DP MJCCSW 4.10_EN - copie - Maison de la France
DP MJCCSW 4.10_EN - copie - Maison de la France
DP MJCCSW 4.10_EN - copie - Maison de la France
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© Lisa Ricciotti<br />
The choice of this architectural construct for this project, and especially its b<strong>la</strong>ck-‐and-‐white<br />
aesthetic, was unavoidable. The realm of dreams and mystery, the starkness of contrasts and<br />
the interweaving of shadows ultimately reflect the contradictions in Cocteau’s life and work.<br />
B<strong>la</strong>ck and white no longer serve as colours here. Rather, they create an interp<strong>la</strong>y of structural<br />
forces calling to mind both the artist’s works on paper and the poet’s personality, his zones of<br />
light and darkness, his enigmatic self-‐mythology fuelled by contrasts.<br />
© Lisa Ricciotti<br />
“You have to do today what everyone else will do tomorrow.” (Jean Cocteau)<br />
This means throwing off the yoke of a tyrannical mo<strong>de</strong>rnity and daring to consi<strong>de</strong>r narrative,<br />
the realm of dreams and line as a possible architectural escape.<br />
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