Nocturnal Architects

Nocturnal Architects
Georges Heintz et Rudy Ricciotti, Cassis (France), June 2016.

To shoot these two monsters on a full moon, like for bullets against werewolves, you need silver-based photography. And don’t bungle it, because Georges Heintz and Rudy Ricciotti never do. So, here we’ve got architects who don’t say art, culture, progress but rather wrenching away, disobedience, resistance, concentration, struggle, meaning. Students who come close enough to get bit will in turn become wolves, not sheep.

Pour saisir ces deux monstres par une nuit de pleine lune, il faut, comme les balles pour loups-garous, de l’argentique. Et ne pas rater son coup, car Georges Heintz et Rudy Ricciotti ne ratent jamais le leur. Voilà des architectes qui ne disent pas art, culture, progrès, mais arrachement, désobéissance, résistance, concentration, combat, sens. Les étudiants qui se laisseront mordre deviendront eux aussi des loups, pas des moutons.


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