusieurs noms et représentations : « les Sumériens y voyaient un mouton ; pour les Égyptiens c’était la demeure d’Osiris dieu de la mort et de l’outre-monde ; en Chine, Orion est l’une des vingt-huit Xiu du zodiaque chinois traditionnel, connue sous le nom de Shen ce qui signifie littéralement « trois », peut-être en référence aux trois étoiles du « Baudrier »... Pour les Grecs, elle représente Orion, un chasseur légendaire connu pour sa beauté et violence qui se vantait de pouvoir tuer n’importe quel animal. Depuis l’Antiquité, nous cherchons sans cesse à cartographier le ciel. Les civilisations et leurs cultures ont imaginé les constellations comme des figures mythologiques qui signifiaient et marquaient non seulement leurs gloires et conquêtes du monde, mais aussi leur époque et leur histoire. La constellation d’Orion est, dans notre imaginaire collectif, une représentation de notre désir de dessiner notre monde et de le comprendre. The signature of a Martian rock star <img width="2880" height="1563" width_o="2880" height_o="1563" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e204df7cb0f04ef2e13b2a6acb5d27f973932f39fd38036329aab40a40d2ecec/video-1-bis.jpg" data-mid="101644446" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e204df7cb0f04ef2e13b2a6acb5d27f973932f39fd38036329aab40a40d2ecec/video-1-bis.jpg" />Résidence 1+2 - Toulouse&nbsp;#2016 - national conference with Diana Lui, Sylvestre Maurice and William Rapin on the ChemCam Mars project, IRAP (Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology) "Photographie et Sciences" Colloque national au Musée des Abattoirs - FRAC OccitanieConversation avec l'Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP) avec Diana Lui, Sylvestre Maurice et William Rapin, modérée par Jean-François Haït©Clémentine Carrié The encounter with ChemCam was an unexpected case of love at first sight. Its real name is Chemistry and Camera and it’s one of the main scientific instruments aboard NASA’s rover Curiosity on Mars. It is composed of two twin devices, one of which has been on the Red Planet since August 2012, while the other is based at the Institute for Research in Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP) in Toulouse. I was captivated by the talents of this robot, whose telescope serves at once as a camera, laser transmitter and spectroscopic analyser capable of recording the mineral elements with three kinds of light: visible, ultraviolet and infrared. Since its landing on Mars, ChemCam has fired more than 350,000 lasers. As flashy as a rock star, it is entirely gold plated so as to guarantee the superconductivity of its thermal control system and protect itself from corrosion. On Mars, ChemCam has to endure the Red Planet’s harsh conditions during its multiple missions: analysing the light reflected from the planet’s surface with the help of its integrated spectrometers, firing lasers at the soil, rocks and pebbles in order to vaporise the minerals and determine their elemental composition and seeking the presence of water and perhaps the potential existence of life on Mars. Like most real twins, these two ChemCam brothers maintain contact and try to synchronise their experiences despite the 567 million km separating them. Thus, the one on Mars profits from the results of the experiments on Earth to anticipate possible incidents and the one on Earth plays back the analyses of the Martian minerals discovered in order to decipher their unknown signature. What is moving for me is to see how much the scientists and astrophysicists working on ChemCam have become emotionally and psychologically attached to this instrument: it has become ‘their avatar, their eyes and their hands’ on Mars. <img width="1058" height="626" width_o="1058" height_o="626" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9b0621b0c4aa8d0dc7d82fca36e3a17aa5ded715bdcb55ac63c19c4ee5acbd6/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-19.37.46.png" data-mid="100493369" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9b0621b0c4aa8d0dc7d82fca36e3a17aa5ded715bdcb55ac63c19c4ee5acbd6/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-19.37.46.png" />NASA Rover Curiosity on Mars ChemCam is the masthead of the rover Curiosity. One of its main tasks is to fire laser pulses at a target and views the resulting spark with a telescope and spectrometers to identify chemical elements&nbsp;·&nbsp;3D image credit: JPL/NASA
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2967" height="2396" width_o="2967" height_o="2396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2727f8034159ffac1611fbfec20d503a2b4d9003e9f0ad2d7be368c817c7e2e/1-2-02022-version02.jpg" data-mid="99705312" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2727f8034159ffac1611fbfec20d503a2b4d9003e9f0ad2d7be368c817c7e2e/1-2-02022-version02.jpg" /> Le ChemCam* d’IRAP, instrument utilisé lors des essais à l’IRAP, 2016 L’Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP, CNRS) a conçu, réalisé et intégré l’instrument ChemCam en collaboration avec des équipes américaines du JPL/NASA et LANL. Le laboratoire dispose de la réplique de l’instrument martien afin d’étalonner les mesures effectuées sur Mars. Les essais peuvent être effectués à 7 mbar de dioxyde de carbone, reproduisant ainsi les conditions de mesures martiennes. ChemCam est un instrument conçu pour l’exploration de la surface de Mars. Le télescope dont il est doté lui permet d’acquérir des images détaillées, mais sa fonction principale est de focaliser des impulsions laser sur sa cible, d’une puissance de l’ordre du GW/cm2. Sous cette impulsion, le matériau se sublime en une étincelle de plasma lumineux. L’instrument décompose et enregistre ce court éclat de lumière où la signature des atomes, composants élémentaires de la cible, peut être identifiée sous la forme de « raies d’émission ». - IRAP (CNRS, Univ. Toulouse, Obs. Midi-Pyrénées), sous la direction de Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicien, planétologue. <img width="3093" height="2490" width_o="3093" height_o="2490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33add8f90c38691d481f4869127039369c62d4f9474de2f5a18575d7acfc59e2/1-2-02023-version06.jpg" data-mid="99705313" border="0" data-scale="90" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33add8f90c38691d481f4869127039369c62d4f9474de2f5a18575d7acfc59e2/1-2-02023-version06.jpg" /> Échantillons au laboratoire de l’IRAP, Toulouse, 2016 ChemCam est un instrument capable de mesurer l’eau par la signature de l’hydrogène. Afin d’étalonner cette analyse, des mesures doivent être réalisées au laboratoire à l’aide de la réplique de l’instrument, sur des échantillons dont la teneur en eau est connue. Les échantillons sont conservés sous dessiccateur afin de les protéger de l’humidité ambiante. Les mesures sont ensuite effectuées en conditions martiennes sèches dans une chambre dédiée. Certains matériaux contenant de l’eau sont identifiés sur Mars grâce à ce procédé. Ce dessiccateur contient des sulfates de calcium (gypse, anhydrite, bassanite), des sulfates de magnésium (epsomite, kieserite) ainsi que des opales (silice amorphe hydratée). <img width="1051" height="742" width_o="1051" height_o="742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c18da29148dc48d2978ad2c3854c785adc0a045657c3761b368b9e3fa24badf8/Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-16.15.45.jpg" data-mid="101521366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c18da29148dc48d2978ad2c3854c785adc0a045657c3761b368b9e3fa24badf8/Screen-Shot-2021-03-10-at-16.15.45.jpg" />ChemCam’s Signature, observations sols martiens, Hardy Hill, planète Mars, 2015 (photos: IRAP/CNRS, Univ. Toulouse, Obs. Midi-Pyrénées) Les sols de Mars sont un matériau granulaire meuble, qui se déplace sous l'effet du plasma induit par laser. Ils sont le produit du vent, régime dominant d'altération à la surface de Mars depuis des milliards d'années. Derrière chaque observation se cache une histoire d'exploration. Lorsque le rover s'arrête sur un nouveau site, les caméras de navigation prennent des images du terrain en champ large. Une fois téléchargées au centre de contrôle, ces images peu précises permettent cependant de définir des cibles. ChemCam obtient des images plus focalisée et de très haute résolution qui permettent de localiser les échantillons à analyser. L'instrument est utilisé pour évaluer la composition élémentaire des cibles choisies en effectuant une série de points de mesures. Souvent limité en volume de données et en énergie disponible, ChemCam est fréquemment utilisé pour seulement 5 mesures qui permettent d'estimer un minimum la variabilité d'une cible. When ChemCam’s lasers strike the Martian landscape, they