Ceysson & Bénétière

PROJECTION ON THE FACADE OF THE MEMORIAL

from 10:15 p.m.

Sightseeing by Tania Mouraud

On a curatorial proposal from Marie Deparis–Yafil, In partnership with Chaillot theater national de la danse.

Behind a foggy window, a snowy landscape unfolds upwards. Are we on a train, in a car? A clarinet sound with Klezmer accents cries and becomes more and more sad. The music suddenly stops as a fixed shot appears of an entrance seen from a distance through a windshield. It lasts 8 seconds in silence, the time for the spectator to pass through multiple thoughts,

deductions and assumptions. Then a trip over chimneys, smoke and barbed wire confirms the first impression. The film ends on a silent shot, with the image of a gate and barbed wire, revealing precisely what we would not want to see. We are in front of the entrance to the Struthof concentration camp, in Natzwiller (Alsace). The entire video is like a dark reverie to which the music – the heartbreaking clarinet solo performed by Claudine Movsessian – gives a

epic scope. In common parlance, tourism translates as “tourism”. Tania Mouraud, challenged on what may seem like an oxymoron, explains: “The title is not ironic but scathing, as hard as a slap. It is indeed the word tourism. However with the nuance of “worthy to be seen”, “what you absolutely must see” or “unmissable”. » Appearing then disappearing like a nightmare, can the real space of a concentration camp ever become picturesque?