1.La Demeuredu ChaosR EVEL AT IONThe Abode of Chaoso p u s I X

2. Tout ce qui reste de lapparat bourgeois doit se noyer dans un tat de guerre permanent thierry Ehrmann, 9 dcembre 1999 3. Why? is the first question I have been Mille fois la premire question de mes asked a thousand times by the visitors, Why? is the first question I have been visiteurs abasourdis par la Demeure stunnedthousand times by the visitors, asked a by the Abode of Chaos. du Chaos est Pourquoi?The answer brings me backAbode of Chaos. myself looking stunned by the to the year 1999, as i found La rponse me replonge en 1999 quand, aprs avoir dvor le veau doronce again for this gnostic world, after the golden calf was devoureddans le grand festin paganiste du sicle dernier, je cherchai nouveau ceduring the brings me back to the year century.The answergreat pagan feast of the last1999, as i found myself looking monde gnostique.once again for this gnostic world, after the golden calf was devouredExperience one pagan feast of the last century.during the greatmore time this terrible ordeal and transcend through Ma seule rdemption passait de nouveau par cette terrible preuve, re-art to finally reach redemption. Rebirth through the very first dam natre par ma damnation premire, la dmence que lon reoit commenation, this insanity time this terrible ordeal and transcend throughExperience one morewe received at birth like a supreme unction.une onction suprme la naissance pour se transcender dans lart. CetteA maniacal fury, my sulphurous mistress and her mood disorders,art to finally reach redemption. Rebirth through the very first damna fureur maniaque, ma sulfureuse matresse, sera de nouveau ma com-will this insanity we accomplice.tion,once again be my received at birth like a supreme unction. A maplice avec ses troubles de lhumeur.niacal fury, my sulphurous mistress and her mood disorders, will onceShe will my accomplice.again bebring my quill to life, for me to write a very long story, thatElle donnera la vie ma plume pour crire une longue, une trs longueemerges from the dawn of time, quenches its thirst in the Alchemical histoire qui nat de la nuit des temps, sabreuve du chaos alchimique,Chaos, materia prima to life, for me to sumptuous long story, thatShe will bring my quillof this tragic and write a very XXI Century, andprima materia de ce XXIme sicle tragique et somptueux pour sincar-incarnates itself in my flesh and creations its thirst inemerges from the dawn of time, quenches and recover the Alchemicalworld of the ner dans ma chair et mes uvres et retrouver le monde des demeuresDwellings of the Philosophers. The and sumptuous XXI accomplished,Chaos, materia prima of this tragic Great Work had to beCentury, and philosophales.no matter itself in price, no matter how loud recover the world of theincarnateswhat themy flesh and creations andthe beggarss howl, thevindication of the men in black or Great Work had to be accomplished,Dwellings of the Philosophers. Thethe moralistss anathema. But many Il fallait accomplir ce Grand uvre, quel quen soit le prix, le hurlementforgot that since the beginnings of law, there the crime nor offenceno matter what the price, no matter how loudis nobeggarss howl, the des gueux, la vindicte des hommes en noir, lanathme des moralistes.when the accused men in black insanity or constrained by an act ofvindication of the is in a state ofor the moralistss anathema. But many Mais tous oubliaient que depuis la naissance du droit, il ny a ni crimeGod.forgot that since the beginnings of law, there is no crime nor offence ni dlit lorsque le prvenu est en tat de dmence ou contraint par unewhen the accused is in a state of insanity or constrained by an act of force majeure.ThisGod.dementia of artistic creation, the power of its creative madnesshave since milleniums made it possible for mankind to build temples, Cette dmence de lacte artistique, cette force majeure quest la foliecatacombs, mass graves, creation, the power of its creative madnessThis dementia of artistic places of genuflexion, calvaries, labyrinths,cratrice permet lhomme depuis des millnaires de btir des temples,Golgotha, milleniums made it possible for priories and cathedrals ofhave since oratories, via crucis sanctuaries, mankind to build temples,des catacombes, des charniers, des lieux de gnuflexion, des calvaires,light.catacombs, mass graves, places of genuflexion, calvaries, labyrinths,des labyrinthes, des Golgotha, des oratoires, des chemins de croix, desGolgotha, oratories, via crucis sanctuaries, priories and cathedrals ofsanctuaires, des prieurs, des cathdrales de lumire.Eachlight. of these words, dear faithful Reader, describes the Abode of Chaosand its dual aspect:the Spirit of the Salamander, the alchimic breath of Tous ces mots, fidle lecteur, dsignent la Demeure du Chaos dontthe Abode.Each of these words, dear faithful Reader, describes the Abode of Chaosla dualit est lEsprit de la Salamandre, le souffle alchimique de laand its dual aspect:the Spirit of the Salamander, the alchimic breath of Demeure.To Abode.theyour actual question, why this darkness? would therefore simplyanswer: when you see the darkness, rejoice for the Opus starts now...Alors, ta vritable question, pourquoi cette noirceur?, je te rpondsTo your actual question, why this darkness? would therefore simply simplement: quand tu verras la noirceur, rjouis-toi car cest le dbut deanswer: when you see the darkness, rejoice for the Opus starts now...luvre... december 9, 1999thierry Ehrmann, 9 dcembre 1999 thierry Ehrmann, 9 dcembre 1999 4. Note aux lecteurs / A Note to Our ReadersTous les schmas, photos, captures vidos, illustrations, croquis, modlisations 3D, critures manuscrites etplans sont intgralement issus des uvres et/ou performances ralises "in situ" la Demeure du Chaos.Les uvres dart prsentes dans ce livre ne constituent quune partie des 4509 uvres formant le corpus dela Demeure du Chaos.All the photographs, video stills, illustrations, handwritings, sketches, 3D modelling images, plans, maps anddrawings are all part of the artworks and/or performances produced "in situ" at the Abode of Chaos.The images of artworks included in this book do not cover the Above of Chaos in its entirety but only a smallpart of it.thierry Ehrmann Auteur/AuthorMarc del Piano Directeur artistique, photographe/Art Director, photographerKurt Ehrmann Photographe/PhotographerAudrey Savoye Graphisme et Mise en page, photographe/Design and Layout, photographerLaurent Courau Ralisateur, auteur, conseiller ditorial/Director, author, editorial advisorSydney Ehrmann Production vido/Video productionNadge Ehrmann Coordination, rdaction, editing/Coordination, redaction, editingJosette Mey Gestion des Droits, traduction, relations Presse/Copyright, Translation,Press relationsSandra Bechiche Distribution Libraires Plateformes Internet/Distribution Bookstores and Internet Platforms photo Lukas Zpira Photographes indpendants crdits/Credited independent photographersIngrid Janssen, Eric Soudan, Lukas Zpira thierry Ehrmann 5. Les Cages de lEnferwork in progressSculpture de thierry Ehrmann,1809 lments dacier souds ensemble.Sculpture by thierry Ehrmann, madeof 1809 welded steel elements. 6 7 6. Faade Est de la Demeure du ChaosEast-facing facade ofthe Abode of Chaos8 9 7. Les Porteurs de Cendres (2005)Sculpture monumentale, uvrecollective de thierry Ehrmann,Marc del PianoMonumental sculpture,collaborative work of art bythierry ehrmann, Marc del Piano 10 11 8. Du Palais Idal du Durant ces 13 dernires annes, jeralit sur la faade principale de Naveira, comment en 1893, laFacteur Cheval nai eu de cesse, durant mes nuits vertigineuses, seul contre tous, La Demeure du Chaos. Cathdrale du vent de Linard, et la Forge de Florence Maire, en pas-La Demeure du Chaosde penser qu 100 km, un sicleJai eu le bonheur de dcouvrirsant par les maisons de Picassiettede thierry Ehrmann plus tt, un homme avait vcu les mmes souffrances mais possdait dans louvrage Avec le Facteur Cheval de 2007, dit paret de Tatin, le Village dart prlu-dien de Chomo, la ferme dArthur comme moi la foi des btisseurs le Muse de la Poste Paris etlEcole Vanabelle, La Demeure du Chaos de cathdrales. A sa phrase La vie Nationale Suprieure des Beaux-de thierry Ehrmann, baptis le fac- sans but est une chimre. O le Arts, dans le chapitre Cheval teur Cheval du XXIme sicle. songe devient la ralit jai moi- et ses poulains en page 18: mme peint en rponse plus tard Du pasatiempo de Bentazos thierry Ehrmann Il faut explorer lutopie, le rve est de lEspagnol Juan GarciaFacteur Cheval peint LaLe Demeure du Chaos Postman Cheval in painting at the Abode of ChaosPalais Idal du Facteur Cheval Le Hauterives, Drme The Postman Chevals Ideal Palace in Hauterives, Drme Coll. Palais Idal, Emmanuel GeorgesFrom Postman ChevalsOver the past 13 years, in my batUtopia, dreams are reality on the sy park in Betanzos, Galicia, (comIdeal Palace tle against those forces working against me, my dizzy nights have principal facade of the Abode of Chaos.mented in 1893), to Jean LinardsCathedral of Wind, and Florenceto thierry Ehrmanns often been spent thinking about aMaires Forge in