leave five holes aligned in horizontal or vertical rows. These are in fact the traces left by the laser shots. The spectrometers then measure the emissions created by this impact in order to determine the composition of each material vaporised. The five holes have become ChemCam’s symbolic signature on Mars, the digital imprints of its passage. This gave me the idea of having its earthly twin recreate this famous ‘signature’ on unexposed sheets of film. In a white room at IRAP, ChemCam worked its magic with a few dozen pulses produced under two successive atmospheric pressures corresponding to the Earth and Mars. The experiment continued with an equivalent of Martian soil, the volcanic soil of Hawaii, which I sprinkled on my unexposed film sheets. This process gave rise to stunningly cosmic, poetic photograms. I can even say that that these ‘laser photograms made by ChemCam’ were created here in Toulouse for the very first time in the history of the photogram. Art and science were in fusion and ChemCam’s signature is a true heritage. <img width="2358" height="2947" width_o="2358" height_o="2947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b103314f8419f868820bfe0ee23e892edee55d6d1aad1129c89b03158735b69e/1-2-02010-version01.jpg" data-mid="99705308" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b103314f8419f868820bfe0ee23e892edee55d6d1aad1129c89b03158735b69e/1-2-02010-version01.jpg" /> <img width="2334" height="2918" width_o="2334" height_o="2918" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f03e2829b18e752681cf8e4bd7864c0b12fd0fbde3ce62bcd476327bd3a81d5/1-2-02011-version02.jpg" data-mid="99705309" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f03e2829b18e752681cf8e4bd7864c0b12fd0fbde3ce62bcd476327bd3a81d5/1-2-02011-version02.jpg" /> <img width="3144" height="3964" width_o="3144" height_o="3964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46e90aea1b1ed17840484ef3fd9a61677ba921e65c4b5dcdc2d5e3cbae71a689/1-2-02024-Version03.jpg" data-mid="99705314" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46e90aea1b1ed17840484ef3fd9a61677ba921e65c4b5dcdc2d5e3cbae71a689/1-2-02024-Version03.jpg" /> <img width="3100" height="3876" width_o="3100" height_o="3876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da5b83198694103227cf9edd4db16cf9c509bd05bbab1e25880ff1e57856948d/1-2-02025-version03.jpg" data-mid="99705316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da5b83198694103227cf9edd4db16cf9c509bd05bbab1e25880ff1e57856948d/1-2-02025-version03.jpg" /> SÉRIE LASER PHOTOGRAM* Laser Photogram by ChemCam - A (film noir et blanc, pression terrienne), 2016Laser Photogram by ChemCam - B (film noir et blanc, pression martienne), 2016Laser Photogram by ChemCam - C (film couleur, pression terrienne), 2016Laser Photogram by ChemCam - D (film couleur, pression terrienne, Terre d’Hawaii), 2016 - créés avec la réplique, le « frère jumeau » de ChemCam** actuellement à l’IRAP (CNRS, Univ. Toulouse, Obs. Midi-Pyrénées) *Laser photogram - terme créé (par l’artiste) en anglais, qui veut dire photogramme à laser. Un photogramme est une image photographique réalisée sans l’utilisation d’un appareil photo. Elle est obtenue par le placement d’un objet sur une surface photosensible (papier photo ou film) ensuite exposée sous une source de lumière. **ChemCam est un instrument conçu pour l’exploration de la surface de Mars. Le télescope dont il est doté lui permet d’acquérir des images détaillées, mais sa fonction principale est de focaliser des impulsions laser sur sa cible, d’une puissance de l’ordre du GW/cm2. Sous cette impulsion le matériau se sublime en une étincelle de plasma lumineuse. L’instrument décompose et enregistre ce court éclat de lumière où la signature des atomes, composants élémentaires de la cible, peut être identifiée sous la forme de « raies d’émission ». Souvent limité en volume de données et en énergie disponible, ChemCam est fréquemment utilisé pour seulement 5 tirs qui permettent d’estimer l’hétérogénéité d’un échantillon. Lorsque le temps et l’énergie le permettent, les activités sont moins contraintes et les mesures s’étendent au-delà de 5 tirs, en ligne ou en grille. Dans le cas du Laser Photogram by ChemCam - A, je voulais créer un photogramme à partir du laser du ChemCam, c’est-à-dire projeter le laser directement sur la surface de mes négatifs photo. Après quelques essais préliminaires sur un plan film pour déterminer le nombre de tirs que les films en noir et blanc pouvaient supporter sans être calcinés, j’ai procédé à la réalisation finale des photogrammes sur les plans films. Mon désir était de visualiser l’empreinte de lumière que ces tirs peuvent laisser sur une surface photosensible et de transporter notre imaginaire sur les empreintes de laser laissées sur la surface de Mars par ChemCam. Pour aller plus loin encore, Laser Photogram by ChemCam - B est une tentative de tirer sur le plan film noir et blanc sous une pression atmosphérique martienne. Le résultat est étonnant, la diffusion de la lumière est beaucoup plus étendue que sous pression atmosphérique terrienne, créant un plus grand halo autour de chaque impact. Je continue l’expérimentation avec Laser Photogram by ChemCam - C sur un plan film couleur sous pression atmosphérique terrienne. Le halo des tirs de laser est aussi compact que celui de Laser Photogram by ChemCam - A. Toujours avec l’idée d’expérimentation, j’ai cette fois-ci fabriqué un photogramme au sens propre. Laser Photogram by ChemCam - D est le résultat intriguant du tir laser sur le surface d’un plan film en couleur saupoudré de Terre d’Hawaii, une poudre de basalte altéré qui a des composants similaires avec le sol martien. La signature de ChemCam - Comme sur Mars, les 5 points en ligne sur chaque plan film reprennent la signature de l’instrument. Les milliers de photos d’analyse prises par le télescope de ChemCam sur Mars et les emblématiques tirs lasers à 5 mini-trous sur le sol martien m’avait fortement marqué pendant mes recherches. En effet, pour chaque cible, l’instrument décompose et analyse ces courts éclats de lumière pour identifier les composants élémentaires. Cette recherche à identifier la terre martienne avec ces 5 tirs de laser représente&nbsp;les empreintes digitales du ChemCam. « Sa signature » est trouvée un peu partout le long des kilomètres explorés par ChemCam depuis son atterrissage en 2012. Notre explorateur et chercheur du territoire extra- terrestre prolonge l’histoire de notre obsession qui depuis toujours tente à se situer par rapport à l’Univers. Cartographier la Carte du ciel dans le XXIe siècle n’a jamais autant été d’actualité... <img width="3100" height="3876" width_o="3100" height_o="3876" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da5b83198694103227cf9edd4db16cf9c509bd05bbab1e25880ff1e57856948d/1-2-02025-version03.jpg" data-mid="99705316" border="0" alt="A" data-caption="A" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da5b83198694103227cf9edd4db16cf9c509bd05bbab1e25880ff1e57856948d/1-2-02025-version03.jpg" /> <img width="3144" height="3964" width_o="3144" height_o="3964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46e90aea1b1ed17840484ef3fd9a61677ba921e65c4b5dcdc2d5e3cbae71a689/1-2-02024-Version03.jpg" data-mid="99705314" border="0" alt="B" data-caption="B" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46e90aea1b1ed17840484ef3fd9a61677ba921e65c4b5dcdc2d5e3cbae71a689/1-2-02024-Version03.jpg" /> <img width="2334" height="2918" width_o="2334" height_o="2918" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f03e2829b18e752681cf8e4bd7864c0b12fd0fbde3ce62bcd476327bd3a81d5/1-2-02011-version02.jpg" data-mid="99705309" border="0" alt="C" data-caption="C" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f03e2829b18e752681cf8e4bd7864c0b12fd0fbde3ce62bcd476327bd3a81d5/1-2-02011-version02.jpg" /> <img width="2358" height="2947" width_o="2358" height_o="2947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b103314f8419f868820bfe0ee23e892edee55d6d1aad1129c89b03158735b69e/1-2-02010-version01.jpg" data-mid="99705308" border="0" alt="D" data-caption="D" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b103314f8419f868820bfe0ee23e892edee55d6d1aad1129c89b03158735b69e/1-2-02010-version01.jpg" /> <img width="720" height="960" width_o="720" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/669bfe96143560bd8251bd344638500d0fd34d936233ba4c7d149be66b614b7d/15073369_10155289555246002_4553012166855040920_n.jpg" data-mid="100493289" border="0" data-scale="67" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/669bfe96143560bd8251bd344638500d0fd34d936233ba4c7d149be66b614b7d/15073369_10155289555246002_4553012166855040920_n.jpg" /> Installation at the Musée Les