Le Rêve

Commissioned by Musée D'Art De Joliette, Le Rêve is the first in a trilogy of short films that use offshore lighthouses as iconic symbols of warning. This work focuses on the Phare de Haut-Fond Prince, an isolated lighthouse built on a notorious submarine reef 7 kilometres off the coast of Tadoussac, Québec

Over the course of one single turn around the lighthouse at sunset, the narrative locates a woman and a man in the lighthouse seen on screen, recounting experiences of sound, sight, taste, scent and touch before the dialogue shifts between moments in time, alluding to the events that led to the emergence of sentient AI and the after-effects of singularity. In an altered state of consciousness, they engage in a compulsive act of making as a way to remember what it is to be human, actively re-shaping their neurology in the process

Lighthouses facilitate safe navigation by warning voyagers of hazards ahead - they are reminders that we should proceed with full attention. Maybe what is most interesting about this moment of unprecedented technological change and evolutionary shift is the potential that it offers us to consider what it is about being human that we value

  • Le Rêve
  • 2018
  • single channel video projection
  • 11 minutes
  • edition of 3 + 2 AP
  • photo credit Romain Guilbault