Honfleur, not toAbode of Chaos man who - just 100 km from here and a century earlier - had ex I was naturally very pleased to dis cover in the book Avec le Facteurmention the houses of Picassietteand Tatin and Chomos Village perienced the same pain as me,Cheval published in 2007, and edof Preludian Art and Arthur but, like me, possessed the sameited by the Muse de La PosteVanabelles farm and then there strength of conviction as cathedral in Paris and the Ecole Nationale is thierry Ehrmanns Abode of builders. In response to his phrase Suprieure des Beaux- Arts, in the Chaos, called the Postman Cheval Life without purpose is a chime chapter Cheval and his foals the of the 21st Century. ra. Where dreams become realifollowing reference on page 18: ty I painted You should explore From Juan Garcia Naveiras fantathierry Ehrmann 12 13 9. marquage, brlure, signature, marche, trace,dmarcation, frappe, criture, transmutation,codage, blason, tatouage, scarification, rite,symbole, langage, signe de guerre, lecture,paraphe, sceau, timbre, cachet, mark, code,injonction, attribut, chiffre, cicatrice,cryptogramme, emblme, manifestation,idogramme, sigle, stigmate, tmoignage,trait, algorithme, allgorie, figuration,hiroglyphe, incarnation, mystre, mtaphore,nombre, mtamorphose, transfiguration,arcane, sens sacr, monogrammesont les mots et coutumes revendiquspar les auteurs pour dfinir ce travail deplusieurs annes constituant les uvresoriginales intitules:NUTRISCO ET EXTINGUOlEsprit de la Salamandre9/12/199914 15 10. arienne de la Demeure duVueChaos / Abode of ChaosFaade Est16 17 scarification 11. scarificationmarquagecicatricesigne de guerre manifestationcryptogrammescarificationinjonction emblme idogramme hiroglyphesigle tmoignage chiffre stigmatetraitmystrefiguration algorithme code allgorie nombre paraphe attributarcane mtamorphosesceau manifestation frappe criture transfiguration cachet sens sacr monogramme incarnationlecture blason langage tatouage mtaphore dmarcation marksignature marcherite codage tracesymboletimbre transmutation brluremarkincarnation 12. Pages 20/21Prophties de la Demeure du Chaospar thierry EhrmannThe Abode of Chaos predictionsby thierry Ehrmannhttp://blog.ehrmann.org/20 21 scarification 13. La Demeure du Chaos a fait lob-normal: Artprice, comme son The Abode of Chaos has been the tattooed with paintings and symjet de plus de 1800 reportages denom lindique, est le leader mon-subject of more than 1,800 pressbols have in effect become giantpresse crite et audiovisuelle de 72dial de linformation sur le mar-and media reports in 72 countries.screens that exhibit transformapays. Selon le New York Times,ch de lart et cest de manire trsAccording to the New York Times,tions from the real world to artelle est une des aventure artis- intuitive que peut tre comprise it is one of the greatest artistic ad world. And the Abode of Chaostiques les plus fortes du XXImecette dmarche. Sur sa lance, ceventures in the twenty-first cen acts a resonance chamber for thesicle.plasticien etCosa tury.News where flashing media imCest Saint-Romain-au-Montindustriel lyonnais parle, peu dementale The vision of the Abode of Chaos ages via some strange alchemy acquire an unusual meaning. IfdOr, un village bourgeois au curtemps aprs, de crer un muse emerges at a curve in the road at we look at the genesis of this projdes Mont dOr alternant pierres dart contemporain o il amne-Saint-Romain-au-Mont-dOr, aect, we could say that this strangedores et pavillons, qumerge rait ses propres uvres et sa col- village at the heart of the bour combination of home and art wasla courbe dun tournant la De-lection. Une volont dautantgeois Mont dOr region with its relatively predictable. Indeed, conmeure du Chaos. Sous ce nom seplus comprhensible pour le pu-detached homes and quaint buildtrary to what the result might sugcache en fait une grande propri- blic que dautres grands indus-ings built in the local golden sandgest, the beginnings of the Abodet aux murs et portails hauts, ty-triels rvent eux aussi de mettrestone. In fact the Abode is a large of Chaos were in fact very classic.pique de cette rgion lyonnaise oil est primordial de pouvoir sous-traire aux regards des autres sapropre intimit. En quelques an-A museum?nes, la demeure a achev une r-volution qui semble avoir propuls Everything started in a verytout son intrieur sur la peau dore simple way. In 1999, Thierrydes pierres en un mouvement cen- Ehrmann, then founder of Servertripte initi par son propritaire, Group and of Artprice since 1987Thierry Ehrmann. Pour lui, il nestwas involved in the Lyon Biennalepas question ici de faire clater la of Contemporary Art, Partagesphre du priv sur le devant de ladExotisme. Artprice (as its namescne, mais de donner voir, en di- indicates) is the global leader inrect, lexplosion de la cration. Lesart market information and thismurs scarifis, tatous de peintures approach may be understood in aet de symboles sont devenus un very intuitive way. Not long after,cran grandeur nature des trans- this Lyon-based artist/sculptorformations qui mnent du rel and business leader mentioned thelart. Car la Demeure du Chaos est idea of creating a Contemporaryun lieu de rsonance de lactuali- art museum where he would taket o les images mdiatises et ful- his own works and his collection.gurantes viennent trouver, en uneThe French public was already facurieuse alchimie, un sens peu miliar with projects of this kindcommun. Si on en revient la ge-since other major European innse de ce projet, on peut consid-dustrialists had also initiatrer que cet trange amalgame deed Contemporary Art Centresmaison et duvres tait relative-en place des centres dart contem- property with high walls andin Europe. Anyway, the idea wasment prvisible. Contrairement porain en Europe. Quoi quil engates, typical of the Lyon region warmly received and it was agreedce que pourrait laisser deviner lesoit, linformation est accueillie where it is essential to avoid thethat such an institution would unrsultat, les dbuts de la Demeureavec bienveillance, une telle ins- gaze of others. doubtedly be positive for the imdu Chaos sont trs classiques.titution ne pouvant quapporterage of the city. In fact, this is theun plus pour limage de la ville. AIn just several years, the Abodeessence of the whole story: becausevrai dire, cest l que tout se joue.underwent a revolution that seems while the first versions of this muCar si les toutes premires versions to have pushed everything thatseum were in fairly convention O il est question de musede ce muse se prsentent sous was inside the building onto itsal architectural forms, the projectdes formes architecturales assez golden-stone outer surface in a was soon adapted more closely toTout commence a priori de ma- conventionnelles, trs vite le pro-centripetal movement initiated by the tastes of its designer. Alreadynire trs simple. En 1999, Thierry jet va se mouler de manire plus its owner, Thierry Ehrmann. Mr. the location of venue was decided:Ehrmann alors fondateur duintime son concepteur. Dj la22 PageEhrmanns intention was not tothe museum would not be on the Antonin ArtaudGroupe Serveur et de Artprice de- question du lieu est rgle, le mu-exhibit the private sphere in pubbanks of the river Sane, but at thepuis 1987 sinvestit la Biennalese ne se fera pas sur les berges de23Page lic, but rather to give live visibil heart of Thierry Ehrmanns busidart contemporain de Lyon, Par-la Sane mais au cur de lentre- Inscription devant la porte dentre ity to an explosion of creation.ness estate, i.e. at the headquarInscription on the front doortage dExotisme. Quoi de plus prise, cest--dire au Domaine de la The walls that are now scarred and ters of Server Group and Artprice, 22 23scarification 14. Page 24Source, Saint-Romain. Ce rapa- thierry Ehrmann, Olivier de Sagazan,at the Domaine de la Source in sibilities a notion that takes ongious artistic program over 7 to 9er. A constant activity that would Page 25 images extraites des Borderline Biennale Vincent Van Goghtriement a du sens dans la mesure2009 et 2011, images from the 2009the village of Saint-Romain. Thisa new dimension when you know years. However, with the Internet at last resonate with the perpetualo Thierry Ehrmann vit juste-and 2011 Borderline Biennale. repatriation made sense sincethat he has spent his life seekage steaming ahead at full speed, motion of the world and its events. Compagnie Materia Primament depuis le dbut l o il tra- Thierry Ehrmann had been livinging out limits boundaries that the object began to acquire a A marginal appearance that fits Compagnie Materia PrimaFriedrich Nietzsche vaille dans ce vaste domaine dewhere he worked in this large area separate the social body from the new dimension; it could be vir his rebellious and decidedly un9000 m2. Un aspect gographiqueCamille Claudel of 9,000 square metres. With the physical body and which he subtual and only consist of its origi conventional lifestyle. Because for Performance de thierry Ehrmann An Art performance byextrmement important puisquenotion of autonomy being of par sequently seeks to circumvent.nal strength... the desire to create. Thierry