Unquestionable posture | Dogmas stink | Self-portrait © David Noir
Dogmas and oblivion
Sometimes it's painful... necessarily painful, referential icons. And sometimes in spite of them. All dogma stinks; not all people.
Civilization is better than culture.
To become civilised is to make the effort to develop within oneself the art of being liveable for others. It is the individual progressive act par excellence.
To praise cultures is to encourage tribalism and value-centred traditionalism. All cultures are the same, and they all come together in the same self-centredness that passes for uniqueness.
Anne Dreyfus | Hommage au Grand écart | Montage © David Noir
The big gap
In the theater of degradation... we go to great lengths to chain together beautiful images "in homage to..." At the Generator, we put our strength into the art of creation.
The "Scrap" Audience | Brain and Civilization at Work | David Noir | Photo © Karine Lhémon | The Generator
Self civilization: the brain is the anvil
The civilization of the individual is a personal act that leads him to question his own situation between savagery and the "product" of culture.
What is the point of war? | Civilization vs. Culture | Scrapbooking | Visual © David Noir
What's the point of war?
Is there such a thing as a "useful war"? Are there bloody skirmishes that constitute progress or an advantage for one or the other of the belligerents?
Flying Fear Fantasy | Scrapbook | Digital Collage © David Noir
And steal the fish...
Even alone, one may not be in tune with one's inner self. We are too afraid that it is a crime. Fortunately there is the mask to help us be.
David Noir in Medea the Guenon | Animality to the rescue of men
Fencing Diary J-14
Man-woman, bestial child, woman-child... the palette of identities emerges through the animality and mythologies of our species.
Genesis of "La Toison dort" by David Noir | Invitation to the first production meeting on June 6, 2005 | Graphic design © Philippe Savoir
Journal des Parques D-25
From the genesis of "La Toison dort" in 2005 to the creation of the "Parques d'attraction" in 2013: Worrying continuation in ideas or saving stubbornness?
Quest for a void | Visual © David Noir
Diary of the Parks J-30
It is, when all that remains to my senses is the fleeting and deep trace like a gash, what I retain of a spectacle... or of a man: the preserved void.
Image of an ass in the form of a self-portrait | David Noir | La Toison dort | Photo © Karine Lhémon
Fencing Diary J-36
"I don't want to be reduced to that," she will say. "It only shows one side of me," he'll counter. "Pretending to be something other than an ass" I'll say.
David Noir | La Toison dort | Photo © Karine Lhémon
Fencing Diary J-42
For me, the most beautiful collaboration is done without words, just through execution. Execution, a magic word when it is not fearsome...
