Alice Pallot, Algues Maudites, a Sea of Tears

Algues Maudites, a Sea of Tears

Alice Pallot

Publisher
Area Books
Year
2023
Specifications
Softcover
16 x 24 cm
47 pages
46 images
French and English
Perfect binding
Text by Michel Poivert
Begun during the 1+2 residency

A study of the green algae spreading along the Breton coast, whose proliferation produces an environment toxic enough that a human being cannot survive in it. Pallot brings anticipation into the photographic medium and soaks the pictures in a science-fiction imaginary; by playing on the uncertainty of a near-future, the project hands the viewer a way into the real question, which is what happens to ecosystems that are exploited while biodiversity is going into decline. Begun during the 1+2 residency, the book also carries a text by Michel Poivert written in the voice of an AI in 2056, an ecoscopic fable.

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