Ehrmann his businessesthierry Ehrmannpour lui, la notion dautonomie estamount importance for him, the That is the key point... desire and are a baroque way of remaining in Compagnie Materia Primaprimordiale. Lespace du groupesize of the space at the Domaine action. If he had to choose a refthis world, like an unclassifiableinternational de lentreprise est in-de la Source was a vital factor. The erence, it would not be that of anoutsider with one foot inside andclus dans lespace intime, en conti- area for the international wing ofThe museum becomes art foundation, but the type of another foot outside. So much fornuation, la faon dun cocon quilhomme a pass sa vie en qute devateur, quelle forme aura la dsir et action. Sil devait choi-tique lautre, dun pays lautre, the company is included in the pri a Factoryart practiced by Andy Warhol. The the classic formula of the musele spare du monde. Cest si vrai limites. Ces limites qui dissocient collection? Autant dlments qui sir une rfrence, ce ne serait pas dune culture lautre. Cette per- vate area, in continuity, like a co Factory was one of the best sysum that attracts everyone! Thierryque ce muse va trs vite perdrele corps social de ltre et dont ilsloignent de sa conception de la celle dune fondation mais la pra-ptuelle activit qui serait enfin en coon that separates the world. Thierry Ehrmann soon realized tems ever organised. A space with Ehrmann decided to pursue antoute image symbolique de pou-cherche passer les frontires.vie. Non, il na pas envie daccu- tique la Andy Wahrol de lart. Le rsonance avec le mouvement per-Indeed the business area of thethat his project risked becomingindistinct boundaries, where cre other path.voir et, au lieu de slever dans lemuler ses uvres personelles etplus beau des systmes est encore ptuel du monde et de son actuali-site is so hidden that the museuminstitutionalized. Should we hire a ation lived from day to day, in theciel, va senfoncer profondmentsa collection, encore moins de les celui de La Factory. Un espace auxt. Une allure marginale qui collevery quickly lost all symbolism recurator, what form should the coldisorder of the senses, accompaHe did not wait for the bunkerdans la terre. Lobjet toujours austocker ou de se retrouver avec unecontours flous mis en uvre par son mode de vie, rebelle et d- lating to power, and instead of ris lection take? All questions thatnied by the rhythm of pure enerto be built to initiate a stratestade du projet va petit petit fu- Quand le muse programmation peaufine de 7 lartiste Pop o la cration se vit aufinitivement hors norme. Car lesing into the sky, it sank deep intowere essentially contrary to hisgy. Ehrmann could easily imaginegy based on the energy of artisticsionner avec Thierry Ehrmann. Il devient la Factory 9 ans. A lheure dInternet, la vi-jour le jour, dans le dsordre desentreprises sont pour lui une ma- the ground. The project, still atconception of life. No he did nothimself inviting artists to workencounters. Global events predevient, comme lest pour lui lart,tesse a pris de court lobjet, il peut sens, au rythme de lnergie pure.nire baroque dtre lintrieurthe design stage, gradually merged want to accumulate his own workson his site, creating connections cipitated the creation of an artisle champ de tous les possibles. Des Thierry Ehrmann saperoit trs fort bien tre virtuel et nen reve- Il simagine alors bien, invitant des du monde, la faon dun margi-with Thierry Ehrmann. It becameand his personal collection of art between one artistic activity and tic community. Events that weremots qui prennent une nouvellevite que son projet sinstitution-nir qu sa force premire lenvie deartistes travailler sur place, crant nal inclassable, un pied dedans, un - as do all of his artistic projects - works, and even less to store his another, from one country to anboth public and private. First,dimension lorsque lon sait que nalise. Faut-il recruter un conser- faire. Cest le point essentiel, entre des connexions dune activit artis-pieds dehors. Tant pis pour la for- an opportunity for unlimited posworks and end up with a presti other, from one culture to anoth there was September 11. Like it or24 25scarification 15. 26Page Baudelaire Jon John, Borderline Biennale 2011 A .M.F. (Aesthetic Meat Front), Borderline Biennale 2011 Johanna Constantine, Borderline Biennale 2011Alose mule classique du muse qui s- connat trop bien lart contempo-damentales pour Thierry Ehr-27 Page Chaos?duisait tout le monde. Lui va aller rain pour moduler aujourdhui en-mann. Puises dans une culture Herman Nitschchercher ailleurs.core en formes esthtiques du ferjudo-chrtienne, elles voquentGainsbourg SergeTo achieve the energy he wasou de lacier. Comme le permis delalchimie et la voie christique, se seeking Thierry Ehrmann decid Kagemusha, performance de thierryThierry Ehrmann nattendra pasconstruire pour le bunker est re-nourrissant du symbole de la sa- ed to mix the themes of exhibiEhrmann et Sydney Ehrmannque le bunker soit construit pour fus, il va tout prendre bras le lamandre, de la mort et de sa R-Art performance by thierrytion, of work, of creativity in aentamer une stratgie base sur corps, la question du muse, de la demption, le tout port aux fontsEhrmann and Sydney Ehrmanngiant melting pot. And to fuselnergie de la rencontre. Les v- Factory et du faire. baptismaux de notre monde que Michel Houellebecqthese elements together so thatnements vont prcipiter la mise en reprsentent les mdias. Un va eteach artist could contribute his/ralisation dune communaut ar- vient incessant entre des fonde- her share of creation without thetistique. Des vnements dordre ments archaques et labrupte ir-whole project becoming a mess, evpublic et priv. Cest dabord leO il est question de chaos ralit de lactualit. Le projet se erything was organised aroundchoc du 11 septembre. Quon lescne lors dune saisie bien relle mais, il sait quil peut acter autre-conceptualise comme le faisait not, there is a before and an afmanaged to film the intrusion of and consciously to sacrifice his so tures). However, despite havinga small number of ideas; fundaveuille ou non, il existe un avanten se scarifiant sous lil ahuri des ment que par la voie sociale, horsCest dans un creuset quil va m- lart dans les annes 70. Quim- ter, as if the strength of the im bailiffs into his Domaine and hiscial status. Now he knew he could rediscovered this creative desire,mental and universal concepts foret un aprs, comme si la force de officiants en rfrence laction- de toute codification et prendrelanger les thmes de lexposition, porte lauteur direct, tout est dans ages that flowed from that event own self mutilation (a reference to act other than through the soEhrmann was too well acquaint Thierry Ehrmann. Drawn fromlimage avait fait exploser une idenisme viennois. Cet acte va sou- son compte la distance de lart.de luvre, de lacte afin dobte- lide. La question dun lieu propre had destroyed any linear concept Viennese Actionism) under the be cial channel, without any codifi ed with Contemporary art to start a Judeo-Christian culture, theselinaire de lhistoire. Pour Thierrydain lui faire passer un chemin Il renoue avec ses premiers essais, nir un melting pot mtiss dner- lexercice de lart nimporte plus.of history. To Thierry Ehrmann,wildered eyes of the officials. This cation, and make his the distancereproducing aesthetically pleasing concepts evoke Alchemy and theEhrmann, il y a soudain urgence supplmentaire. Ayant vcu avec lorsque tout jeune il tait fascin gie. Et pour consolider le tout, Lart est partout et il sinfiltre petit it was suddenly urgent to be pres act suddenly opened an addition of art. He decided to focus his cre forms in iron or steel. And when Way of Christ, inspired by the tre prsent au monde, demeu- son corps la souffrance, mais sur-par la sculpture. Cest le volume pour que chaque artiste puisse ap- petit dans le corps du domaine.ent in the world, to remain alertal path. Having experienced suf ativity on sculpture, his first arthe building permit for his bunsymbol of the Salamander, ofrer attentif et en veil lorsque se tout layant sublim par une vido, alors qui linspire et cette prsence porter sa part de cration sans queAux photographies, aux tableauxand aware of the constant ero fering with his body, but abovetistic activity. (when younger he ker was denied, he decided to take death and of Redemption; withgrignote au jour le jour les liberts il se trouve et se retrouve dans ce physique du corps mis contribu- la globalit du projet devienneaccrochs aux murs sajoutent dession of our daily freedom of ac all having idealised the act via was fascinated by sculpture; vol everything into his own hands the whole brought to the baptisdaction et de rflexion. A la mme geste aussi dfinitif qui lui permettion pour architecturer, construire inentendable, tout va se drou-dbordements. Cest dabord unetion and reflection. At the same video, he decided to repeat this ume inspired him as did the phys the question of the museum, themal fonts of our world representpriode, dans le cadre dun conflit dimmoler en toute connaissance et quilibrer une structure. Il