Projects, Incomplete Herbarium
Incomplete Herbarium 2020-2021
La vidéo « Incomplete Herbarium » évoque un autre aspect de la domestication de la nature. A la Bibliothèque diocésaine Les Glycines à Alger, Mohamed Bourouissa découvre un herbier anonyme des années soixante laissé inachevé par son auteur. Il propose de le compléter, le nom de chaque plante manquante étant indiqué sur les pages restées blanches. Le film donne à voir, dans un plan fixe surplombant l’herbier, les mains de l’artiste en train d’insérer modestement les dessins jusque là manquants. Une série d’aquarelles encadrées reproduisent à l’identique une partie des dessins qui complètent l’herbier. S’ils sont accrochés à différentes hauteurs, c’est pour pouvoir les contempler debout, assis sur un banc ou à même le sol, à hauteur de plante. Changer de perspective permet de voir autrement, invite ici à prendre conscience du vivant. L’herbier, catalogue compilant de façon typologique la flore ici locale, établit aussi un parallèle avec la classification des types indigènes et étrangers qui trouve son origine dans les explorations coloniales.
Guillaume Lasserre
Incomplete Herbarium, 2020, video color and sound, 11’38’’ © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP
Works :
Shown at :
• Le Déracinement. On Diasporic Imaginations, Z33-House for Contemporary Art Design and Architecture, Hasselt (BE), 2021
• Brutal Family Roots, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (IT), 2020
• Brutal Family Roots, kamel mennour gallery, Paris (FR), 2020
Birds of paradise, 2021, installation: bird of paradise plant, raspberry, speaker and sound, variable sizes
Birds of paradise, 2021, installation: bird of paradise plant, raspberry, speaker and sound, variable sizes
Henophyton deserti, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Launea resedifolia, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Launea resedifolia, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Henophyton deserti, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Launea resedifolia, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Launea resedifolia, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Nepata spinosissimus, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Hutchinsia procumbens, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Malva, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Nepata spinosissimus, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Hutchinsia procumbens, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Malva, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Oudneya africana, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Phalaris minor, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Setaria verticillata, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Oudneya africana, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Phalaris minor, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Setaria verticillata, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Oudneya africana, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Phalaris minor, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Setaria verticillata, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Oudneya africana, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Phalaris minor, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Setaria verticillata, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Dactyloctenum Aegyptiacum, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Anacyclus, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Battandiera amoena, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Dactyloctenum Aegyptiacum, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Anacyclus, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Battandiera amoena, 2020, pencil lean, graphite, ink and watercolor on paper, framed, 54 x 42 cm
Exhibition view of Le Déracinement. On Diasporic Imaginations, Z33 House for Contemporary Art design and Architecture, Hasselt (BE), 2021 © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP. Photographs: Selma Gurbuz
Exhibition view of Le Déracinement. On Diasporic Imaginations, Z33 House for Contemporary Art design and Architecture, Hasselt (BE), 2021 © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP. Photographs: Selma Gurbuz
Exhibition views of Brutal Family Roots, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (IT), 2020 © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP. Photographs: Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition views of Brutal Family Roots, ar/ge kunst, Bolzano (IT), 2020 © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP. Photographs: Tiberio Sorvillo
Exhibition view of Brutal Family Roots, kamel mennour gallery, Paris (FR), 2020 © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP
Exhibition view of Brutal Family Roots, kamel mennour gallery, Paris (FR), 2020 © Mohamed Bourouissa ADAGP