Abattoirs, Toulouse&nbsp;· 2016 The impossible Moon Our only natural satellite, the Moon, is familiar to us. But hunting the Moon is no simple matter. Astrophotography is hard work. Everything depends first of all on the celestial body and its distance from the Earth. A rigorous exposure is the indispensable prerequisite for avoiding trail effects. Since our planet and the celestial bodies are in perpetual motion, I had to ‘follow’ them with a traditional refracting telescope combined with a tracking device to pivot the telescope on an axis parallel to that of the Earth. I also had to wait for clear nights without air pollution in order to see the Moon from the Jolimont Observatory. Furthermore a full moon is unsuitable because the direct light of the Sun does not adequately reveal the lunar landscape. It took me a great deal of patience to capture the Moon with an ultramodern camera mounted on a 19th-century telescope. After several nights of more or less fruitless attempts, I managed to obtain 102 photographs, an acceptable series for a novice like me. For real astrophotography buffs, it’s just a tiny start. <img width="7654" height="7654" width_o="7654" height_o="7654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb43af6896433f4b907a4923574a87c5e21e7839299ea5fbc98e0942b5e4700c/102_Lunes_72dpi.jpg" data-mid="99708469" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb43af6896433f4b907a4923574a87c5e21e7839299ea5fbc98e0942b5e4700c/102_Lunes_72dpi.jpg" /> <img width="3004" height="3725" width_o="3004" height_o="3725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b14343d1149b0a1f1d1c96e6ae3f5c5b6e55733b03ed55ccb94f2d0688d744ec/1-2-02028-version05.jpg" data-mid="99705319" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b14343d1149b0a1f1d1c96e6ae3f5c5b6e55733b03ed55ccb94f2d0688d744ec/1-2-02028-version05.jpg" />La lunette photographique dite de La Carte du ciel, Observatoire de Jolimont, Toulouse, 2016 Cette coupole appelée la Carte du ciel abrite l’équatorial photographique à double lunette des frères Henry sur une « monture anglaise en berceau » de Paul Gautier. La lunette photographique est en dessous, avec 33 cm d’ouverture et 3.43 m de distance focale. La lunette pointeur est au-dessus, avec 19 cm d’ouverture et 3.60 m de distance focale. Cette lunette photographique de la Carte du ciel a connu son moment de gloire à la fin du xixe siècle lorsqu’elle a contribué, avec dix-sept autres observatoires dans le monde entier, à cartographier le ciel. Fondée en 1910 à Toulouse, la Société d’Astronomie Populaire (SAP) est l’une des plus anciennes associations à vocation scientifique de Toulouse. En 1984, elle s’installe à l’Observatoire de Jolimont et a pour mission de lui donner vie : entretien et utilisation des instruments, visites de groupes scolaires, organisation de conférences et d’activités en lien avec l’astronomie ... <img width="3082" height="3852" width_o="3082" height_o="3852" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30cfc630cc8c303a0c77c2ea3f3a285731b7e73a8e465923a831052ba4cf1e56/1-2-02012-version02.jpg" data-mid="99705310" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30cfc630cc8c303a0c77c2ea3f3a285731b7e73a8e465923a831052ba4cf1e56/1-2-02012-version02.jpg" /> La Coupole et l’obélisque, la coupole du grand télescope, Observatoire de Jolimont, Toulouse, 2016 L’Observatoire de Jolimont à Toulouse est l’un des plus anciens de France. Il est construit par l’architecte Urbain Vitry à 195 mètres d’altitude sur la colline de Jolimont, loin des brumes de la Garonne. Frédéric Petit, ancien étudiant de François Arago alors directeur de l’Observatoire de Paris, prend possession des lieux en 1846. Grâce à ses liens privilégiés avec Arago, il obtient des instruments de grande valeur pour équiper son établissement. Quatre pavillons bâtis entre 1875 et 1891 révèlent les évolutions de l’instrumentation et de la recherche astronomiques de la fin xixe au milieu du xxe siècle. Chaque coupole abrite encore un appareil d’observation du ciel, à la destination précise, dont l’équatorial photographique pour cartographier le ciel, le grand télescope de 83 cm de diamètre qui révélait les profondeurs du ciel, la lunette de 38 cm et la lunette méridienne, une merveille du patrimoine scientifique toulousain conçue par Paul Gautier et installée en 1891 pour mesurer la position d’étoiles repères. The heirs of the Earth and the sky A product of its fertile imagination, humanity’s dream of knowing its origins and those of the universe has gradually, century after century, become a reality. After thirty years of uprootedness, my search for the hybrid identity of the 21st century has made radical progress. The artist residency in Toulouse has permitted me to go even further in this double quest. Our potential appears to be unlimited, our knowledge extends from the infinitely small (ourselves and our planet) towards the infinitely large. Our world exists and, such as it is today, continuesto advance through our thoughts. This creative energy has given birth to the mythical and scientific cosmologies that alternately feed and reflect the collective consciousness. The invention of mythological figures – for the constellations, the fixed or rotating spheres, mathematics, traditional and modern telescopes, observatories, the thousands of sky charts inventoried, the digital images taken under different types of electromagnetic rays transforming the universe into a three-dimensional space – are the markers of these recurring fundamental questions: how were the universe, the sky, the Earth and humanity born? Yet in spite of all this alchemical, technological and scientific knowledge, the question of our individual and collective responsibility continues to haunt me. As the heirs of the Earth and the sky, we must continue to preserve, protect and develop them. Our immense task for this beginning of the 21st century remains to be defined.&nbsp; (all texts taken from the bilingual book Les Etoiles de Diana /&nbsp;Diana’s Stars, published by Editions Filigranes &amp; Résidence 1+2 Toulouse, 2016) <img width="2880" height="1544" width_o="2880" height_o="1544" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/558786cd6b734854f95cbbc8e6ce3d374394084f9ec50427fb8699af04060c02/VIDEO-2.jpg" data-mid="101644447" border="0" data-scale="89" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/558786cd6b734854f95cbbc8e6ce3d374394084f9ec50427fb8699af04060c02/VIDEO-2.jpg" /> Supercam, our eyes and ears on Mars, short 3D animation of how this fantastic instrument works on Mars Dans ce film d'animation découvrez l'instrument scientifique SuperCam, le successeur de ChemCam, développé par les équipes du CNRS, du CNES et de leurs partenaires français et internationaux, et embarqué sur le rover Perseverance qui a atterrit sur Mars le 18 février 2021. MUSÉE LES ABATTOIRS, Toulouse, France, 2016 <img width="720" height="960" width_o="720" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8693f3c7393fbcd916314ae151fc396622a68e4ce1dacbcb6daa144ddfe9d34f/15032177_10155289555036002_8229471230473703201_n.jpg" data-mid="100493287" border="0" data-scale="65" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/8693f3c7393fbcd916314ae151fc396622a68e4ce1dacbcb6daa144ddfe9d34f/15032177_10155289555036002_8229471230473703201_n.jpg" /> <img width="4642" height="3456" width_o="4642" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c455c2f1ed3a5ca58717a15b4ef3ac46886a1abf531865bd3518f3da0e3b143/Vernissage_MuseePaulDupuy_Toulouse.jpg" data-mid="99982469" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c455c2f1ed3a5ca58717a15b4ef3ac46886a1abf531865bd3518f3da0e3b143/Vernissage_MuseePaulDupuy_Toulouse.jpg" />from left: Jean-Claude Dardelet / City counselor for Toulouse City Council, Philippe Guionie / artistic director for Résidence 1 + 2, Roger Wiens / researcher in spatial geology at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico and co-designer of the high-tech ChemCam camera fixed onto the rover Curiosity sent to Mars and Sylvestre Maurice / astrophysicist at the Toulouse Astrophysics and Planetology Research Institute and co-designer of ChemCam with Roger Wiens <img width="1136" height="850" width_o="1136" height_o="850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e64880efb67421c241ac7078cc1c3072519cc3df1d2f4a6af5b85bc99a3d7044/IMG_3493.JPG" data-mid="103103642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e64880efb67421c241ac7078cc1c3072519cc3df1d2f4a6af5b85bc99a3d7044/IMG_3493.JPG" /> <img width="1136" height="850" width_o="1136" height_o="850" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2170bb70cb78c2d7c7e72392d37118eafbd7850f8b4867880b33882eaf2bc1a6/IMG_3494.JPG" data-mid="103103643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2170bb70cb78c2d7c7e72392d37118eafbd7850f8b4867880b33882eaf2bc1a6/IMG_3494.JPG" /> <img width="3081" height="2336" width_o="3081" height_o="2336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/701b2a3736d72d8cd1adea1b43512d6a6379789f0940ff8567bf9d4b79580f46/IMG_3456.jpg" data-mid="103103640" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/701b2a3736d72d8cd1adea1b43512d6a6379789f0940ff8567bf9d4b79580f46/IMG_3456.