the golden age of grotesque



2022
SCENOGRAPHY
Location
Hannover, Germany
Client
Kestner Gesellschaft
Area
1000 m2
Material
Wood structures, thermo-retractable film, paint
Status
built - temporary
Scenography of the exhibition “Paula Rego. There and back again” curated by Adam Budak and Alistair Hicks.

The aim of the scenography is to emphasize on the contemporaneity of Paula Rego’s work as well as to echo the violence of the world she describes. Walls to hang her paintings have been designed with protruding parts, giving them a grotesque appearance resembling the grotesque figures of the artist. Their wrapping with thermo-retractable white film, with it stretched and wrinkled parts, give a sense of both tension and sensuality.

Photo: David Boureau


WORKING DEAD




2017
SCENOGRAPHY
Location
Saint Etienne, France
Client
Cité du Design
Dimensions
5 areas of 65 m2
Material
Wood, paint, suspended ceiling tiles
Status
Built - temporary
Scenography for the exhibition Extravaillance, curated by Alain Damasio

The scenography proposes five work s(i)t(u)ations occupying the 850 m2 of the exhibition space. These five stages borrow their aesthetic from two fundamental components of standardised spaces in the commercial sector: false ceilings and carpets. Proposing a new definition of the horizontal limits of pre-existing space, the combination of these two materials makes it possible to define several environments without partitioning them.

Photo: David Boureau


Cosmogonie


2016
SCENOGRAPHY
Location
Around the world
Client
Hermès International
Area
100 m2
Material
Stainless steel, cast aluminum, 3D print, lightning, sound
Status
built - temporary
Mobile installation for Hermès High Jewelry collection “HB IV – Continuum” designed by Pierre Hardy

Photo: David Boureau


La vita, il marmo


2012 - 2014
SCENOGRAPHY
Locations
Musée Rodin, Paris, France
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italie
Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, Italie
Client
Musée Rodin
Budget
300.000 euros (3 exhibitions)
Delivery
2012, 2013, 2014
Status
built
Surface
variable
For the exhibition La vita, il marmo, dedicated to Rodin, Didier Fiuza Faustino proposes to bring the viewer in the inherent time of sketch to the work of the sculptor. By reinvesting certain themes - body, movement - an uncertainty process is now deploiying in the exhibition hall. An illusion of a fantasized studio is created where the pieces appear like stored.