Philip Monk Curator, Exhibition at the Art Gallery of York University The Mystery of Sophie La Rosière
Rui Mateus Amaral Curator, Scrap Metal Gallery How concrete everything becomes in the world of the spirit when an object, a mere door, can give images of hesitation, temptation, desire, security, welcome and respect. If one were to give an account of all the doors one has closed and opened, of all the doors one would like to re-open, one would have to tell the story of one's entire life. Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
The Sophie La Rosière Project Origin Story What does it take to compose a life? An egg, some sperm, a uterus for holding. What does it take to compose a life? Curiosity. The longing for human skin. The nostalgia for painting. A sensing of darkness. What did it take to compose Sophie? The exploration to camouflage contemporary art in history, and history in contemporary art. The obsessive idea that memory might be just synthetic storytelling.