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="720" width_o="960" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab9744fea0ecb6d95ae3bdc3bf658cdd3385fa2289e4cfe54d95674aa4745d8f/15107414_10155289555326002_520792415778997113_n.jpg" data-mid="100493292" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/ab9744fea0ecb6d95ae3bdc3bf658cdd3385fa2289e4cfe54d95674aa4745d8f/15107414_10155289555326002_520792415778997113_n.jpg" /> <img width="3264" height="2448" width_o="3264" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55d852bc1899b21ab46134867b827afdd5b2ddc5ee71f5be17d244eb54142ab9/IMG_3459.jpg" data-mid="103103641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55d852bc1899b21ab46134867b827afdd5b2ddc5ee71f5be17d244eb54142ab9/IMG_3459.jpg" /> © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. No part of these pages, either text, images or videos may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless explicit authorization is given by Diana Lui. Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Intimate-portraits-1 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:05:29 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Intimate-portraits-1 Intimate portraits 1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2332" height="2860" width_o="2332" height_o="2860" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49e935729f0fed020953786bbc3b76b76c234e046b38eb9a790cfd0e5d58f397/019.jpg" data-mid="103106138" border="0" data-scale="71" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49e935729f0fed020953786bbc3b76b76c234e046b38eb9a790cfd0e5d58f397/019.jpg" /> <img width="3488" height="4346" width_o="3488" height_o="4346" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b241819dd9a3dce636effd3a09d0873438e7c0b54cf62c286fe702f0cb43851e/Untitled_39_DianaLUI.jpg" data-mid="103106139" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b241819dd9a3dce636effd3a09d0873438e7c0b54cf62c286fe702f0cb43851e/Untitled_39_DianaLUI.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="3010" width_o="2400" height_o="3010" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da9ae1de5af01301788ff7ae85e92e32ce126f5321c0299ae3a13bd61d8ec8fd/Untitled-124_2008.jpg" data-mid="103106140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da9ae1de5af01301788ff7ae85e92e32ce126f5321c0299ae3a13bd61d8ec8fd/Untitled-124_2008.jpg" /> <img width="2383" height="3021" width_o="2383" height_o="3021" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c64b6c67214ae346e528ec38f1620a02b6431748dc0d4cf6a1c22d253e7166c/Untitled-127_2008.jpg" data-mid="103106141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c64b6c67214ae346e528ec38f1620a02b6431748dc0d4cf6a1c22d253e7166c/Untitled-127_2008.jpg" /> INTIMATE PORTRAITSPortraits of women and men in the 20th and 21st Century work in progress medium : large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view cameraexhibitions · selection :Galerie Sinitude, Paris · 2008, « Femmes, Arbres et Hommes »Guangdong &nbsp;Museum of Art, China · 2007, « Cities of the Immortals&nbsp;»Aura Gallery, Shanghai · 2006, « Trees, Individuals and Sexuality »The 3rd Ping Yao International Festival of Photography, China ·&nbsp;2003curators : Alain Jullien,&nbsp;Jean Loh , Wenli Wang &amp; William Zhang “Before they become a work of art, Diana Lui’s nudes are images of a body, but they are also the reflection of the social environment the model belongs to as well as of the history that has formed its identity to the point that the mere image of the nude is so strong, a name associated with it becomes unnecessary.We are not faced with the concept of identity in the way a government office would define it: passport size photograph, name, age, citizenship. The nude body that is revealed here, in part of whole, often has a complex history that cannot be reduced to mere informational data, rather by a few “biographical themes” or “biographèmes”– a term used by Roland Barthes – that help put together a story.We understand quickly that Diana Lui has selected people floating in a certain transit, in travels, in encounters, the type of people who live a roving life and only land momentarily at the end of long and curious journeys. Do these young women simply undress physically or through their discourse? Although it speaks highly of the art of the nude, laying bare one’s body does not disclose much in terms of identity, nor do the few excerpts of biographical notes.The real source of identity is in the eyes, their expression, their look that Diana Lui’s artistic treatment of the image and quality of the portrait lead us to. The look can be tense like a dart ready to strike, but also be a shield to protect the thoughts and sensibility of a defenseless model left there in a delicate yet sensual state of abandonment. Nature’s diversity in body shapes and forms are clearly visible in the flesh. Yet, not one body resembles another, even if a certain and fragile grace created by the art of photography, links them together. The eyes however all speak to us, they look at us to reveal a thought or an emotion. But those darts and shields are in fact a decoy; they’re not there to frighten us away but on the contrary they pull us into an interior world.Around a corner suddenly appears the Venus of Boticelli, her hair slightly floating in the wind, her swaying walk so reminiscent of renaissance and Baroque figures, but the expression in her eyes is so raw it brings us back to the reality of art photography, to the reality of the person standing there in front of us, to the face of the Other whereupon rest the potential tenderness and violence of all human beings.”- Anne Biroleau, Curator, 21st Century Photography Department, Bibliothèque Nationale de France <img width="501" height="632" width_o="501" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe9a691c8ed6c6c755de2f387821f768500b5b0dad0c7a1633930c5a2a3dc3cb/6.jpg" data-mid="96487605" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/501/i/fe9a691c8ed6c6c755de2f387821f768500b5b0dad0c7a1633930c5a2a3dc3cb/6.jpg" /> <img width="502" height="632" width_o="502" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba00da3985d5d15dda791f2e6a6080729d9a7597481ecea7610e144622d39c1b/15.jpg" data-mid="96487655" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/502/i/ba00da3985d5d15dda791f2e6a6080729d9a7597481ecea7610e144622d39c1b/15.jpg" /> <img width="499" height="632" width_o="499" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9950e713341e6b374a4d59f767b53bc76127fe1b8fe8bb5c03950b73f64bbe10/14.jpg" data-mid="96487654" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/499/i/9950e713341e6b374a4d59f767b53bc76127fe1b8fe8bb5c03950b73f64bbe10/14.jpg" /> <img width="502" height="632" width_o="502" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/335d656f3425cc71c44156c236d6ad681c895a7afd5ca65a4834ebafc655aa87/5.jpg" data-mid="96487603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/502/i/335d656f3425cc71c44156c236d6ad681c895a7afd5ca65a4834ebafc655aa87/5.jpg" /> <img width="672" height="845" width_o="672" height_o="845" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a58bd2514c40c90c1372441a4dce66471c17e4e80d76439f59f27a146e46acb/Untitled-26-copie.jpg" data-mid="103107714" border="0" data-scale="62" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/672/i/6a58bd2514c40c90c1372441a4dce66471c17e4e80d76439f59f27a146e46acb/Untitled-26-copie.jpg" /> <img width="2281" height="2878" width_o="2281" height_o="2878" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/040b44e74249a5c608d8112ee111c33bc0d267b38f25be0701c1335d8ec8ad0a/Katia_Noir_3.jpg" data-mid="103106136" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/040b44e74249a5c608d8112ee111c33bc0d267b38f25be0701c1335d8ec8ad0a/Katia_Noir_3.jpg" /> <img width="2307" height="2895" width_o="2307" height_o="2895" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acdb6f3eee1f058ecee6bc0260854a90f3894cc2998f91e2975022936b0897c2/Untitled-136.jpg" data-mid="103106135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acdb6f3eee1f058ecee6bc0260854a90f3894cc2998f91e2975022936b0897c2/Untitled-136.jpg" /> <img