Come to see (Mirage Bureau)
Video, 2023
About the artwork
As promised, we are brought closer to the man's face. The proximity is so intense that it allows us to witness the fragmentation of his body, a sight that reveals not just the physical extent of his pain but where this suffering is taking him.
'Come to see' is an invitation usually made when we have something fascinating to show. Here, however, the invitation carries a disconcerting tone. What unfolds before our eyes is the disturbing sight of a man's face distorted by a series of electric wires connected to the skin of his face, in a scene that evokes a form of torture where pain can transcend the limits of the physical body.
Sound design by Mirage Bureau
Audio explanation
Listen to Mirage Bureau discuss this work.
Mirage Bureau has been passionately immersed in producing art using artificial intelligence since October 2022, backed up by 20 years of experience as an art director, including 15 years exclusively in the editorial field. He consistently explores extremes and their various thresholds, finding the poetics of their work in the passage through these edges.
Abstract markers serve as pillars of their creations, traversing from the ethical limits of life in society to the limitations of human existence and the mysteries of death. The artist engages with prevailing collective pacts while seeking to reveal existential intimacy in their creative proposals. Reflections on the boundaries of time, language, desire, memory, and life are woven into their work.