Maxime Jean-Baptiste, Moune Ô, 2022
Maxime Jean-Baptiste (b. 1993, France; lives in Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France)
“I close my eyes. The crowd makes me smile, breaks my body, and that’s the end.”
By presenting the festive events which accompanied the premiere of the film Jean Galmot, aventurier (1990) by Alain Maline, in which the filmmaker’s Guianese father played a role, the images of Moune Ô reveal the survival of the colonial inheritance within a western collective unconscious always marked as stereotypes. From little gestures of daily life, the resistance toward oppression comes in its own rhythm.
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Maxime Jean-Baptiste, (n. 1993, Francia; reside en Bruselas, Belgica y Paris, Francia)
“Cierro los ojos. La multitud me hace sonreír, rompe mi cuerpo, y ese es el final.”
Al presentar los eventos festivos que acompañaron el estreno de la película Jean Galmot, aventurier (1990) de Alain Maline, en la que el padre guayanés del cineasta interpretó un papel, las imágenes de Moune Ô revelan la supervivencia de la herencia colonial dentro de un inconsciente colectivo occidental siempre marcado como estereotipos. Desde pequeños gestos de la vida cotidiana, la resistencia hacia la opresión llega en su propio ritmo.
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Maxime Jean-Baptiste (Fet an 1993, nan peyi Lafrans; L ap viv nan Brussels, Bèljik ak Pari, Frans)
“Mwen fèmen je m ‘. Foul moun yo fè m’ souri, kraze kò m ‘, epi sa a se fen an.”
Lè yo prezante evènman fèstivite ki te akonpaye fim Jean Galmot, aventurier (1990) pa Alain Maline, kote papa Gwiyanèz reyalizatè a te jwe yon wòl, imaj Moune Ô revele eritaj kolonyal ki siviv nan yon kolektif lwès enkonsyan ki toujou make kòm estereyotip. Soti nan ti jès nan lavi chak jou, rezistans kont opresyon vini nan pwòp ritm li yo.
MAXIME JEAN-BAPTISTE, Moune Ô, 2022. Color video, with sound, 16 min., 52 sec. © Maxime Jean-Baptiste. Courtesy of the artist.
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Language
French
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Español (Latinoamérica), English
Countries
France, French Guiana, Belgium