Vingt-quatre fantômes par seconde

Vingt-quatre fantômes par seconde accompanies the exhibition of Ali Cherri at the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, curated by Jean-Marie Gallais.

Born in Beirut in 1976, Ali Cherri’s artistic practice is deeply marked by the violence of the Lebanese civil war. His work explores the links between archaeology, history and heritage through cinema, sculpture, performance, drawings and installations.

For this project, the artist takes over the 24 windows of the Rotonde, evoking the 24 frames per second that create the illusion of cinematic movement. The showcases present hybrid sculptures combining archaeological artifacts with the artist’s own creations, reflecting on the consequences of manipulating cultural heritage.

The surrealist film Le Sang d’un poète (1930) by Jean Cocteau serves as inspiration, with calligraphic phrases from the film woven into the scenography. As Ali Cherri explains, “the grafts I make in my sculptures are a form of solidarity between broken, fragmented, violated bodies, which, by welding together, create a community.”