Marie Maillard (b. 1973, France)
Unit 1610, 2016

About the work

Unit 1610

2016

Unit 1610 by Marie Maillard is the first work produced for Table.Video. A white marble slowly changes its state, from solid to liquid, at an almost imperceptible path. This “object-specific” video questions the idea of moving digital images being a new material. And what better way to demonstrate this new paradigm than to use the image of a noble material and play with your perception of reality?

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Duration: 10:00

About the artist

Marie Maillard

Born in 1973, Besançon, France
Lives and works in Paris, France

A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Dijon in 1997, Marie Maillard has taken part in numerous exhibitions in France and abroad.”At a time of radical evolution in our information society, Marie Maillard transcribes the futures of an image that suddenly emerges in reality in order to reshape it. First became known for her video-wallpapers, she anticipates the consequences of virtual reality’s intrusion in the day-to-day spaces of our lives. Her artworks test the becoming-image of our realities. The image is superimposed over reality, redefining it aesthetically. Through these intrusions of an image that is endowed with an intelligence all its own, Marie Maillard introduces a doubt into our understanding of what distinguishes virtualities from realities. Welcome to the enigma of the virtual.” (Pascal Beausse)

Visit her website www.mariemaillard.com
Follow her on Instagram @marie_maillard__