Notes for Les sanglières, 2021 mixed-media installation one projection, two screens, two speakers, phosphorescent paint

Exploring confrontation and the relations between human and non-human, Brès questions anthropocentric fictions of ‘Nature’ that make our existence within an interconnected ecology hard to recognise. Constructing a non-human world in which wild boars are the primary protagonists, this experimental fiction artwork uses quantitative ecology tools to help guide its script – including geospatial mapping systems and a team of algorithmically animated boars. Manipulating data points, Brès uses mapping as a tool to open up new prospects for alliances between human and non-human. Sitting somewhere between the real and virtual, the world she constructs helps us imagine alternate ways of seeing the world, confronting prevailing anthropocentric philosophies towards a speculation for a communism of the living. Traversing the borders between artistic production, research and exhibition, the work builds towards the production of Brès’ new film (Les Sanglières) to be shown at a future edition of transmediale. Ben Evans James, curator of ‘remote.response.request’ exhibition, transmediale 2021, Silent Green, Berlin.