Dentro de la roca (Inside the Rock)

Dentro de la roca (Inside the Rock)

This project by Édouard Decam and Théophile Seyrig stems from an invitation from the Archaeological Museum of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (France) to these artists to work on its collections, which are mainly made up of marble sculptures.

A quarry in Mount Rié in the Pyrenees has been identified as the source of these marbles. Dentro de la roca deals with the reality and fiction of quarrying. In Roman times, the blocks were quarried from the mountain slopes, while today the rock is extracted from inside the mountain and transformed into granules.

By approaching the mechanics of the archaeologist going back in time, the action of these artists will consist of manipulating the marble, developing a rhythm of memory in fixing past, present and future time.

Édouard Decam and Théophile Seyrig work on the links that unite man and nature. Both conduct a mixed practice of photography, installations and films, combining physical experience with lived geographical experience.

Starting from a common, shared vision of the experience of nature and the mountain environment, they are now working together to create a common movement of research, exploration and artistic projects.

Their actions are developed around the experience of present time and the exploration of territories.