Vortex

In Vortex the subject was the upturned image of a cyclone in an indefinable context between cloudy sky and desert Vortex is an event with neither narration nor beginning nor end A meteorological phenomenon takes place in the exhibition room An effect for a Hollywood disaster blockbuster where everything is revealed Bertrand Lamarche shows a particular interest in whirlpools and vortices through devices with produce effects of ambience totalimmersion subverting household materials and hardware He is fascinated by thresholds openings to infinity whirlwinds maelstroms and tidal waters vortices or again gigantic urban agglomerations the cities of tomorrow sometimes calling to mind playthings or giant models He focuses on hollow bodies pockets of emptiness existing in the real tunnels demolition sites quarries but also tornados black holes and ditches or channels of smaller dimensions