NIGHT BOX

NIGHT BOX

2019 – video installation,
English text. 45x75cm cardboard box, motors, dolls, pico-projector.

In France, to party we sometimes go to what we call a “nightbox”. When i was a kid i imagined my older sister in a dark box with a lot of people, i didn’t quite understand the point. Later i understood and started to question myself about our attitudes in this type of rooms. How are our behaviours articulated and what are their goals, to express and experience the party, to connect others with our persona, and perhaps also to be able to deal more freely with who we are for few hours. 

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Sounds and videos where filmed over the years in real night clubs situations. DR for music.

In this box there are people.  
There are dancing because that what you are supposed to do in a night box. 
Many things are supposed to happen in this squared zone. 
The shape of it and the shape of what is inside matters a lot. 
Indeed, if the place is too large it will complicated for those people to occupy the dance floor in a balanced way. 
But what is a balanced way of occupying a night box ? 
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©ansildechanteau