width="498" height="632" width_o="498" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e02ace7e9cbf2f1e25c040ad402a81c4dc5043bc6dff799497f48524c599c28/13.jpg" data-mid="96487653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/498/i/3e02ace7e9cbf2f1e25c040ad402a81c4dc5043bc6dff799497f48524c599c28/13.jpg" /> <img width="695" height="870" width_o="695" height_o="870" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a505a8cc787a0f7ab7f427b8a624b0cf64d0ec267000ad8315d04ac8f1e0a38f/Untitled-9-copie.jpg" data-mid="103108217" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/695/i/a505a8cc787a0f7ab7f427b8a624b0cf64d0ec267000ad8315d04ac8f1e0a38f/Untitled-9-copie.jpg" /> <img width="502" height="632" width_o="502" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98c62a1ec4c7cd38b1481aef7e640bde9a522918535f1ae386880edc0086ace3/11.jpg" data-mid="96487641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/502/i/98c62a1ec4c7cd38b1481aef7e640bde9a522918535f1ae386880edc0086ace3/11.jpg" /> <img width="500" height="632" width_o="500" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecaba443dbf6ab7c0a77d4c694f77f636892b4f37fdc73823c2a7fbaf72a8e62/9.jpg" data-mid="96487624" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/500/i/ecaba443dbf6ab7c0a77d4c694f77f636892b4f37fdc73823c2a7fbaf72a8e62/9.jpg" /> <img width="502" height="632" width_o="502" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa544a6f1960aeef1e6bf5d7bd82212e7fd7fefccb68ecafbfded3d1270184c9/12.jpg" data-mid="96487651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/502/i/aa544a6f1960aeef1e6bf5d7bd82212e7fd7fefccb68ecafbfded3d1270184c9/12.jpg" /> « …the power and magic of Diana Lui’s photographs lie indeed in their depiction of our quest for “origins” (or “roots” in Diana Lui’s language, where we come from), in the sense that the only experience we human beings missed in our lifetime is the indispensable moment when we were conceived by our progenitors. In Diana’s nude portraits there is the belly button that links us all to One and the Other. This universal scar testifies that we are not alone in our existence. Thus Diana’s work and her striking “verticality” in her photographs (most models are standing, like trees) lead us into a reflection on our own mortality, and what explains our frantic struggle to attain immortality through memory storage and through reproduction and succession of generations that are only made possible through desire and through sexuality... » - Jean Loh, Curator <img width="830" height="553" width_o="830" height_o="553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee5cf7afd21024399dc7ddd42b7756501f281989c62b9788664a2d103f182cde/GuangdongMuseumofArt1.jpg" data-mid="96675051" border="0" alt="Guangdong Museum of Art, China &middot; 2007" data-caption="Guangdong Museum of Art, China · 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/ee5cf7afd21024399dc7ddd42b7756501f281989c62b9788664a2d103f182cde/GuangdongMuseumofArt1.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="623" width_o="830" height_o="623" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a73bb832b85b0e56d9aa3d5a651b168c1903e999d2b1972b5c1cc1cc5df71df0/GalerieSinitudeParis.jpg" data-mid="96675050" border="0" alt="Galerie Sinitude, Paris &middot; 2008" data-caption="Galerie Sinitude, Paris · 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/a73bb832b85b0e56d9aa3d5a651b168c1903e999d2b1972b5c1cc1cc5df71df0/GalerieSinitudeParis.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="553" width_o="830" height_o="553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a83fbb6b257e2817af2224b712b59e364b0a355ee62e719aa950b68d543b293/GuangdongMuseumofArt2.jpg" data-mid="96675052" border="0" alt="Guangdong Museum of Art, China &middot; 2007" data-caption="Guangdong Museum of Art, China · 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/6a83fbb6b257e2817af2224b712b59e364b0a355ee62e719aa950b68d543b293/GuangdongMuseumofArt2.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c195162f3a858a6f0bedd726d17ab70e9921e06de7ad118bf523adc1bf97e645/Aura-Gallery.png" data-mid="103619504" border="0" alt="Aura Gallery, Shanghai &middot; 2006" data-caption="Aura Gallery, Shanghai · 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/c195162f3a858a6f0bedd726d17ab70e9921e06de7ad118bf523adc1bf97e645/Aura-Gallery.png" /> « Les photographies de Diana Lui évoquent les symboles chinois de l’harmonie, le Yin et le Yang, l’équilibre entre le masculin et le féminin. Elles sont faites d’un&nbsp; savant mélange entre la « dureté&nbsp;» du grand format 20x25&nbsp; et la «&nbsp;douceur&nbsp;» de son art du portrait.&nbsp;À l’heure de la technologie digitale, la plupart des photographes jugent l’emploi de son appareil photo trop difficile en raison de son volume, de son poids, de son manque de maniabilité et de souplesse pendant une séance photo. Pourtant cet appareil grand format offre un détail et une précision bien supérieurs à ceux des autres appareils. En ce sens, Diana a une approche masculine, physique et technique, de l’image. D’un autre côté, ses portraits sont tout en douceur et en finesse. Pas de gestes appuyés, pas d’accessoires, rien de démonstratif, au contraire, ses images sont douces, subtiles et féminines. Ses portraits me font penser à des rides à la surface de l’eau. Chaque portrait est comme un étang qu’une goutte d’eau vient toucher en son centre&nbsp; – le sujet – engendrant des rides concentriques&nbsp; vers les bords extérieurs – le tableau. Le sujet et son environnement sont ainsi reliés entre eux dans une grande simplicité. L’environnement entourant chaque sujet contient un minimum de détails, des objets qui soulignent l’essence même de chaque personne photographiée. Ses portraits ne montrent ni trop, ni trop peu. Les photos de Diana marquent la rencontre entre la précision technique de son appareil et le mystère et la sensualité de la personne photographiée au point d’équilibre parfait entre « dureté » et «&nbsp;douceur&nbsp;».&nbsp; À ce point, l’image se fige et commencent à pénétrer votre subconscient, lentement, doucement, sans chercher à vous heurter. Vous vous sentez alors irrésistiblement fasciné par l’énigme sereine de ces portraits. Dans l’histoire de la photographie, on pourrait comparer les portraits de Diana Lui à ceux d’August Sander sur le peuple allemand. Mais si tous les deux travaillent le portrait en noir et blanc avec subtilité et réalisme, Diana dépasse&nbsp; l’objectivité d’August Sanders par le lyrisme et la sensibilité de son interprétation. Cette combinaison harmonieuse entre objectivité masculine et lyrisme féminin fait de son travail une œuvre unique dans le monde de la photographie d’art contemporaine. » - Adam Beinash, Rédacteur Photo, Art &amp; Auction Magazine, New York © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. No part of these pages, either text, images or videos may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless explicit authorization is given by Diana Lui. Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Intimate-portraits-2 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:05:30 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Intimate-portraits-2 Intimate portraits 2 <img width="504" height="632" width_o="504" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bbb46cbfc370aa0770f323079bc298eddfdb0fe32e26bad24dcfbcf66c68b7a4/Untitled-36_1993.jpg" data-mid="96489157" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/504/i/bbb46cbfc370aa0770f323079bc298eddfdb0fe32e26bad24dcfbcf66c68b7a4/Untitled-36_1993.jpg" /> INTIMATE PORTRAITSPortraits of women and men in the 20th and 21st Century work in progress medium : large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view cameraexhibitions · selection :Galerie Sinitude, Paris · 2008, « Femmes, Arbres et Hommes »Guangdong &nbsp;Museum of Art, China · 2007, « Cities of the Immortals »Aura Gallery, Shanghai · 2006, « Trees, Individuals and Sexuality »The 3rd Ping Yao International Festival of Photography, China · 2003curators : Alain Jullien, Jean Loh , Wenli Wang &amp; William Zhang “Diana Lui’s photographs bring to mind the ancient chinese symbol of harmony, the Yin and Yang, the harmony of the masculine and feminine. Her portraits are a combination of the “hardness” of the 8x10 camera format and the “softness” of her subtle portrayals.The camera she works with is considered by most photographers of today’s digital age too difficult to use because of its bulky form, weight and its lack of mechanical flexibility and ease during a shooting session. Yet, this large format camera produces a sharpness and detail that is better than any other camera. In this sense, Diana Lui has a masculine approach, the physical and technical aspect to creating her images.On the other hand, the portrayal of her