Le plein d'plumes
- Date of creation : 1980
- Country : France
- Artist - Author : Michel Jaffrennou
Description
Le plein d'plumes (1980) by Michel Jaffrenou is a video sculpture composed of 4 monitors whose screens are synchronized to give the illusion that Patrick Bousquet is filling the screens with feathers. The work was produced for the 11th Paris Biennale and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of the city of Paris.
Additional Informations
On the exhibition poster for Plein d'plumes at the Paris Biennale (from 09/20 to 11/04/1980) it is written: "1, 2, 3, 4 are video monitors. A, the character , throws a feather at 1. It crosses 2, 3 and 4 and ends its fall at 4. A throws another feather, then others until the refueling is done in the four monitors. When the refueling is done the sculpture empties and starts again. Music: Bolero for gallinaceous birds" (Source, website, Gallica BnF).
The whole measures 2.70 meters.
Michel Jaffrenou made sketches of the filming setup for “Le Plein de plumes” (1980) which are preserved in the Michel Jaffrennou Fund / BnF.
Creation of a catalog of drawings and paintings which enabled the production of the work at the 11th Paris Biennale for the MAMVP in 1980.
Presentation place
- 11ème Biennale de Paris, 20 septembre - 4 novembre 1980.
- Type : videosculpture
- Date of event and/or date of diffusion : 20 Sep 1980 - 04 Nov 1980
- Place of production : Paris
- Contributors :
- Language : français
Publications and Periodicals which reference the work
Conference proceedings:
- Jean Pierre Mourey & Jean-Bernard Vray (eds.), Figures of the zany at the end of the 20th century, proceedings of the conference of November 15, 16 and 17, 2001 / [organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Studies and Research on the 'contemporary expression], Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, 2003.
- Notebook hypotheses "Early video" from the seminar "Videos of the first times" of a report of a session entitled The scenes of Michel Jaffrenou organized on June 15, 2015. (Source, website, Notebook "Video of the first times ")
- Sylwia Frach, “Michel Jaffrennou. Playing with video”, Revue de la BNF, 2018/1 (no. 56), p. 154-163. (Source, website, Cairn)