Ghostmarkets was born out of a research-creation project that began in prison in September 2019: taking as a starting point the ban on currency in the prison space, economists, anthropologists, archaeologists and choreographers were then invited to collaborate with a working group set up inside the walls.
The research quickly evolved towards the way in which exchanges influence the relationships between bodies: trust or distrust, provocation or complicity mark the prison choreographies.
Following the interruption of the project in March 2020, the idea was born to create a "ghost film" made up of the preparatory documents for the aborted shooting. In the context of the Covid-19 crisis, the dialogue gradually shifts, opening up the links between exchange, touch and contamination. These experiences, stories, fragmentary knowledge constitute a polyphonic and multi-subjective whole, a collective testimony on the health and economic crisis we are going through, a common reflection on our ways of exchanging, of touching each other, of helping each other, of being together.
The meeting includes a visit of the installation and a thirty-minute discussion with the artist during which she will question you in order to initiate a discussion on how you experienced the period of health crisis. All discussions are captured on film.
Project management and performance: Julie Ramage
With: Mouhad.S., JDH, Younès, Kapo, J-Marie Koeta, Habib, Silva, Ben, Christophe, Brali, Sparafucile, Youssef Rhnima, Philippe T., Ilich, John Dow, Olivier Royer-Perez, Melchior Simioni, David Rabouin, Sonia Manseri, Nadeera Rajapakse, Alice Mulliez, Van-Kim Tran, Laurence Mongin
Julie Ramage (France) is in residency at the Cité internationale des arts through the "Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation & Cité internationale des arts" program.