portraits are quiet and understated. She does not use overt gestures or props, nothing that screams, rather, her images speak softly. They are subtle and feminine.Her portraits remind me of ripples in a pond. Each portrait is a pond where a drop hits the water at the very center - the subject - then the ripples vibrate from the center and move towards other parts of the pond - the rest of the picture. The subject and his/her environment are simply connected. The environment surrounding each subject contains a minimal of detail, objects that hint only at the essential being of each person photographed. Her portraits show neither too much nor too little.Diana’s images bring together the mechanics of her camera, the sharpness of the silver and the mystery and sensuality of the person photographed at exactly the point where the “hardness” and “softness” touch. Here, her images stop and begin to prick your subconscience like a pin, softly, slowly but not so hard that you recoil. In this manner, the viewer finds him/herself drawn irresistibly again and again to the quiet enigma of the portraits.In the history of photography, Diana Lui’s work can be compared to that of August Sander’s portraits of the German people. However, where both their black and white portraits are subtle and realistic, Diana takes off from August Sander’s objectivity with a lyricism and sensitivity of her own interpretation. The harmonious combination of masculine objectivity with a feminine lyricism makes her work unique among the world of portrait and art photography today.”- Adam Beinash, Photo Editor, Art &amp; Auction Magazine, New York <img width="491" height="632" width_o="491" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee6949286c4daa339432204735eb6b0f4c0567a3662bbd5ebcbbd1bacb61532f/UNTITLED_11.jpg" data-mid="96489154" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/491/i/ee6949286c4daa339432204735eb6b0f4c0567a3662bbd5ebcbbd1bacb61532f/UNTITLED_11.jpg" /> <img width="502" height="632" width_o="502" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05ba36f20272727421872a01debdbe18de250e272d01da898e604071e105bacb/RobertFrank.jpg" data-mid="96489153" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/502/i/05ba36f20272727421872a01debdbe18de250e272d01da898e604071e105bacb/RobertFrank.jpg" /> <img width="505" height="632" width_o="505" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3952d5cf64c087f6784f75826df29cd32de4aa21de89398e300754d650b68d57/Untitled-130.jpg" data-mid="96489160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/505/i/3952d5cf64c087f6784f75826df29cd32de4aa21de89398e300754d650b68d57/Untitled-130.jpg" /> <img width="511" height="632" width_o="511" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8303ec01ff13cb404eabf2ef070d97799f26f77963910f95a773d592b090afe/Untitled-41a.jpg" data-mid="96489159" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/511/i/c8303ec01ff13cb404eabf2ef070d97799f26f77963910f95a773d592b090afe/Untitled-41a.jpg" /> <img width="505" height="632" width_o="505" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4982e74ca37c0c14e924c2b67cf5e4199443022d0e761e7e4137468b36c01372/Untitled-38.jpg" data-mid="96489158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/505/i/4982e74ca37c0c14e924c2b67cf5e4199443022d0e761e7e4137468b36c01372/Untitled-38.jpg" /> <img width="501" height="632" width_o="501" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/656fad29d58a6ac1b9ae21c6754853c67f217aecc19a75c76da8dd287919bf9b/UNTITLED_82.jpg" data-mid="96489156" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/501/i/656fad29d58a6ac1b9ae21c6754853c67f217aecc19a75c76da8dd287919bf9b/UNTITLED_82.jpg" /> <img width="501" height="632" width_o="501" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f851f59cab0dc66ccec7cdb442153f2a9ec8ba1dab5db14bd32de66085e4487c/UNTITLED_63.jpg" data-mid="96489155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/501/i/f851f59cab0dc66ccec7cdb442153f2a9ec8ba1dab5db14bd32de66085e4487c/UNTITLED_63.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="623" width_o="830" height_o="623" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ff103f15d2e28f7c520ada519e9dee3665a66531aece8a27840700ed293061d/GalerieSinitudeParis.jpg" data-mid="103619543" border="0" alt="Galerie Sinitude, Paris &middot; 2008" data-caption="Galerie Sinitude, Paris · 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/3ff103f15d2e28f7c520ada519e9dee3665a66531aece8a27840700ed293061d/GalerieSinitudeParis.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="553" width_o="830" height_o="553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a340a2621550d62363f04b6dda477d68954ef9b3586be5a33662bf7b09dc7624/GuangdongMuseumofArt1.jpg" data-mid="103619544" border="0" alt="Guangdong Museum of Art, China &middot; 2007" data-caption="Guangdong Museum of Art, China · 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/a340a2621550d62363f04b6dda477d68954ef9b3586be5a33662bf7b09dc7624/GuangdongMuseumofArt1.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="553" width_o="830" height_o="553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01f1521a700a3974c9d783ccda6308d109ffd91afc3abe00c670cf49c28cf0aa/GuangdongMuseumofArt2.jpg" data-mid="103619545" border="0" alt="Guangdong Museum of Art, China &middot; 2007" data-caption="Guangdong Museum of Art, China · 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/01f1521a700a3974c9d783ccda6308d109ffd91afc3abe00c670cf49c28cf0aa/GuangdongMuseumofArt2.jpg" /> <img width="800" height="600" width_o="800" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a839c7544c56eee83572e86c1f0bc57aaa06d26da5c3929d2b933834b91f9222/Aura-Gallery.png" data-mid="103619546" border="0" alt="Aura Gallery, Shanghai &middot; 2006" data-caption="Aura Gallery, Shanghai · 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/a839c7544c56eee83572e86c1f0bc57aaa06d26da5c3929d2b933834b91f9222/Aura-Gallery.png" /> « …the power and magic of Diana Lui’s photographs lie indeed in their depiction of our quest for “origins” (or “roots” in Diana Lui’s language, where we come from), in the sense that the only experience we human beings missed in our lifetime is the indispensable moment when we were conceived by our progenitors. In Diana’s nude portraits there is the belly button that links us all to One and the Other. This universal scar testifies that we are not alone in our existence. ThusDiana’s work and her striking “verticality” in her photographs (most models are standing, like trees) lead us into a reflection on our own mortality, and what explains our frantic struggle to attain immortality through memory storage and through reproduction and succession of generations that are only made possible through desire and through sexuality...&nbsp;» - Jean Loh, Curator © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. No part of these pages, either text, images or videos may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless explicit authorization is given by Diana Lui. Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Cities-of-the-Immortals Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:12:20 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Cities-of-the-Immortals Cities of the Immortals <img width="772" height="632" width_o="772" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/767d7177f531a1a4b020f9c0f41c0f2f490474375816377dee517085b89581d4/1Trans-Siberian_Russia_1_2006.jpg" data-mid="96492182" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/772/i/767d7177f531a1a4b020f9c0f41c0f2f490474375816377dee517085b89581d4/1Trans-Siberian_Russia_1_2006.jpg" /> <img width="774" height="632" width_o="774" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c46d9a18b19bf080330a5d4d1055743ad2bb9a3f7cc60f0dd59d9fe4949ba3b8/2Trans-Siberian_Mongolia_1_2006.jpg" data-mid="96492183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/774/i/c46d9a18b19bf080330a5d4d1055743ad2bb9a3f7cc60f0dd59d9fe4949ba3b8/2Trans-Siberian_Mongolia_1_2006.jpg" /> <img width="794" height="632" width_o="794" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33d6c3c7b2c0497b64d3c7a5b636dbc134d2160fcf67a035ccbd3826e09a7605/8Trans-Siberian_Russia_3_WaterTower_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/794/i/33d6c3c7b2c0497b64d3c7a5b636dbc134d2160fcf67a035ccbd3826e09a7605/8Trans-Siberian_Russia_3_WaterTower_2007.jpg" /> <img width="796" height="632" width_o="796" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c676620d7aa9d3411eef63522d0aa75fb39856cb104c937b8fb8e51d936dd140/7Trans-Siberian_Russia_5_2006.jpg" data-mid="96492201" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/796/i/c676620d7aa9d3411eef63522d0aa75fb39856cb104c937b8fb8e51d936dd140/7Trans-Siberian_Russia_5_2006.jpg" /> <img