HYDERABAD: The spectrum between a tangible world of reality and nebulous space of imagination encompasses all transmogrification an artist’s perception goes through thus bringing forth what’s caught in the caesurae of dots and lines. The continuum brings together the fragments of images that get bleached with time only to emerge in different palettes, on different media.
And when as opuses they become immersive and one with the audience, they leave indelible imprints in the hearts of the audience. This is precisely what interactive multimedia installations of Beatrice De Fays do on display at Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad. The artist introduced the audience to her journey through kunstforum. It was not merely an art talk, it dissected layers of memories that define the artist’s works and strangely her detachment from them which at the same time demanded re-attachment thus bringing fresh perspective to her artworks.
Way back in eighties she used computers for her art works. The clippings show her as a bouncy young woman with her dark cropped hair painting graffiti on the street walls of France. “I used technology to paint, thus my lines were too clean-cut, the colours bright. But what I do now is different from what I did earlier,” says the 57-year-old artist for whom Hyderabad is almost home now. But the transgression didn’t happen on its own, a fire broke out in the year 1994 destroying all of her works. She, of course, began again. Her works took subtler pastel shades.
While she delivered her art talk at Hamburg Hall in one of the corners were illumined her installation of paintings that were works-in-progress. What made them come alive were moving projections of city-life at night infused with mild musical notes. Enhancing the set-up were a few old suitcases, paint brushes and even a broom. An old fabric was arranged in such a way that it seemed to cover yet uncover them all.
The entrance of GZH is covered in dark sheets to enhance Beatrice’s immersive multimedia art. As you move in front of the screen, your swaying body frame gets filled with blast of colours that are moving images of the city. The movement is blended in the sound played from the background. Says Beatrice, “The idea is to make the viewers part of the art work.”
Frenco- Belgian artist Beatrice De Fays through her multimedia art installation and art talk focuses on