Demonstration

The word "manifestation" means "to make manifest, to show". What particularly interests me about this word is the double dynamic it articulates: on the one hand, appearance (a phenomenon that goes beyond the known and is located in the eyes) and on the other, action (movement of the body, the will to change). The first is passive, the second active. And I believe we can go to great lengths to bring about what we first hallucinated. Certain artists have the ability to give us the warning signs of an event, to make us feel the fever growing in our hearts or stomachs: the break in the continuum of things is announced by the irruption of the strange into everyday life. Love at first sight, political or social upheaval, miracles, paranormal phenomena: all these events throw the course of history (big or small) into crisis. This selection - which takes its title from a work by R. Auguste-Dormeil - includes: a carnival turnaround (C. Courgeon), a smoky mess (J. Perez), a magic trick (E. Tholot), a meeting of angels (S. Alfassi), divine intervention (E. M. Largo), a UFO landing (N. Ghali), an explosive trance (P. Gaignard), a dazzling finale (N. Pernisco) or a bit of fairy dust (R. Dini).