Liberté, égalité, fraternité ou la mort
Please note that these are only samples of the full video.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité ou la mort
The French Pavilion, HD PAL 16:9, 9"03 min, 2013
Tripartite Slogans on Freedom, HD PAL 16:9, 9"13 min, 2013
See the full "The French Pavilion" video here.
See also the List Of Nine Tripartite Slogans On Freedom (PDF).
The project consists of an installation, flyers, and a video, which have been created as a comment on both the past and the future of the French Pavilion at the Student Center. They are based on the fact that, after the building was constructed in 1937, an inscription reading Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité was placed above the door, but it was removed after World War II, during the which the Pavilion served as a transit camp. The current reconstruction does not foresee the restoration of the inscription. The light installation made for the façade of the Pavilion shows various versions of tripartite slogans on freedom, while the political and theoretical background of these versions, as well as the history of the building as such, can be read on flyers, distributed at much frequented places around the Student Center. The video, which can be seen on the festival website, shows the façade with the light installation.