The Project
eye-eye-eye's creations take Émile Forest's life as their starting point — an unconventional character who moves through the world as an observer rather than an actor. Like a Polaroid, each work captures a fleeting moment of his existence, rendered in text, performance, and exhibition.
A Mosaic in Polaroids
Three-Faceted Dramaturgy
The works take the form of a performance in which multiple modes of expression — theatrical, visual, musical — enter into dialogue, each chosen for its narrative qualities. This performance is paired with an exhibition and a publication, forming a three-part whole united by a single overarching dramaturgy.
These three autonomous components enrich one another; together, they offer echoing experiences that progressively deepen the viewer's understanding. And the more familiar one becomes with Émile's story, the richer that experience grows — each component offering access to the same underlying reality, whose meaning deepens the more one returns to it.
Individual and Collective Resonance
Émile becomes a discreet witness to our world — marked, in particular, by the loss of traditional reference points and the reshaping of our sensibilities, as well as profound upheavals in how we inhabit the world and how we exist together. His narratives weave together lived experience and sensitive observation, shifting the individual perspective into a space of collective resonance.
The Necessity of Art
Through this lens, Forest raises an essential question: what becomes of art today, in its infinite formal freedom, when faced with the growing demands of profitability and success? Does it still fulfill its primary necessity?