A multi-media exhibition, ‘Memory,’ by Frederick Bourbon was being put up at Alliance Francaise de Bhopal Art Gallery here on Friday.
Organised by Alliance Francaise de Bhopal, the exhibition was inaugurated by Jean Raphaël Peytregnet, the Consulate General of France in Mumbai.
Hailing from Bhopal, Frederick Bourbon is currently studying in the USA. He has also learnt cinematography and has used his talent in film-making. The exhibition is divided into two sections, one is videography and other is photography.
The artist has displayed videography in the exhibition through video art or mixed media art. This art is an extension of a showcase like any other art presentation, wherein Frederick has infused still Images and motion pictures through cinematography. It tries to push the boundaries of imagination through new technique of art installations. It is a mixture of different medium to unleash creative freedom and self-expression.
The exhibition is a presentation of photography and moving images trying to evoking a sense of something familiar, something from the past, a sense of memory. He created a visual collage of iconic French films as a part of the video art installation celebrating French cinema. A collection of 20 landscape photography and some edited short moving images that includes iconic classic French films Au Hasard Balthasar, Jeanne d’Arc , to name a few, and the artist’s cinematography work juxtapose
with music. On the other hand, he has displayed photographs. As many as 20 photographs portraying landscapes of urban environment shot in India and in California are on
display.
The picture collection exhibits the advent of digital photography using extended processing technique ie cross processing and skips bleach that is done during film processing but has mirrored in these photographs digitally. The Photography exhibits stark contrast in exposure and colour and just as the moving images they express a sense of time and place that feels familiar.
The exhibition is like a blend of colourful world with the highly impressive talent. The visitors were awestruck to watch the exhibition as they walk through the gallery. The exhibition would be on view till May 9.