re- ler autour de quelques notions: salamandre que Thierry Ehrmann time, in the context of a most un irreversible gesture on several oc icality of design, building and Factory and creativityed by the media. A constant backjuridique hors pair, il se met en de cause son statut social. Dsor-trouve cette envie de faire maisdes notions universelles et fon- peint, bientt suivie par un batail- usual legal dispute, Mr Ehrmanncasions, allowing him deliberately balancing 3-dimensional strucand forth between archaic founda 26 27scarification 16. lon de ces petites btes fantasma- Page 28 goriques. Comme doues de vie,tant au chaos? Elle a beau avoirtions and the startling unreality of ran accompanied by text - thetecture and it carries the scars of Henri Laboritelles occupent tout le territoire ett brle, vire au noir charbon- the news. The project was concepword and figure in perfect tanits disembowelment like decora Companie Materia Prima envahissent sol et armoires. Gra- neux dune aprs catastrophe, elle tualised like 1970s art. Who credem - on the theme of life and tions. In truth, the whole place Page 29 ves, tatoues elles jectent lidegarde toujours son architectureated it was not important whatdeath. The artist Ben also camehas become, if not a work, certain Des neuroleptiques couvrent les mursdune uvre cadre, elles abo-de base et porte comme des dco- mattered was the idea. The no to work at the Abode. And thely a museum. It offers the eye what de la Demeure du Chaoslissent les notions dintrieur etrations les effets dventration. Ation of the designated space for work continues. A huge amount of other exhibition rooms hide and Walls of the Abode of Chaos coveredextrieur. Elles courent en sac- dire vrai, cest elle tout entire qui the creation of art no longer mat work every day, with various artgives a view of art as somethingwith names of neuroleptic drugs.compagnant de textes, le mot et est devenu, sinon une uvre, maistered. Art is everywhere and it beists. Sometimes two, sometimes living, part of our everyday lives.la figure en parfait tandem sur leun muse. Elle offre aux regards gan slowly seeping into the body three, sometimes five, to moveAn open-air museum with morethme de la vie et de la mort. Bendes autres ce que cache les salles of the Domaine. The photographsthe impossible to stage a rethan 4,509 works reflecting whatinvestit lui aussi la demeure. Et ledexposition, elle donne voir de and paintings on the walls began al-life enactment of a page from Thierry Ehrmann likes to call ourtravail continue. Un travail de fou,lart comme si ce dernier tait en-to overflow onto the walls. Firsta newspaper to recreate sometragic and sumptuous century.tous les jours et plusieurs artistes. core vivant, embringu dans notreThierry Ehrmann painted a salabit of sensational news or an actIls sont deux, trois, parfois cinq vie de tous les jours. De lart ciel mander, then a whole battalion ofof war. The Abode became porousHauviette Bethemont,dplacer limpossible, mettre enouvert avec plus de 4509 uvres,these spooky critters. As though to the world, and News travels Art Critic and Curatorscne une page de journal, re-autant de reflets de notre sicleendowed with life, they occupied through it, penetrates itBut doescrer grandeur nature un fait di- tragique et somptueux selon sonthe whole territory and nvadedi that make it resemble chaos? Thevers ou fait de guerre. La demeureauteur.floors and cabinets. Engraved andAbode has been burnt, sectionsest devenue poreuse au monde,tattooed, they rejected the idea were turned to charcoal black likelactualit la traverse et la trans-Hauviette Bethemont, critique dArt et of framed work and abolished no the after effects of a disaster. Butperce. Ressemble-t-elle pour au-commissaire dexposition tions of inside and outside. Theyit still maintained its basic archi28 29 scarification 17. 30 31 scarification 18. Pages 33 39Le 7me Sceau Bris: du corps profane au corps Glorieux Performance de thierry Ehrmann, pour la clture de la Borderline Biennale 2009On disperse bien les cendres, Les voies obscures se vivent avec devient une manire comme uneThierry Ehrmanns closing performance of the 2009 Borderline Biennalecomme si ce ntait quune fois lalui dans la chair, il accompagne de autre de retrouver lessence. CestVido disponible sur http://blog.ehrmann.orgmort annonce que lon pouvaittout son corps sa qute secrte,dans la multiplicit des images,envisager la multiplication de sonprouvant les dangers la surfacelaccumulation sur la durecorps et son absorption par lede ses motions et ramenant ladactes, quil dconstruit et semonde.surface du juridique linfiniment construit.Le seul double que lon accepte sacr.Car sa dmarche relve de lutopie.gnralement est celui que nous En questionnant en effet larenvoie le miroir. Et encore, position de lindividu face la loi,imaginez quun clat vienne leface linformation, face auxreproduire et le vertige vous prend. Obscurum groupes conomiques, politiques,Une seule enveloppe pour uneseule dfinition de lindividu.per sociaux ou religieux, il dvoile despossibles et des rseaux capables deDpassez cette frontire symbo-obscuriuslui donner une libert vritable lique et vous pourriez voir poindre imaginer le monde.en plein vol les abords effrayantsEn 1980, E.T. devient majeur.de la pense et de tous ses pos-Lge, dit-on heureux, o les genssibles La libert de conduire en toute le plus souvent se prcipitent dansInternet est justement un espace connaissance de cause sa vie. le bel ordre du social. Difficilepart o, devenu enfin virtuel, le Traversant un champ de mine oupourtant cette poque-lcorps sans danger peut se diviser,encore un saut dobstacle, il dessayer en toute innocence lesse diluer et inventer lubiquit. Nesengage au prix dune norme chemins de traverses. Cette fin deresterait alors que la substance, discipline sur un chemin o lesicle soigne sa propre fin, elle rvelauteur, savoir celui qui produitdroit se dilue par trop de prsence.den terminer avec les utopies etlimpulsion premire. Cest un parcours initiatique qui signe la mort des avant-gardes.E.T. a plong dans lunivers virtuelprouve le corps dans la mesure Trouver quelques raisons desprercomme dans une exprience eno, le combat et ltat de rsistance relve ds lors de limpossiblersonance avec celle quil menait devenus permanents, chaque gestecombat.depuis 1983. Une exprience definit par entraner invitablementE.T. dcide alors de prendre la clefnon-existence juridique qui (comme un handicap) sa prolonga-des champs. Cependant, enlobligeait se dfinir sans fin sur tion dans la sphre du juridique. choisissant de devenir un cobayela frontire du rel. Cest dans cet espace hors cadre, juridique, animal de laboratoireLe rgime des grands incapables que E.T. va acter son exprience. bon tre dissqu, il ne semajeurs sous tutelle, pos commeLes films, comme les rfrs jouent soustrait en aucune faon au droit.un postulat de vie, renvoyait enalors le rle de tmoins et, la Au contraire, il se met en perma-effet un effacement du registre limite de limpression du corps nence sous le regard de celui-ci. Lasocial, une absence au monde quidans le rel, ils doublent par un libert quil se donne, ne reste quelectrisait lessentiel cest dire la effet boomerang lunicit ducelle de mesurer linfime fractionchair et lme. regard. Dans la fissure, merge o elle peut encore oprer en sonEn laissant aux magistrats le soinalors le point de non-retour du sein.de prendre en charge la codifica- je. Accompagn dun il de Can quition de sa prsence, celle de Je, qui au-del de laspect en permanence scruterait dans leslindividu en prise avec le droit etpsychiatrique prouve lirrduc-tnbres de la tombe, il avancede lautre et par un effet de miroirtible de ltre.donc en renvoyant une image dontla part obscure qui bien entenduE.T. accompagne son voyagela force se fera dans la faute, doncne pouvait que leur chapper, E.T.dimages symboliques, dun ct ledans lhumanit.marquait, sur ce double chemin au grand livre de la loi, de lautre leCest sous surveillance quilva et vient incessant, la frontire Grand Livre quest la Bible. Entre, questionne le systme, produisantdun espace qui sous le poids de la sans dieu ni matre, mais toujourssans cesse des actes qui se heurtentcoercition trouvait sa libert. la recherche du sens, il promnede plein fouet au dispositif lgal. IlCar il sagit bien dune recherche, sa chair, sa pense, son rapport la peut alors nous raconter cettedune qute, que E.T. mne sur lessocit. Chaque fois, il sprouve, histoire absurde qui chaque faillephoto Ingrid Janssenbords du social et du religieux,le terme se ptrit de souffrance, renvoie la fragilit du question-mlangeant les chemins de tous lesdans labandon. nement initial.mystres. Quitter lenveloppe, se dissoudre Cette image tutlaire ne peut que 32 33 scarification 19. sinscrire dans la tragdie.dfinitions aussi diverses netoute part par le grand videSimaginer comme terrainpouvait que lamener se dfinirjuridique. Un trou noir odexprience implique en effet unesur des critres plus essentiels.sengouffrerait, amalgam, tout lepart norme dhonntet et cestComme il le souligne du reste, Mal et le Bien et dont la souf-tout en violence que scrira