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On the trail of the phantom of the Opera
Stéphanie Solinas films “Ne me regarde pas” (Don’t Look at me) for the 3e Scène — By Milena Mc Closkey
The 3e Scène invited visual artist Stéphanie Solinas to cast her gaze on
the Palais Garnier. Using photography as the medium of choice, Stéphanie
Solinas explores the question of identity and the tension between the visible
and the invisible. Like Alphonse Bertillon, the father of anthropometry in
law-enforcement, the artist has chosen to try to draw the portrait of Erik, the
hero of Gaston Leroux’s famous novel “The Phantom of the Opera”. Given carte
blanche to pursue her project, she has surrounded herself with a team of
experts—experts in the invisible—like so many investigators hunting for the
ghost. Ne me regarde pas is also a cartographical exploration of the
Palais Garnier’s subterranean identity. In this interview, Stéphanie Solinas
presents the protagonists of the film, talks about her artistic approach and
her affinity with a place like the Palais Garnier.
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