The CAC – la synagogue de Delme invites you to the meeting / conference with Nicolas Daubanes on Sunday 22nd September at 4.00 pm at the Gue(ho)st House, 33 rue Poincaré 57590 Delme. 

What is inherently liberating about the state of confinement, whether physical, psychological or pathological? In other words—even if we have to get paradoxical—is it an inevitability or, by searching thoroughly, might it not include its own escape resources? These questions lie at the heart of Nicolas Daubanes’s work. For ten years he has be using a number of mediums, including sculpture and drawing, to reveal this unexpected possibility. (...)

If a strong symbolism of forms and words also feeds his creations, this is because apart from the visual power this symbolism implies, the artist also wishes to tell stories with his works. Each piece is a chance to look back at minor stories (which together make up the “Big” story), to pay tribute to little-known people, acts and knowledge, themselves confined within something that exceeds them. His research is permeated by journeys, site visits, meetings and recorded accounts producing stories that then inhabit the works. At the end of his residency at Lindre-Basse, and on the occasion of European Heritage Days, Nicolas Daubanes will look back at these micro-stories that shaped his stay in the area. The Gue(ho)st House—formerly Delme’s prison, converted first into a school, then into a funeral home, and now a visitor reception space for the art centre—will offer a setting fit for this very special way of telling story at work in the artist’s approach.

The artist residency programme is organised by the CAC - la synagogue de Delme in collaboration with the Lorraine Regional Natural Park and the village of Lindre-Basse.

This event is organised as part of the European Heritage Days 2019.