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La Morale sensitive takes its title from
a philosophical project that Rousseau never completed, concerning
the process of learning and experimentation through the phenomenon
of perception. In combining the traditional book format with cinematic
structures, this installation should be considered as a proto-type
for an interactive film that may provide a multifaceted interpretation
of Rousseau's concepts on perception and learning. Forty-eight video
sequences are combined with excerpts from Rousseau's existing works.
The video images are taken from real-life locations of Rousseau's
life, filmed with the intention that the video images will function
as more than simple illustrations of the text. By moving a hand
in a smooth gesture over the table, visitors can displace the images
and produce an act of visual montage. Every move excites, evokes,
and causes the selection and extraction of another word, a text
excerpt and a new video association.
Credits ::
Director : Jean-Louis Boissier
Literary research : Liliane Terrier
Video production : Maren Köpp
Assistant director : Hajime Takeuchi
Programming : Jean-Louis Boissier and Jean-Noël Lafargue
Typography : Jean-François Rey
Assistants : Philippe Donadini, Thierry Guibert, Christine Voto
Interface development : Christian Laroche
Furniture design : Alain Cieutat, AHA
Production : Centre pour limage contemporaine, Saint-Gervais,
Geneva [Direction : André Iten. Administration :
Brigitte Chapuis]
With the participation of the Studio national des arts contemporains,
Le Fresnoy and the laboratoire Esthétique
de linteractivité, University of Paris 8
Special thanks : Éditions Gallimard, Alice Morgaine, Agnès
B., Comme des Garçons, Dries Van Noten, Vivienne Westwood
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