GRAND AIR

In the wake of the holiday season Kakon, whose work revolves around the porosity between public and gallery space, and questions of usage, re use and circulation, is showing part of the City of Rennes’ Christmas illuminations.The decorations are being displayed « dormant », that is to say switched off and laid out on racks. Inspired by warehouse shelving systems, these racks are designed as artefacts combining sculptures and utilitarian objects. In this way the exhibition blurs the boundaries between stockroom and gallery, interior and exterior, the beautiful and the useful. In the cabinet adjoining the main room, the GRAND AIR exhibition continues with a display of works on paper. The different series on show reflect the artist’s ongoing concerns: the transformation of a standardised form or motif (an umbrella, a parcel scan, etc.) into a unique artistic object; the interconnection between individual experiences and normative contexts; and the polysemy and fluidity of images. production : La Criée centre for contemporary art With Centre culturel suisse. On tour in Renne (may 2023) acknowledgements : Cité Internationale des Arts de Paris and the streetlighting department of the City of Rennes