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Emmanuel Lagarrigue

Born in 1972

Lives & works in Paris

Emmanuel Lagarrigue's work has developed around questions related to language, perception and memory. Long articulated around the use of sound, it has also flourished in sculpture, video and performance. His work examines the processes of construction of the self and their relationship to external elements such as the figure of the Other, sociocultural constructs and History. Emmanuel Lagarrigue is also interested in the passing on such processes and their limits. The exploration of language is also a key feature in his work, whether written or spoken. In his hypertextual universes, processes of transformation, translation and transcoding recall the diffracted construction of identity as experienced in contemporary times.

La pratique d'Emmanuel Lagarrigue s'est dĂ©veloppĂ©e autour de questions liĂ©es au langage, Ă  la perception et Ă  la mĂ©moire. Elle prend la forme de piĂšces sonores, de sculptures, de vidĂ©os et de performances. Emmanuel Lagarrigue interroge les processus de construction du moi et leur relation Ă  des Ă©lĂ©ments extĂ©rieurs tels que la figure de l'Autre, les constructions sociales et culturelles et l’Histoire. Il s'intĂ©resse Ă©galement aux limites de la transmission de ces processus. L'exploration du langage, qu’il soit Ă©crit ou parlĂ©, est un autre Ă©lĂ©ment clĂ© de sa pratique. Dans les univers hypertextuels qu’il crĂ©e, les processus de transformation, de traduction et de transcodage sont autant de renvois Ă  la construction diffractĂ©e de l'identitĂ© Ă  notre Ă©poque contemporaine.