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Sachiko Abe
Cut papers
Sachiko Abe
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Cut Papers
Nuit Blanche
Esmod (école internationale de mode)
12 Rue Catherine de la Rochefoucauld
75009 Paris
2011
"Sachiko Abe livre une version inédite de la performance « Cut Papers » dans l'atrium de l'école ESMOD. Imperturbable, elle y découpe sans discontinuer des feuilles de papier. Les coups de ciseaux, l'amoncellement des chutes, égrainent le passage inexorable du temps. Entre répétition et obsession, cette action hypnotisante interroge la nature et la place de l'art, le rôle de l'artiste. Dans ce geste de repli radical, « Cut Papers » porte un regard sans concession sur le réel en marche et entraîne le spectateur vers ses propres interrogations.re." - www.lefigaro.fr/sortir-paris/2011/09/27/03013-20110927ARTFIG00882-nuit-blanche-2011-parcours-nouvelle-athenes-montmartre.php
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Sachiko Abe delivers a new version of the performance “Cut Papers” in the atrium of the ESMOD school. Imperturbable, she continually cuts sheets of paper. The cuts of scissors, the accumulation of scraps, mark the inexorable passage of time. Between repetition and obsession, this hypnotizing action questions the nature and place of art, the role of the artist. In this radical gesture of withdrawal, “Cut Papers” takes an uncompromising look at reality in progress and leads the viewer towards their own questions.
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Le 1er octobre 2011, Nuit Blanche prend ses quartiers dans un Paris poétique et artistique. Investissant des lieux divers (lieux de cultures, lycées, salles de spectacles, églises, jardins, gymnase, hôtel...), chaque nouvelle situation, insolite et décalée, promet une rencontre intrigante avec les œuvres, des expériences communes et partagées.
La programmation artistique se déploie de l’intime au spectaculaire. Chaque projet artistique (créations spécifiques et oeuvres existantes) de ce parcours nocturne s’élabore dans un dialogue fort et signifiant avec les particularités des lieux qui
les accueillent : tant architecturales, historiques, symboliques que fonctionnelles, renforçant ainsi la cohérence de cette manifestation.
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"By 4am on Sunday I was watching and listening to Sachiko Abe cut papers in what was a mesmerizing dream. It was one of those things, that I would never have fully comprehended until I saw her sitting in a cloud of finely cut papers. All night, with only a 30 minute break every hour and a half this angelic figure would finely trim (~1mm) the edges of a piece of paper as the audio sound of the scissors cutting was amphlified in the room, then turn the paper and continue cutting. As she sat there looking angelica and completely focused, I couldn’t help think how she isn’t getting a hand cramp and that she must have a seriously sharp pair of scissors. It was a performance I never in a million years could have imagined, but it was a pleasant surprise to find myself entranced". - Anne Ditmeyer
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Waugh Office was established in 2011 by Julia Waugh and Mark Waugh,
as a hybrid platform curating exhibitions, events and publications internationally
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© Waugh Office 2024.