QuickSnap

In her QuickSnap installation, Camille Poitevin explores the complexity of our relationship with images in a world saturated with immediacy. Inspired by advertising solutions, the artist “censors” the screen’s image by creating a filter made up of thousands of lenses from used disposable cameras, collected from various photographic labs in Belgium. The accumulation of lenses and electronic waste (the flashes from disposable cameras) reinforces the idea of abundance and obsolescence. The artist thus questions the value given to objects and images in our society where excess gets normalized, drowned in the crowd. The artwork leads us to a critical pause, a moment of reflection on the ephemeral and the invisible, on what is seen and what remains hidden, while questioning the longevity of things that yet dissolve so quickly.

Camille Poitevin centers her work on the exploration of the image in all its forms to fit into a multidisciplinary practice where installation plays a key role. Influenced by sociological and feminist theories, her approach seeks to reveal the invisible structures that shape our perceptions and behaviors, highlighting the frictions between the individual and the collective, the intimate and the social. Her work aligns with Zygmunt Bauman’s analysis of the so-called “liquid modernity”, in which everything becomes unstable and temporary. She thus exposes the contradictions and tensions tied to our identity and relationships, exacerbated by social norms and collective pressures.