Entre la vie et la mort

Diane Guyot de Saint Michel

Is there a more public space than the hospital? It's where we're born, where we die, between life and death, where we're healed, repaired. No matter what anyone says, it's a place where we'll pop in. In emergencies, sore in every way, we want results, images. In the midst of this, infiltrated between the patient's pain and the medical, I take note of the important words exchanged and figure this singular human vis-à-vis. The intensive care unit, in the middle of the Covid period, is out of sight. Already a restricted area, it becomes a confined space within a confinement. Dressed in all the protective gear, I become unrecognizable, like the rest of the team. In this exceptional in camera setting, where snacks and blood bags, fear of the virus and life-saving humor mingle, I capture breaths, words, objects and gestures.Entre la vie et la mort is the drawn chronicle of these two spaces that make up this elusive landscape, or almost.

This book is co-published by Immixtion Books and Fraeme, with the support of the FRAC Sud.

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128 pages - colours - 172 x 240 mm
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Author : Diane Guyot de Saint Michel.
Textes in French.
Graphic Design : Maud Nouveau Chavaillon.
Publishng direction : Diane Guyot de Saint Michel, Maud Nouveau Chavaillon et Camille Videcoq.
ISBN - 979-10-90298-20-0 - 2023