doncInternet reste pour lui unefrance scrte induirait sa ralit.ce chapitre initiatique.mtaphore du divin, une agora desJe pense donc je suis, je souffreSi on ne frlait ici les limites du thers.donc jexiste distille-t-il.droit, de la biensance, il nePlus le cadre quil simpose est Le chaos cest bien connu est leresterait peut-tre quun viderigide, plus les rgles y sont dbut de toute chose et, auxpouvantable. Or, E.T. vit sa rigoureuses et plus il peut esprerlimites du dsordre, E.T. estdissolution dans lespace socialsen chapper. Ce qui schappepersuad de pointer les stigmatesavec lnergie et la conscience dunvraiment de cette non-vie, cest de lesprit. La crucifixion est doncporteur de croix. son me. symboliquement une icne qui luiSeule la souffrance est selon lui Pour le corps, il reste encore leconvient. Le corps de pardoncapable de sublimer ses actes, elle porter aux limites de ce qui lesacrifi, offert travers la douleur,court donc de droite gauche, du discerne. Mais il procde sommersonne sur un parcours qui ne sepied de son lit lentre de son toute de la mme manire quavec justifie que dans leffacement.domaine.son corps lgal, il frle la dissolu-E.T. travaille toujours sur lide duCest elle qui insuffle une forme tion complte pour ne devenirplein et du vide, il comble,du sacr son voyage, qui donnequun rite de passage. Il aurait puaccumule, multiplie les images.un prix sa Rdemption. La jouer intimit solitaire et secret Dispers, il ne peut que laisser ladispersion qui trouve son sens au dalcve, mais il prfre encore place cet indfinissable chosecreux du juridique est celle du une mise nu plus radicale et quest lme.partage du corps. La dimension de participe des rseaux quiAvec Internet, il trouve en sommece parcours est forcment donnent leur clandestinit des le juste fonctionnement en cho chrtienne. La souffrance, le gots de terra incognita.sa vie. Le lieu gographique ypch, la morale, tous les ingr- Echange, partage des corps et desexplose, le juridique sy perd,dients dune grand-messe se sexes, il se situe demble sur deslubiquit est de mise et le rseautrouvent parpills le long dunchemins dinitis. propose une nouvelle organisationchemin qui se rfre sans fin aux Ce sont les codes rgis en cede lespace social.stations de la Croix entre damna- domaine qui donnent sens lacte. Une nouvelle utopie qui permet-tion et extase. Et dans la fluidit perdue, il trait enfin de croire que le mondeTous les jours, E.T. se met enretrouve la notion de dilution qui peut encore si ce nest changer ausituation non seulement de rendre construit sa vie. Son corps lgalmoins se rver.des comptes mais aussi de prouver autopsi, vacu, son corps sexuIl fait partie des initis et, ceque vivre peut se conjuguer horsperdu dans la multiplication nejeu-l, il comprend plus vite quedes normes codifies et lint- restait que lombre de Dieu pour dautres toute limportance de cerieur du champ spirituel. rpondre quelques questions de nouvel espace.Sous lil omniprsent de lafond et dvoiler la vrit.En 1999 en cette fin de sicle, iljustice, il sgare et se disperse en L encore, il systmatise sa peut quitter sa tutelle et sonune stratgie de survie. Gogra-recherche et se tourne vers chaque non-statut pour en revenir auphiquement, il svade et il ne groupe religieux, ethnique oucontrat social au moment mmesagit pas l de sa personnesocial, il entre et pntre partout, o celui-ci se dlite.physique mais bien de son doubledu bord du fleuve lautre rive, il Internet redfinit lindividu et lemoralement responsable tel que le passe de la lumire lobscurit. rle de lauteur dans la masse desdcrivent les lois, dunivers Le tissu spirituel et social quil informations en perptueljuridiques en univers juridiques. visite est aussi bien de lordre demouvement. E.T. est spcialisteIl fonctionne ds ce moment-lcelui qui se drobe que de celui des droits dauteurs, ce nest pasprofondment comme unequi se vit dans les processions en pour rien. Dans un universconstructionInternet; en rseau plein jour.virtuel, cest encore le je quilide du je ne se dfinissant plus A chacun, il pose un problmersiste le mieux.que dans le miroir du processus.fondamental : comment uneOr, de pays en pays la loi change etpersonne juge irresponsable ad augusta per angustase modle selon des schmas peut-elle participer la commu-photo Ingrid Janssentablis force dhistoire, denion des esprits ? Hauviette Bethemont,culture et de politique. TraverserJustement si esprit et corps pur il ycritique dArt et commissairele monde en choisissant des a, ce serait bien le sien, travers de dexposition34 35 scarification 20. We scatter ashes, as if it is onlyin his flesh, he threw his wholeactions last, that he deconstructs once death has been declared that physical being into his secretand reconstructs himself. we can envisage the body multi quest, experiencing dangers at theFor his approach is utopian. By in plied and its absorption by the surface of his emotions and effect questioning the position of world.bringing the infinitely sacred to the individual facing the legal The only double we generallythe surface of the legal. system, the news and economic, accept is that we see reflected in aFreedom to lead his life with fullpolitical, social and religious mirror. Yet, imagine that a flash knowledge of how things reallygroupings, he reveals what is suddenly brings it to life and theare -crossing a minefield or an possible and the networks that thought is unnerving. One obstacle course, he embarked, can give him genuine freedom to wrapping defines one individual with enormous self-discipline, on imagine the world. -step past this symbolic frontier In 1980 E.T. came of age -the age and you can envisage the flood they call carefree, when people gates opening to a terrifying usually rush to take their place in expansion of the boundaries of Obscurum the social order. It is difficult thought and all the realms of possibility per though, in this day and age, to take side roads in all innocence. The Internet is precisely such a obscuriusThe end of this century looks after space apart, where, having finallyitself, it dreams of finishing with become virtual, the body can, utopias and marks the death of without risk, divide, dilute itself the avant-garde. and imagine itself ubiquitous.a path where the law was weakFinding reasons to hope then Nothing then remains but theened by being too present.becomes an impossible battle. substance, the originator, theThis was a journey of initiationSo E.T. decided to go his own way. individual who produced the first which put the body to the test, inHowever, in choosing to become a impulse.as much as the battle and legal guinea pig, a laboratory E.T. plunged into a virtual world resistance became constant, eachanimal to be dissected, he did not as if into an experience whichaction in the end leading inevitain any way allow the law to echoed his own from 1983 -anbly (like a disability) to itsrestrict him. experience of legal non existence continuation into the legal sphere. On the contrary, he put himself which forced him to endlessly It was in this undefined area thatunder its constant gaze. The redefine himself on the edges ofE.T. was to enact his experience. freedom he gave himself was still reality.So films, like referees, play the only that of the freedom to weigh The legal guardianship of mental role of witnesses, and at the limit up the tiny part where it could ly incapacitated adults, laid downof the impression made by the continue to function within as a postulate of life, effectively body in reality, their single himself. equates to erasure from the socialviewpoint is duplicated as it isAs Cain under a staring eye record, to a removal from the bounced back to them. From theconstantly on watch from the world which electrifies the essence fissure emerges the point ofshadows of the tomb, he thus of the individual, in other words,non-return for the I. moved forward, reflecting an the body and soul.I, which beyond its psychiatric image whose strength was to lie in Leaving judges to take on the manifestation, experiences thetransgression and thus in responsibility of enshrining hisirreducibility of the being.humanity. existence in law, that of anE.T. accompanies his journey with It was while under supervision individual under legal control andsymbolic images -on one hand thethat he questioned the system, his other self, its mirror image, his great book of the law, on the other constantly doing things that deepest inner part, who, of course, the Great Book which is the Bible.clashed directly with the machin they could never control, E.T.Between them, with neither godery of the legal system; so that he marked out, on this dual track on nor master, but always seekingcan now relate this absurd story in which he traveled incessantly backmeaning and direction, walk his which each setback underlined the and forth, the boundaries of aflesh, his thoughts and his flimsiness of the original case. space where, under the weight ofrelationship with society. Each This picture of life under legal coercion, he found freedom. time, he is tested, the end moldedguardianship can only belong to For this was -and is- a search, a by suffering, in self-abnegation. tragedy. Indeed, to think of quest, that E.T. conducts on theLeaving the outer body, dissol yourself as experimental terrain line between the social and the ving, becomes just another way of implies a huge degree of honesty,photo Ingrid Janssen religious, weaving together the rediscovering his essence. It is in so it is to be expected that this paths of all mysteries. the multiplicity of images, their initiatory chapter will be written He lived with dark ways residingaccumulation over the time that with savagery. 