width="796" height="632" width_o="796" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e128006d6c195717edcec4abf0a0a8b31077c2e608e025a1bd8da1f53e1334c2/6Trans-Siberian_Mongolia_2_2006.jpg" data-mid="96492200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/796/i/e128006d6c195717edcec4abf0a0a8b31077c2e608e025a1bd8da1f53e1334c2/6Trans-Siberian_Mongolia_2_2006.jpg" /> <img width="795" height="632" width_o="795" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/866afc2a1f7d142e89c3e10cd58d6b46fed7658765719ff67216ad9e5e788ca8/5Tran-Siberian_Siberia_2_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/795/i/866afc2a1f7d142e89c3e10cd58d6b46fed7658765719ff67216ad9e5e788ca8/5Tran-Siberian_Siberia_2_2007.jpg" /> <img width="795" height="632" width_o="795" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c37c4426c6446005f60587f6ee4213a0039dd693edcfb4198c1f7be26771ebae/3Trans-Siberian_Russia_2_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492190" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/795/i/c37c4426c6446005f60587f6ee4213a0039dd693edcfb4198c1f7be26771ebae/3Trans-Siberian_Russia_2_2007.jpg" /> <img width="778" height="632" width_o="778" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/358e3e7a996f7800f18fc5d0004d1f2ba447f31a00b4100d1e8bf74bf532952c/4Trans-Siberian_Russia_4_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492195" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/778/i/358e3e7a996f7800f18fc5d0004d1f2ba447f31a00b4100d1e8bf74bf532952c/4Trans-Siberian_Russia_4_2007.jpg" /> CITIES OF THE IMMORTALS medium: large format analog photography, 8x10 inch view camera exhibition : Guangdong Museum of Art, China&nbsp;·&nbsp;2007 curator: Jean Loh &nbsp; Trans-Siberian, Trans-Tibetan (2006-2008) “…This eternal snowscape gliding by was mythical and impossible, but there it was in front of me. In this space of nothingness, cities appeared at night like diamonds imbedded inside velvet blue mountains, factories sprawled along a snow desert stood like castles from another time, water towers or château d’eau1&nbsp;as I prefer to call them, stood proud and solitary like watch towers, even when I could not discern any other village or life, there was somewhere in this infinite land people living their individual existence. These lands with names of cities written in languages unknown to me: Perm-Ekaterinaburg-Novosibirsk-Irkutsk-Baikal-UlanUday-Ulaanbaatar-Erlian-Huhehot...all have been shaped, inhabited, deserted and scarred by man…” - DL (1) château d’eau - water tower in French &nbsp; <img width="773" height="632" width_o="773" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84643680633df808894e7e31b28b3e5d3e32288afc17620f6f0c5e3bbc781a01/10Trans-Siberian_MongoliaAtDusk_4_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492212" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/773/i/84643680633df808894e7e31b28b3e5d3e32288afc17620f6f0c5e3bbc781a01/10Trans-Siberian_MongoliaAtDusk_4_2007.jpg" /> <img width="795" height="632" width_o="795" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c13ceecb09e4d10cf0c9038507d046b0e3097a4fa043a303b59fd07f868c045b/9Trans-Siberian_Siberia_1_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/795/i/c13ceecb09e4d10cf0c9038507d046b0e3097a4fa043a303b59fd07f868c045b/9Trans-Siberian_Siberia_1_2007.jpg" /> <img width="795" height="632" width_o="795" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15bb9127518c65e377600d89bd7a5760536effaa91ce7025ca1a662a3b3c5d04/11Trans-Siberian_Mongolia_3_2007.jpg" data-mid="96492213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/795/i/15bb9127518c65e377600d89bd7a5760536effaa91ce7025ca1a662a3b3c5d04/11Trans-Siberian_Mongolia_3_2007.jpg" /> <img width="785" height="632" width_o="785" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50db420f7b6c642826bb326ac7519cfad7f9739daf288225debce11ddbb1763c/12Trans-Tibetan_2_2008.jpg" data-mid="96492214" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/785/i/50db420f7b6c642826bb326ac7519cfad7f9739daf288225debce11ddbb1763c/12Trans-Tibetan_2_2008.jpg" /> <img width="807" height="632" width_o="807" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/451bd5868b4f344820ecf5e5e65db81222624ab849aa67c349464e98aafb16f4/13Trans-Tibetan_Qinghai_3_2008.jpg" data-mid="96492215" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/807/i/451bd5868b4f344820ecf5e5e65db81222624ab849aa67c349464e98aafb16f4/13Trans-Tibetan_Qinghai_3_2008.jpg" /> <img width="776" height="632" width_o="776" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bb422406666d3c63b6feadb4da34089f577a58ecadb963c3c51483cddfe9f4d/14Trans-Tibetan_1_2008.jpg" data-mid="96492216" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/776/i/0bb422406666d3c63b6feadb4da34089f577a58ecadb963c3c51483cddfe9f4d/14Trans-Tibetan_1_2008.jpg" /> <img width="795" height="632" width_o="795" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a737854983bb498a71ecdf78e2dc9c1898257088821d361799dfd65e9340b3b/15Trans-Tibetan_4_2008.jpg" data-mid="96492217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/795/i/5a737854983bb498a71ecdf78e2dc9c1898257088821d361799dfd65e9340b3b/15Trans-Tibetan_4_2008.jpg" /> <img width="785" height="632" width_o="785" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a9fae14c8de7456631123172c3aa8e98114da76d1c5a393ff69972fa6c5dc94/16Trans-Tibetan_5_2008.jpg" data-mid="96492218" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/785/i/8a9fae14c8de7456631123172c3aa8e98114da76d1c5a393ff69972fa6c5dc94/16Trans-Tibetan_5_2008.jpg" /> Transsibérien, Transtibétain (2006-2008) « …Paysages sans fin, mythiques et improbables, cependant bien réels. Dans ces espaces vacants, les cités émergeaient de la nuit telles des diamants incrustés dans les montagnes bleu-velours ; les usines s’égrenaient le long d’un désert de neige telles des châteaux d’une époque révolue&nbsp;; les châteaux d’eau se dressaient fiers et solitaires telles des tours de guet. Des bâtiments à l’abandon se succédaient avec une régularité inquiétante, gisant parfois, avec la splendeur d’une cathédrale, comme des dinosaures éventrés…&nbsp;» - DL © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. No part of these pages, either text, images or videos may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless explicit authorization is given by Diana Lui. Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. https://dianalui.fr/Medusas Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:39:57 +0000 Diana Lui https://dianalui.fr/Medusas Medusas <img width="606" height="632" width_o="606" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/662d3bb9d3d55d9203d4ac6dad86a53964b57aedf5b4a3c8769bd96fa3743cb9/1MEDUSA.jpg" data-mid="115570629" border="0" data-scale="61" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/606/i/662d3bb9d3d55d9203d4ac6dad86a53964b57aedf5b4a3c8769bd96fa3743cb9/1MEDUSA.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="623" width_o="830" height_o="623" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96a19aa9142307207934024635c560229fba5a0ffef32504c5bb9f5c40edb337/7JellyfishRoomweek1.jpg" data-mid="96510854" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/96a19aa9142307207934024635c560229fba5a0ffef32504c5bb9f5c40edb337/7JellyfishRoomweek1.jpg" /> MEDUSAS MULTIPLYING FEMALE ROLES, MULTIPLYING SEA CREATURES medium : installation &amp; photography exhibition: Shanghai Museum of Art, China&nbsp;·&nbsp;2008&nbsp; - Another Voice, We... curator :&nbsp;Xiao Xiao Lan <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/801d42c452b35b49cef06853a85d1aa8791eb72ddbed487ced1bd3d4c7f9f5c5/3CareerwomanNymphBitch.jpg" data-mid="96511871" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/801d42c452b35b49cef06853a85d1aa8791eb72ddbed487ced1bd3d4c7f9f5c5/3CareerwomanNymphBitch.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0764da13e22c1842f52160ee6ca8f73fc71d03b6b2ad06093b39d1adec51381c/2AngelNursePersonalAssistant.jpg" data-mid="96511863" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/0764da13e22c1842f52160ee6ca8f73fc71d03b6b2ad06093b39d1adec51381c/2AngelNursePersonalAssistant.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40c6c581d579597c4b73fed56ef1f48bc30dd5eeed879f35734c199705e8236f/9ProstituteMuseSecretary.jpg" data-mid="96511892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/40c6c581d579597c4b73fed56ef1f48bc30dd5eeed879f35734c199705e8236f/9ProstituteMuseSecretary.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd1910101f6c14e2546b2496c4ef6351d2dd9c88436ece1b36633da55ce30e1d/8OverEmotionalSoulmateAdultress.jpg" data-mid="96511890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/fd1910101f6c14e2546b2496c4ef6351d2dd9c88436ece1b36633da55ce30e1d/8OverEmotionalSoulmateAdultress.