C-print, contrecollé sur dibon Encadrement bois naturel vernis teinté
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Yasmina Benabderrahmane's "Teko ou la Femme Emérillon" blends vivid yellows and deep shadows with ghostly blue speckles across its surface, creating a dreamlike quality. The scene features a figure standing among lush greenery, partially obscured by a tree and surrounded by rustic elements. The piece employs a photographic technique that emphasizes analog imperfections and chromatic distortions, echoing a connection to memory and history. This work reflects the artist’s exploration of personal archives, where the imagery serves as a meditation on identity and place, influenced by the unpredictable nature of film processing. ...
In Yasmina Benabderrahmane's artistic practice, video and photography are never just an image, but above all an almost living membrane: film, positive or negative, or any sensitive surface on which something has been printed at a given moment. Equipped with a small scanner, the artist immersed herself in Kodachromes. From them, she drew places and people that were initially unidentified. Everywhere the sky is yellow, among other chromatic aberrations due to a parameter error. Little by little, she pulls up the thread and an archive takes shape. The investigation is as porous as the artist's practice, permeable to her surroundings like a sensitive surface. ...