36 37 scarification 21. If we were verging here on theaccountable for his actions but alsoof ethers. The more rigid the gives structure to his life. His legal engulfed whose secreted suffering the social arena.limits of the law and propriety,proved that life can be lived framework he imposed on himself,body autopsied, disposed of, his is said to result in its reality. This is said to be a new utopiaperhaps all that would be leftoutside codified norms and within the stricter the rules, the more he sexual body lost in multiple I think therefore I am, I suffer which will at last make it possiblewould be an appalling vacuum. Yet the spiritual domain. could hope to escape. What in facsimiles, there remains only the therefore I exist he says suc to believe that the world can still,E.T. survives his eradication fromUnder the omnipresent eye of thetruth would escape from thisshadow of God to answer some cinctly.if not change, at least dream.the social arena with the energyjudicial system, he wandered andnon-life, was his soul. fundamental questions and reveal Chaos, it is well known, was theHe is one of its initiates and, inand awareness of a man who has afragmented himself as a strategyHe has yet to take his body to thethe truth. beginning of everything, and at this game, he understands morecross to bear.for survival. Geographically he limits of that which perceives it.Here too, he makes his searchthe limits of disorder, E.T. is quickly than others the fullHe believes that only suffering isescaped, not his physical self butUltimately, however, the processsystematic and turns to each convinced he should focus on thesignificance of this new arena.capable of sublimating his actions, his morally responsible double as will be the same as with his legalreligious, ethnic and social group,stigmata of the mind and spirit.In 1999, as the century ended, heso it rushes hither and thither,laws define it, legal worlds within body, verging on complete he enters and penetrates everyThus the crucifixion is a symbolicwas able to leave his guardianshipfrom the foot of his bed to the legal worlds. dissolution in order to becomewhere, from one side of the rivericon that suits him. The embodiand non-status behind him andentrance of his domain. From this moment on, fundamennothing more than a rite of to the other, he passed from light ment of forgiveness sacrificed, return to the social contract at theIt is suffering which breathes atally like an Internet structure; inpassage. He could have confined to darkness. The spiritual and offered through pain, resonates very moment it was disinte rating.gform of the sacred into his a network in which the notion ofhimself to playing solitary private social fabric he inspects is asalong a road only justified in theThe Internet redefines thejourney, which puts a price on hisI now defined itself only in thegames and to intimate talk, yet heordered in what is revealed as extinction of self. individual and the role of theRedemption. The dispersion whichmirror of the process.preferred more radical exposure ofwhat is seen paraded in the full E.T. continues to work on the ideaauthor in a mass of constantlyfinds its meaning in the emptinessYet, from one country to anotherhimself and contributed tolight of day.of the solid and the void, he fills in, shifting information. E.T. is anof the law is that of the bodythe law is changing and is beingnetworks which by their clandesHe puts a fundamental problem to piles up, and increases the numberexpert on authors rights, and fordivided. The dimension of thismodelled on patterns establishedtine nature have a terra incognieach of us: how can a person of images. Fragmented, he can dogood reason. In a virtual world, itcourse is necessarily Christian.as the result of history, culture and ta flavor. deemed incapable of running theirno more than leave a place for that is still the I who can fight best.Suffering, sin, morality, all the politics. Travelling the worldTalking to others, changing bodyown affairs take part in the indefinable thing -the soul.ingredients of a high mass areselecting such diverse definitionsand sex, he at once placed himselfcommunion of mind and spirit?With the Internet, he has, in short,ad augusta per angustascattered along a road which refers could only result in his defining as someone privy to the ways of Of course, if pure mind and body found an appropriate way ofendlessly to the Stations of thehimself on the most essential the initiated.there be, it would be his, perfunctioning which echoes his life.Hauviette Bethemont,Cross between damnation and criteria. There are codes governing thismeated in every direction by the Here geography is blown away, the Art Critic and Curatoreternal bliss.Moreover, as he stresses, the area which give meaning to thegreat void of the law -a black holelegal system is at a loss, beingEvery day E.T. put himself in a Internet continues for him to be aact. In the lost flow he rediscovin which the amalgamation of all everywhere is the norm and theposition where he was not onlymetaphor of the divine, an agoraered the notion of dilution which Good and Evil is said to benetwork offers a new structure forphoto Ingrid Janssen38 39 scarification 22. 40Page Fractales, Sculptures de thierry Ehrmann 40 41 scarification 23. Trente ans de sculpturestation au voyage vous per- I am constantly asked by visi Spider blush. I have always hadGroup through a series of icon THIRTY YEARS OF SCULPTUREde thierry Ehrmann (1982-2012)mettra entre autre dtreau-dessus du Temple Pro- tors to the museum: can we touch your sculptures? My answer isa passion for volume and sculpture. As far back as primary school oclastic installations set in a se cret underground world. So yes! BY THIERRY EHRMANNtestant par des sculptures YES! They were made to please theI was disciplined for craftily hidthe Great Work continues unabatPages 42/43 la question qui revient sans cesse 200 500 mm dpaisseur (Aros- sans frler les fouilles. Vous pour- eye and be touched to come intoing mock-ups of sculptures madeed, regardless of how many aggresLames alchimiques par les visiteurs du muse : a-t-onpatiale, usage militaire) qui vont rez aussi visionner lintrieur de la physical contact with the viewout of balsa wood, cardboard and sive attacks by reactionaries of all(acier brut / raw steel),Sculptures de thierry Ehrmannle droit de toucher mes sculptures? nous permettre des installations Demeure du Chaos et Artprice/er. I can feel that a monumental wood at the back of the classroom. stripes I have to endure. Make noJe rponds OUI ! Pour le plai- monstrueuses faire rougir lArai- Groupe Serveur de manire ico-and decadent project is prepar mistake, the Demeure de Chaos is tail dune lameD sir des yeux et du toucher car elles gne de Louise BOURGEOIS noclaste par des installations sur-ing and will commence after theThe goal over the 2012/2016 pea monster, it is hungry and it is fu Focus on a bladesont faites pour tre en contact au Guggenheim. Le volume et la ralistes utilisant les souterrainsexhibition Thirty years of thierry riod is to create a second Aboderiously Dada.corporel avec vous. Je sens dj,sculpture chez moi est une passion, secrets. Et oui ! Le Grand uvreEhrmann sculptures (1982-2012),of Chaos that will be superimquau-del de lexposition ; trente dj en cole primaire je me faisais continue de plus belle, quel que featuring 702 works of 20mm- posed as an infra-thin secondthierry Ehrmann, 2012ans de sculptures de thierry Ehr-virer car je crais en louced des soit le nombre incalculable de thick steel created in situ over a layer one that is barely perceptimann (1982-2012) - avec 702 maquettes de sculpture et instal-conflits que je subis en mode guer-period of 2 years. ble over the first. The invitationsculptures dacier brut de 20 mm lation en balsa, carton, bois, etc rier par les racs en tout genre.to this voyage will feature sculpcres in situ depuis 2 ans - il seplanqu au fond de la classe.Quils se le disent, la Demeure du We are currently in touch with tures that place you above theprpare une suite grandiose etChaos est un monstre, elle est affa- suppliers of crude steel (used inProtestant Temple without coming thierry Ehrmann lors dedcadente. Le but sera darriver en 2012/2016 me et furieusement dadaste.aerospace and military applicainto contact with the excavations l installation dune sculpture de crer une deuxime Demeure du tions) ranging in thickness from beneath it. You will also be able to neuf tonnes dacierNous avons pris contact avec des Chaos qui se superpose comme un thierry Ehrmann, 2012 200mm to 500mm that will makeview the interior of the Demeure thierry Ehrmann, while installingfournisseurs daciers spciaux deinfra-mince la premire ; linvi- Louise Bourgeois Guggenheim du Chaos and Artprice / the Server a 9-ton steel sculpture42 43scarification 24. Pages 44/47 Lames alchimiques (acierbrut / raw steel), Sculpturesde thierry Ehrmann 44 45scarification 25. 