honorable mention
Audrey Piguet switzerland
title
Kairos
During the year 2020, our lives were partly slowed down: time sometimes seemed frozen, crystallised. In my work as a photographer, I like to personify abstract notions, to give "life" to concepts or ideas through characters. This is how "Kairos" was born. This strong and combative-looking female figure seems to be fearless. However, some visual details seem to undermine this courage, allowing us to perceive a deeper and more fragile dimension.
The symbolism of the horse, but also references to mythology and sculptural representations, reinforce the idea of fearlessness, but not indestructible. The last image in the series, which represents an unreal flower, brings the notion of duality that we constantly find in life, nature and in human beings: despite the many battles we may encounter and the darkness that these can sometimes engender, life always takes over and finds a way to triumph.
Concept, costume, MU / HS, PP : Audrey Piguet
She regularly gives workshops and training courses in photography and image analysis. Since 2020, she is in charge of assisting the follow-up of the Photo Elysée Museum's acquisitions. In 2022, she will be part of the jury for the Figure 1A award, a scientific art contest.
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entry description
"The kairos, a dimension of time that has nothing to do with the linear notion of chronos (physical time). It could be considered as another dimension of time creating depth in the moment. It is about another perception of the universe, of the event, of the self. An immaterial notion of time measured not by the watch, but by feeling."During the year 2020, our lives were partly slowed down: time sometimes seemed frozen, crystallised. In my work as a photographer, I like to personify abstract notions, to give "life" to concepts or ideas through characters. This is how "Kairos" was born. This strong and combative-looking female figure seems to be fearless. However, some visual details seem to undermine this courage, allowing us to perceive a deeper and more fragile dimension.
The symbolism of the horse, but also references to mythology and sculptural representations, reinforce the idea of fearlessness, but not indestructible. The last image in the series, which represents an unreal flower, brings the notion of duality that we constantly find in life, nature and in human beings: despite the many battles we may encounter and the darkness that these can sometimes engender, life always takes over and finds a way to triumph.
Concept, costume, MU / HS, PP : Audrey Piguet
about the photographer
Born 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has been awarded with an honorable mention by the photographic school of Vevey (CEPV) in 2012. Since then, she works as a freelance photographer. She sails between commercial works in fashion and advertising, and her artistic work. Audrey creates fantastic universes where reality and fantasy overlap. The opposition of these two worlds, nevertheless inseparable one from each other, is the most important inspiration of this young artist, who likes to play on the illusion of appearances and the many interpretations that it can generate.She regularly gives workshops and training courses in photography and image analysis. Since 2020, she is in charge of assisting the follow-up of the Photo Elysée Museum's acquisitions. In 2022, she will be part of the jury for the Figure 1A award, a scientific art contest.
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