Experimenting space through drawing, performance, and installation
Drawing, installation, and performance seek to experience empirically the articulation of two concepts borrowed from Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy*. According to him, in the open space, place of immanence – smooth and multiple –, the line draws a trajectory, a direction. In contrast, the closed space cuts the surfaces, it delimits parcels and introduces subspaces.
I tried to find practical ways to experiment with these concepts both in- and outdoors. It led me to trace free trajectories by the action of a hand on the surface of paper or by the motion of a walking body on a piece of land. Meanwhile, I also inserted camouflaged or ephemeral fragmentation into the open space. From a methodological point of view, this research investigates the process of «thinking-doing-feeling»: one constant subject of research, filtered by the singular aesthetic sensitivities of drawing, performance, and installation, that constantly unfolds and renews itself through different mediums.
*Gilles Deleuze et Félix Guattari, Mille plateaux, Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1980
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![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, OPEN SPACE | CLOSED SPACE, EDITION, 41 PAGES, 25 X 19 CM](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/espace-ouvert-espace-ferme-c-claire-ebendinger-1024x779.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, 36 METERS OF ROPE COILED AROUND FOUR TREES, A WALK IN CLOSED-CIRCUIT 1/3, LA CAMBRE WOODS, BRUSSELS, PERFORMANCE](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/espace-ouvert-espace-ferme-2-c-claire-ebendinger-1024x679.jpg)
![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, CLOSED SPACE, GRAPHITE ON PAPER, 21 X 14,4 CM](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/espace-ouvert-espace-ferme-3-c-claire-ebendinger-1024x776.jpg)
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![CLAIRE EBENDINGER, A 3KM WALK BETWEEN FOUR TREES, A WALK IN CLOSED-CIRCUIT 2/3, LA CAMBRE WOODE, BRUSSELS, PERFORMANCE](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/espace-ouvert-espace-ferme-5-c-claire-ebendinger-1024x652.jpg)
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![THE TRAP, WOOD COVERED WITH GRAPHITE, MIRRORS, 45 X 35 X 50 CM](http://claire-ebendinger.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/espace-ouvert-espace-ferme-7-c-claire-ebendinger-1024x758.jpg)