Dentro de la roca (Inside the Rock)
This project by Édouard Decam and Théophile Seyrig was born from the invitation of the Archaeological Museum of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France) to these artists to work on their collections, composed primarily of marble sculptures.
A quarry on the Rié mountain in the Pyrenees was identified as the source of these marbles. Inside the Rock deals with the reality and fiction of quarrying. In Roman times, blocks were extracted from the mountain slopes; today, the rock is extracted from the interior of the mountain and transformed into granules.
Coming close to the mechanics of the archaeologist, who goes back in time, the artists' action consists of manipulating the marble, developing a rhythm of memory in the establishment of past, present, and future time.
Édouard Decam and Théophile Seyrig work on the ties that unite man and nature. Both practice a mixed practice of photography, installations, and films, combining physical experience with lived geographical experience.
Édouard Decam y Théophile Seyrig trabajan sobre los lazos que unen al hombre con la naturaleza. Ambos realizan una práctica mixta de fotografía, instalaciones y películas, combinando la experiencia física con la experiencia geográfica vivida.
Partiendo de una visión común y compartida de la experiencia de la naturaleza y del entorno montañoso, hoy se asocian para crear un movimiento común de investigaciones, exploraciones y proyectos artísticos.
Sus acciones se desarrollan alrededor de la experiencia del tiempo presente y de la exploración de los territorios.