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db26c50ac1cb2ac422da1fd4202fb915d087c48f722a78e62a2f0f6a7eaeb24b/7MotherWitchBeauty.jpg" data-mid="96511888" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/db26c50ac1cb2ac422da1fd4202fb915d087c48f722a78e62a2f0f6a7eaeb24b/7MotherWitchBeauty.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fa2f317c021762cb1a09c7e57ccbfa2676e32a6828586d2657c462a27bc3de7/6MistressGoddessWhore.jpg" data-mid="96511887" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/2fa2f317c021762cb1a09c7e57ccbfa2676e32a6828586d2657c462a27bc3de7/6MistressGoddessWhore.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2514abff3ffc92729e8a0a079d5b95af5cff7e60ebb9587a749a402a1656c21/5MatriarchHystericalSorceress.jpg" data-mid="96511884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/f2514abff3ffc92729e8a0a079d5b95af5cff7e60ebb9587a749a402a1656c21/5MatriarchHystericalSorceress.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="340" width_o="830" height_o="340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61fc370896021d32db999d166e660ab859bed5312e1898927569294b881c124b/4HousewifeSlutFemininity.jpg" data-mid="96511879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/61fc370896021d32db999d166e660ab859bed5312e1898927569294b881c124b/4HousewifeSlutFemininity.jpg" /> "Medusas" is a show in two parts. The first section is a series of portraits of women. The second section is an installation of Medusa, the jellyfish, a sea creature often associated with feminity at its most exacerbating. Part 1 : Eight series of triptychs - portraits of eight women caught in classical psychological expressions. Fear, ecstasy, suffering, contentment etc. Diana Lui chooses her models from different countries (France, China, Malaysia etc.) to show how in different cultures women reveal themselves. Beneath each woman's portrait is a banal word used in daily life everywhere that denotes her status which in this context is both evocative and scathing: Bitch, Mother, Housewife, Career Woman, Prostitute, Over Sensitive, etc. Whether these words correspond to a social reality, to a male phantasm or to an image adopted by women themselves, these names reflect the manifold roles that women assume in the course of their lives. <img width="830" height="541" width_o="830" height_o="541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3dc3e4a5621fa078fc87f0e1bbd9ba7f8a339e913723d5c8c5da41302290619/8JellyfishRoomweek2.jpg" data-mid="96510855" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/d3dc3e4a5621fa078fc87f0e1bbd9ba7f8a339e913723d5c8c5da41302290619/8JellyfishRoomweek2.jpg" /> <img width="817" height="553" width_o="817" height_o="553" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1b4ca50a5f33de7887627c778ac3858b6fc63cfb9a9b239039ac5d068a91bf5/6JellyfishRoomEntrance.jpg" data-mid="103000284" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/817/i/c1b4ca50a5f33de7887627c778ac3858b6fc63cfb9a9b239039ac5d068a91bf5/6JellyfishRoomEntrance.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="623" width_o="830" height_o="623" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/655548865d0a6ffa6e0a2806f2a7b5322ae920bedef55428ae7caf0e0638f0b3/3MedusaRoom.jpg" data-mid="96510849" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/655548865d0a6ffa6e0a2806f2a7b5322ae920bedef55428ae7caf0e0638f0b3/3MedusaRoom.jpg" /> <img width="830" height="632" width_o="830" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d31475d28a13b6f34c20c47b317d68472ecdb24df0e2cffd18b5747b7753bb58/2MedusaRoom.jpg" data-mid="96510848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/830/i/d31475d28a13b6f34c20c47b317d68472ecdb24df0e2cffd18b5747b7753bb58/2MedusaRoom.jpg" /> Part 2 : White medusas overrun the ceiling. Their long tentacles brush the spectators, bringing to mind their infinite power of reproduction and their invasive progress. At the same time, these supple and nonchalant forms are full of grace and seduction compared to the aggravating emotions aroused in the adjacent room. In her installation, Diana Lui plays visually on the ambiguity of "attraction and repulsion", an ambiguity entrenched in the myth of Woman in almost all societies through the ages. To overcome the difficulty of exisiting in an unconvivial environment, Woman and Medusa react alike... they expose themselves and they multiply. For that, Woman like the Medusa does not escape an oppressive image of herself. At the same time, their modes of existence are the guarantee of the world to come which never ceases to transform itself and to multiply, a manner that could not be more reassuring. « Medusas&nbsp;» reminds us that we belong to this world and that our actions contribute to the transformations of the planet and of Humanity itself. - Bérénice Angremy, independent art critic, curator and director of Thinking Hands Art Consultancy, Beijing, China <img width="421" height="632" width_o="421" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a50b70ae80c36de2466e1c808935dd61f0f91cb0233e60709d1e53f09105ee4/1MedusaRoomEntrance.jpg" data-mid="96510847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/421/i/1a50b70ae80c36de2466e1c808935dd61f0f91cb0233e60709d1e53f09105ee4/1MedusaRoomEntrance.jpg" /> <img width="769" height="632" width_o="769" height_o="632" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1960f9152d567b91eeec04fada1cd2cca01d98b4d22555a911d3a0c098fa3cf/4JellyfishRoomSketch.jpg" data-mid="96510850" border="0" data-scale="80" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/769/i/a1960f9152d567b91eeec04fada1cd2cca01d98b4d22555a911d3a0c098fa3cf/4JellyfishRoomSketch.jpg" /> <img width="793" height="596" width_o="793" height_o="596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ab4bb5f3e9a557c8295f2ed2339f3a426ebf8ef0d52112f396ea3bc8c8a4864/5JellyfishRoomSketch.jpg" data-mid="96510852" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/793/i/0ab4bb5f3e9a557c8295f2ed2339f3a426ebf8ef0d52112f396ea3bc8c8a4864/5JellyfishRoomSketch.jpg" /> “Medusas” se compose de deux parties, l’une autour de photographies de femmes, l’autre autour d’une installation de méduses, créatures des mers à la féminité exacerbée. Première partie: Huit portraits de femmes de différentes cultures en séries de tryptiques, saisies dans des attitudes psychologiques « classiques » telles que la peur, l’extase, la souffrance, le contentement etc. Sous chaque femme, un mot banal dans notre univers quotidien, qui devient dans ce contexte évocateur et cinglant : « bitch », « mother », « housewife », « career woman », « prostitute », « over-sensitive » etc. Qu’ils correspondent à une réalité sociale, à un fantasme masculin ou à un désir assumé de la femme elle-même, ces noms révêlent la profusion des rôles que doivent assurer les femmes dans leur parcours social. Deuxième partie: Des méduses blanches envahissent le plafond, frôlent le spectateur de leurs longues tentacules, évoquant leur infini pouvoir de multiplication et leur envahissante progression. En même temps, ces formes souples et nonchalentes sont pleines de séduction, de légèreté même comparée aux émotions exacerbées de la première partie. “Dans son installation Diana Lui joue visuellement sur l’ambiguité « attirance et répulsion », qui fait partie du mythe de la femme dans presque toutes les sociétés depuis les temps les plus anciens. Pour surmonter la difficulté d’exister dans un environnement peu convivial, la femme et la méduse pareillement agissent, s’exposent, se multiplient. Pour cela, la femme comme la méduse n’échappe pas à diffuser une image quelque peu opressante d’elle même. Parallèlement, leurs modes d’existence sont la garantie qu’un monde à venir, qui ne cesse de se transformer et de se multiplier, est bien là, ce qui est pour le moins rassurant. Medusas nous rappelle aussi que nous faisons partie de ce monde, que nos actions participent aux transformations de la planète et de l’humanité.” – &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bérénice Angremy, critique d’art indépendente, commissaire et directrice de Thinking Hands Art Consultancy, Pékin, Chine © Copyright Diana Lui 2021-2022. All rights reserved.Unless otherwise indicated, all materials on these pages are copyrighted. No part of these pages, either text, images or videos may be used for any purpose other than personal use, unless explicit authorization is given by Diana Lui. Therefore reproduction, modification, storage in a retrieval system or retransmission, in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical or otherwise, for reasons other than personal use, is strictly prohibited without prior written permission.