Everyday Impostor Project_

Don't Move, 2010

This work-in-progress type project derives from the previous Some Coded Promise (2008-09) and aims to explore three crucial concepts in contemporary Western societies: technological utopia, visual imposture and socioeconomic success. I focus my research on motor vehicles of all versions and designed for all purposes. I present the automobile as a source of endless emotions and experiences, a “perfect” machine which incarnates the technological utopia of its time and confirms the supremacy of a global socioeconomic model. As it can be seen, I search for and photograph shabby, useless, scrapped vehicles in order to highlight their built-in obsolescence quality, a widely used strategy in contemporary market economies which promises ephemeral well-being and serves the purpose of creating new needs by constantly putting pressure on individuals and altering the landscape.

Partners & Lovers, 2009