︎︎︎One prayer, CIRCON(re)VOLUTION︎︎︎ 

A Prayer is an in-situ installation created during a one-month residency at the Art POELP center. This project is inspired by a quote from anarchist anthropologist David Graeber, who compares finance to a "new omniscient pagan god." This reflection led to the creation of a chapel that subverts the traditional codes of religious spaces, offering an environment that is both theatrical and symbolic. Thought with dynamics of urgency, this chapel for a faded god faces the loss of the colors of our societies due to the growing uniformity of produced goods

The colonnades, made on a large scale from wooden matches and salt dough (approximately 2 meters tall), resemble those of chapels, but their flammability, along with their accessibility, evoke everyday objects and the urgency of the message. The candles, made of bread dough, refer to the history of revolts linked to food shortages, particularly those caused by struggles over bread. They are also tinged with ultramarine blue, a color associated with global trade and economic dynamics. The bubble wrap curtain, hand-injected with gouache, evokes globalization and its pervasive effects on our daily lives. Another recurring symbol in the installation is that of the burning house, inspired by David Worjanovich and Donald Rodney. This simple motif, representing destruction and transformation, is treated with a certain irony, making it both universal and almost humorous.

Words occupy a central place in this installation, particularly with the ex-votos that evoke variations of the term "plutonomy." Some matches are also inscribed with phrases taken from songs by the band "The Crass," and on the ground, at the center of the artwork, beneath a tomb effigy, bodies drawn with tape hold a sign bearing the main phrase: "We are not a burden to each other," borrowed from the British artist duo "The Alternative School of Economics." These words and phrases play on the paradox between protest slogans and advertising. The quote becomes the key to understanding the installation, offering a perspective to decipher its message.

A Prayer creates a dissident space by confronting religious symbols and everyday elements to question power structures and globalization. Through its use of humor and subversion, the installation highlights the fragility of existing systems and the economic mechanisms that sustain them, while provoking reflection on their impact on society and the individual.