46 47 scarification 26. 48 49 scarification 27. 50 51 scarification 28. Pages 52/53LOiseau de FeuSculpture et installationde thierry Ehrmann(poids: 21 tonnes, longueur: 18m)Sculpture and installationby thierry Ehrmann(weight: 21 tons, length: 18m)52 53 scarification 29. photo Lukas Zpira54Page Marathon Man55Page Marquis, plasticien et body-piercer Marquis, artist and body-piercer54 55scarification 30. Pages 56/57UndergroundSculpture monumentale de90 tonnes par thierry Ehrmann90-ton monumental sculptureby thierry Ehrmann56 57 scarification 31. Portrait du Facteur Cheval(lame dacier) Postman Cheval portrait (steel blade) 58 59 scarification 32. Pages 60-61Black Box Sculptures de thierry Ehrmann Vritables cubes parfaits dacier mergent de la terre, dont chacun rvlera une civilisation ou un territoire disparu. Real perfect steel cubes emerging from the ground. Each one of them shall reveal a lost civilization or territory.61Page Paul Ryan 60 61 scarification 33. Pages 62/63La fort de Brocliandeuvre collective de thierryEhrmann et Marc del PianoCollaborative artwork by thierryEhrmann and Marc del Piano 62 63 scarification 34. Sentinelles AlchimiquesSculptures de thierry Ehrmann 64 65 scarification 35. La Grande MtoriteSculpture monumentale de thierryEhrmannEn arrire-plan, LOiseau deFeu, installation et sculpturemonumentale en aluminium, poids :21 tonnes et longueur : 18 mtresLa Grande MtoriteMonumental sculpture by thierryEhrmannIn the background, LOiseaude Feu, monumental sculptureand installation, weight:21tons, length: 18 meters66 67scarification 36. Fontaine Organique68 69scarification 37. 70 71 scarification 38. Nul na jamaispeint, sculpt,model, inventque pour sortir delenfer de la folieNo one has ever painted, sculpted,modeled, or invented except toescape from the hell of madnessCest par ces mots dAntonindes mots crits et la beaut delombre qui maccompagne dans It is with these words of Antonin importance of the written wordArtaud qui gravent ma chair ven leurs penses. La folie et la crama descente aux enfers, ma Muse Artaud which engrave my rippedand the beauty of their thoughts.tre, que jai dmarr ma plaidoition, lassociation dides incon sublime et ternelle, elle a brl en flesh that I started my two-day de Madness and creativity, the asrie de deux jours en ma qualit trles constituent pour Breton, moi au fil des dcennies, tous lesfence as the defendant after thesociation of uncontrolled ideas,de prvenu aprs le verdict de la le dpart du matriel surralimtaux, tous les honneurs de la r verdict of the Criminal Chamber was for Breton the raw material ofChambre Criminelle de la Cour deste. Selon Agenben, lartiste conpublique, toutes les vanits. of the Supreme Court that re Surrealism. According to Agenben,Cassation qui me renvoyait pour temporain est celui qui prend en ferred me for the fourth time tothe Contemporary artist is onela quatrime fois devant la justice p n lei e face le faisceau obscur deDepuis plus de 30 ans, mon corpsbe judged by the justice of Men inwho dares to look straight at thedes Hommes dans une enceinteson temps.autopsi par les Mandarins et les a criminal court for having comdark beam of his epoch.correctionnelle pour avoir comMagistrats se voit irrigu de toute mitted the ultimate crime of cremis le crime suprme davoir enJe suis donc devenu aveugle en la chimiothrapie psychiatrique deating a three-headed monster: the So I became blind in 1978, by thegendr un monstre tricphale : la 1978, par la voie sche. Les yeuxnotre sicle. Abode of Chaos. alchemical dry path. My eyesDemeure du Chaos. brls par le feu de ma maladie inburned with the fire of my incurcurable. En 1980, devenu majeur, La PMD, est pour moi le manifeste The genitor that I had become was able disease. In 1980, when I cameLe gniteur que jtais devait donc lge heureux, dit-on, o les gens suprme de la folie mais la mde now being forced to kill its creature of age... the happy age (so they say)tuer sa crature au nom de la raise prcipitent vers le bel ordre so cine ne se prononce pas si la folie in the name of Reason of State andin which people normally rush toson dEtat et de lurbanisme bien cial, je suis devenu incapable ma ne serait pas simplement la ma conformist town planning. wards the beautiful social order,pensant.jeur ray en marge de ltat civil,ladie de lintelligence, lcot sansI became an incapacitated adult,graci par ma dmence en laissantfin payer pour affronter les yeux In my head, I heard Vincent Van pushed to the margins of civil staDans ma tte, jentendais Vincent aux magistrats le soin de prendrecartels le Dieu R. Gogh screaming: I fight for my tus, pardoned by my dementia,Van Gogh qui hurlait : je lutteen charge ma prsence. art because if I win it will be the leaving to judges the job of decidphoto Eric Soudanpour mon art car si je gagne il sera Il faut donc dire adieu au mondebest lightning conductor for my ing what should be done with me. Pages 72/73 le meilleur paratonnerre de ma foMa PMD (psychose maniaco-des vivants, vritable armemadness. When he was a medi thierry Ehrmannlie. Andr Breton, alors tudiantdpressive) et ses troubles de dtres soumis au contrat social et cal student, Andr Breton was con My MDP (manic depressive psyen mdecine, est confront la fo lhumeur bipolaire, sera tour rver veill hant par ses halluSydney Ehrmann fronted with madness. From thechosis) and its bipolar mood disorlie. Il retient des fous limportance tour, ma sulfureuse matresse, cinations, ses nuits vertigineuses Kurt Ehrmannmad people he met he retained the ders became, one after the other, 72 73scarification 39. Page 75 Pierrick aka Cart1Yining ZhaoLaurent Courau Marc del Piano perfuses de psychotropes pour LAlchimie et lArt sont indisso my sultry mistress, the shadows the genes; three generations of laisser des traces indlbiles en ciables pour accomplir notre Grandthat accompany me in my descentsEhrmanns have carried this heavy tre le temporel et le spirituel par le uvre dans la nuit la plus som into hell, my sublime and eternal load... whose redemption can only pouvoir de lArt. Le Golgotha estbre aprs que les derniers humainsMuse, that have burned in me over be through the Royal Art. Alchemy aussi mes yeux une cathdrale de nous ont quitts, nous apercevons the decades, destroying all metals, manifestation of madness; but theject to the social contract, and and Art are inseparable to ful lumire. dans la voie obscure de la folie au all Republican honours and allmedical community still cannot to daydream, haunted by hallu fil our Great Work. In the darkest74Pageloin une lumire divine et l comvanities. decide if it isnt just the disease of cinations and dizzying nightsnight after the last humans haveThomas Foucher, Marc del La damnation par la folie se transmence le dbut de lOeuvre... intelligence, the eternal price to perfused with psychotropic subleft, we see, far away, on the darkPiano, Kurt Ehrmann, thierry met par la voie du sang, trois g For over 30 years, my body, auto pay for staring wide-eyed straight stances, in order to leave indelible path of madness, a divine light...Ehrmann, Pierrick aka Cart1 nrations de Ehrmann portent thierry Ehrmann psied by mandarins and magistra into the eyes of the Sun God. traces between the temporal andand that is where the beginning of thierry Ehrmann et Goin cette lgion dhonneur des psy(31 juillet 2010 : le temps de la tes, has been irrigated with every the spiri ual through the power of tthe Oeuvre commences... chopathes, dont la RdemptionRenaissance)imaginable molecule inven ed byt It is therefore necessary to say art. Golgotha s also in my eyes a i Thomas Foucher ne peut sinscrire que dans lArtthe psycho-pharmacology of ourgood-bye to the world of the livcathe ral of light. Damnation by dthierry Ehrmann thierry EhrmannRoyal. era. MDP is for me the supremeing, veritable army of beings sub madness is transmitted through (31 July 2010: The time for Rebirth)74 75 scarification 40. Hommage Pierre Coret de thierry Ehrmann et de la Demeure du ChaosLa Demeure du Chaos est en deuil,un juste parmi les justes sest teintbrutalement ce samedi 26 janvier2013 en la personne de Pierre Co-ret. Pierre tait pour nous ce for-geron de gnie aux doigts en orqui avait le don de comprendreles volumes et leurs mes dacier.Il est difficile de rencontrer danssa vie un tre aussi humaniste, al-truiste, dont le dsir de faire dubien navait aucune limite. Cha-cune des sculptures monumentalesque jai difies avec lui restera ja-mais grave dans mon cur. LaDemeure du Chaos et moi-mmelui ddions la sculpture The Nail- Le Clou, sculpture de 9 mtresde haut sur laquelle seront gravsnotre hommage ainsi que notreamiti indfectible ce grandMonsieur, Matre des Forges. Page 76 thierry Ehrmann prparant le clou lacide chlohydrique thierry Ehrmann preparing the nail with a chlorhydric acid coatingA ssemblage de The Nail Page 77 Pierre Coret et Luc PommierPierre Coret Pierre Coret et Luc Pommier entrain d riger The Nail Pierre Coret and Luc Pommier erecting The Nail The Nail (acier brut / raw steel), Sculpture de thierry Ehrmann de 9 mtres de hauteur 76 77 scarification 41. Installation LHeure Initiatique et Sculpture Le Livre dOsiris par thierry Ehrmann (acier brut, 7 tonnes, 3 x 1,5m, paisseur : 180 mm) Installation LHeure Initiatique and Sculpture Le Livre dOsiris by thierry Ehrmann (180-mm raw steel, 7 tons, 3m x 1,5 m)78 79 scarification 42. 