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Reset, a show of young artists curated by Christophe Kihm, aims to begin at the beginning. Instead of bringing together different completed works under one conceptual framework, and potentially limiting the individual expression of each, Reset is more of a starting point from which the art and the artists can interact with the exhibition space.

Bertille Bak and Charles-Henri Fertin, Robe, 2009

Although the idea is not immediately obvious when viewing the show, there is an implicit preoccupation with space. Bertille Bak explores architecture and community in her carefully rendered house drawings. Also on show is Bak’s mechanical installation, Robe, which leaves a pattern of regular brickwork as it moves across the wall.

Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty, Liberdade, 2009

Liberdade, a film by Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty, captures landscape and urban space in the love story between a young Angolan, Liberdade, and a Chinese immigrant, Betty. A sense of space is played out in the artful shots of dilapidated Luanda, while issues of immigration and belonging raise the question of place. In the context of the exhibition Liberdade also converts the exhibition space into a cinematic space.

Reset is on at the Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard until 20/02/10

Artists: Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty, Bertille Bak and Charles-Henry Fertin, Bertrand Dezoteux, Sarah Lis, Florian Pugnaire and Tamara de Wehr

Liberdade is screened at 6.30 pm Tuesday – Friday, with extra screenings at 1pm on Wednesday and Saturday and 4.30pm on Saturday.

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