Etranges Exhibitions 2002 Benjamin Beaulieu Jun 2026

Part of his ongoing series on expired film stock, this piece is a testament to the "happy accidents" of analog photography. The chemical burns on the film create a ghostly aura around a nondescript street lamp, turning a banal object into a hovering UFO. It is a nod to the low-budget special effects of the 1950s B-movies that the festival celebrates.

: Rachel (Angela Tiger) is a successful professional who maintains a very tight inner circle, trusting only her roommate, Amanda (Maud Kennedy). She begins to suspect her secretary, Carole (Jif), of industrial espionage, believing she is leaking confidential company information to business rivals. etranges exhibitions 2002 benjamin beaulieu

: Rachel and her associate Angela decide to take matters into their own hands. They begin tailing Carole through the streets to uncover the truth about her secret meetings. Part of his ongoing series on expired film

To understand the Étranges Exhibitions , one must first understand the peculiar anxiety of 2002. The dot-com bubble had burst. The sleek utopianism of the 1990s internet was curdling into a cynical, junk-pop aesthetic. In Paris, the art scene was oscillating between Support/Surface revivalism and the creeping influence of net.art. : Rachel (Angela Tiger) is a successful professional

Much like the avant-garde movements that preceded him, Beaulieu’s 2002 works frequently utilized found objects and industrial materials to create "strange" new forms. Legacy of the Project

A Victorian armchair whose wooden frame had been carved with microscopic grooves. When sat upon, the air compressed inside produced a low, rhythmic wheeze that multiple visitors described as "a man clearing his throat before telling a lie." A sign next to it read: "Do not sit unless you wish to be forgiven."