80 81 scarification 43. Pages 82/83UndergroundSculpture monumentale de 90 tonnespar thierry Ehrmann90-ton monumental sculptureby thierry Ehrmann 82 83 scarification 44. 84 85 scarification 45. Pages 86/87Intrieurs de la Demeure du Chaos The Abode of Chaos, interior viewsQuand la ligne droitedevient fractale, Sculpture de thierry Ehrmann86 87 scarification 46. Pages 88/89 Sculptures de Marc del PianoPierre Coret en plein travailPierre Coret, shaping steel88 89 scarification 47. Page 90Empreintes Positivespar thierry Ehrmann91PageGolem, Sculpture deKurt Ehrmann 90 91 scarification 48. Pages 92/93Empreintes Positivespar thierry Ehrmann 92 93 scarification 49. Page 94Peter Higgs, Luka Rocco Magnotta,Julian Assange, James Ellroy, Page 95Georges Bataille, Ferdinand Cheval,Vladimir Pountine, Andr Malraux 94 95scarification 50. Kurt Schwitters a t harcel par les nazis... Lhumanit peur de son propre reflet... Extrait du livre Honte vous 96 PageBen Vautier, mon vieux compliceBen Vautier, my old accompliceMarcel Duchamp 97 PageKurt SchwittersJean-Edern Hallier, qui a rveill enmoi de nouveau lenvie d crireJean-Edern Hallier, who hasrevived my desire to write96 97 scarification 51. 98Page Bobby Fischer99Page Pier Paolo Pasolini98 99 scarification 52. 100Page La table de culte101PageLes tranges couloirs de laDemeure du Chaos 100 101 scarification 53. Nul na jamais crit ou peint, sculpt,102Page model, construit, invent, que pour Le Temple Organique sortir en fait de lenfer (1999/2003) Installation et sculptureAntonin Artaud monumentale de thierry Ehrmann, dtruisant 70% des surfaces privatives de la Demeure du Chaos Extrait du livre Honte vous Installation and monumental sculpture by thierry Ehrmann, which destroyed 70% of the Abode of Chaos private areas 102 103 scarification 54. 104Page Le Temple Organique (1999/2003) Installation et sculpture monumentale de thierry Ehrmann, dtruisant 70% des surfaces privatives de la Demeure du Chaos Installation and monumental sculpture by thierry Ehrmann, which destroyed 70% of the Abode of Chaos private areas 104 105 scarification 55. transmutationsymboleattributallgorietmoignagesigne de guerre algorithmecryptogramme trace hiroglyphebrulre criture mtaphore figuration tatouage signature transfigurationinjonction marche mystre markbrlure frappe traitlecture stigmate emblme ritesigle idogramme cachet symbole blasonlangage monogramme paraphe arcane transmutationcode sceau timbreincarnation cicatrice marquage allegorienombre mtamorphosechiffre sens sacr codage dmarcation scarification manifestation 56. Les 99 Sentinelles AlchimiquesThe 99 Alchemical Sentinels de la Demeure du Chaos Ces 99 Sentinelles Alchimiques Ces trois corps sont le soufre, le perfection absolue par sa force spi-at the Abode of Chaos nowChaoss spots of hot energies in its Note that the three bodiesEgypt. It represents strength, sont dsormais une des sont chacune des points dner-mercure et le sel. rituelle, son symbolisme de la nuit form one of the largest9,000 sq.m of land. Some are hidfound in the Materia Prima or beauty and harmony. plus grandes installations gies particuliers de la Demeure dudes temps notamment dans lan-sculptural installations inden by vegetation or natural land Alchemical Chaos are intimatelyChaos sur 9 000 m2. Certaines se Soulignons que les trois corps pr-cienne Egypte, il est force, beautforms while others have been mixed. The triangular point is also These 99 Alchemical Sentinels are statuaires en Europe.dissimulent par la vgtation ou les sents dans la Materia Prima ou et harmonie.Europe.positioned to echo other works;the mark of the fire philosophers.the guardians of the shrine thatreliefs naturels ou bien en cho aux Chaos alchimique sont troite-yet others are in our private andis the Abode of Chaos. I designedElles sont au nombre de 99, faitesautres uvres, dautres sont dansment mlangs. Le triangle deCes 99 Sentinelles Alchimiques se- There are 99 sentinels, each made professional areas. And some are The equilateral triangle restingthem as veritable wells of quandacier brut de 10 mm (total de les espaces privatifs ou profession- point est aussi la marque des philo- ront les gardiennes du Sanctuaireof crude 10mm steel (total of 50T!) abandoned to Mexican ivy.on its base with its three points tum energy that I have placed with50 T !) soudes pour former unnels. Certaines sont abandonnes sophes par le feu. que reprsente la Demeure du welded to form a perfect equilatflat on the ground is the symbolpatience and wisdom throughouttriangle quilatral parfait. Cha-au lierre mexicain. Chaos. Je les ai conues comme deeral triangle. Each of the threeIn my alchemical work that startfire, one of the four elements with the Abode of Chaos. They will recun des 3 pans (2mx1m) consti- Le triangle quilatral reposant vritable puits dnergie quantiquesides (2m 1m) of the Alchemical ed on 9 December 1999, the three which the alchemist works in themain for a thousand years as wittuant une Sentinelle Alchimique,Dans mon travail alchimique d-sur sa base, la manire des troisque je pose avec patience et sagesse Sentinels has a mysterious embra doors arranged in an equilaterlaboratory. nesses of a civilization vanishedest lui mme dcoup pour laisser marr le 9 dcembre 1999, les troispoints, est le symbole de llment sur lensemble de la Demeure du sure cut into it, also in the form of al triangle with one vertex point due to the foolishness of men.entrevoir une mystrieuse meur- portes disposes en triangle qui- feu, lun des quatre lments avec Chaos. Elles resteront durant millean equilateral triangle, giving the ing upwards form the luminousThe geometric properties of thetrire, elle mme en forme de latral, dont un sommet est dirig lesquels lalchimiste travaille au ans comme les tmoins dune ci-viewer a Euclidean geometrical exdelta. They are the three bodies equilateral triangle make it a form thierry Ehrmanntriangle quilatral, donnant ainsi vers le haut, forment le delta lumi- laboratoire. vilisation disparue par la folie des perience. on which the alchemist will work.of absolute perfection in terms ofune gomtrie Euclidienne au re-neux. Elle sont les trois corps sur hommes.These three bodies are sulfur, merspiritual force, and a symbolismgard du visiteur. lesquels lalchimiste va uvrer. Les proprits gomtriques duThese Alchemical Sentinels have cury and salt. of eternity, especially in ancient triangle quilatral relvent de lathierry Ehrmannbeen placed at 99 of the Abode of 108 109transmutation 57. Bravo, mon frre pour ton rlede grand architecte dun univers.Extrait du livre Honte vous Sentinelles de type Alphapermettant laccs aux souterrainssecrets.Alpha-type Sentinelsproviding access to the hiddenunderground galleries.110 111 transmutation 58. 112 113 transmutation 59. Swimming Pool,Redinstallation de thierry Ehrmann114 115 transmutation 60. 116 117 transmutation 61. LHeure Initiatique A time of initiation could constitute a major reference Installation monumentaleconstituer une grande partie de laMonumental installation for human knowledge. en cours de 999 picesconnaissance humaine. of 999 pieces under way So once again it looks like theGrce nos bienfaiteurs rpu- Cest donc nouveau un chantier Thanks to our Republican benefacAbode of Chaos will be a giganticblicains, une installation de 999titanesque sur prs dune annetors, an installation of 999 circubuilding site for nearly a year. Aspices circulaires de 250 mm qui sannonce. En tant que sculp-lar pieces of 250mm in thickness a sculptor, I strongly believe thatdpaisseur va tre dispose sur les teur, je crois profondment quewill be distributed throughout the these blocks of 250mm steel have9 000 m de la Demeure du Chaosces blocs dacier de 250 mm com- 9,000sq.m of the Abode of Chaos: a force that is not in the realm of: chacune des sculptures compor- portent une force qui nest pas de each of the sculptures will containthe visible world, but which polartera un mystrieux message. Cettelordre du visible mais qui polarise a mysterious message. This instal izes positive energies and gives theinstallation se nomme : LHeure les nergies positives et donne la lation is called LHeure Initiatique Abode of Chaos a shield of protecInitiatique. Elle pourrait, au re-Demeure du Chaos un bouclier (Time of Initiation). For future an tive waves...gard danthropologues du XXImedondes protectrices...thropologists of the twenty-firstsicle aprs The Day After, century, after The Day After, this thierry Ehrmann thierry Ehrmann LHeure Initiatique, installation de thierry Ehrmann La Force du Vent (acier brut de 120 mm / 120-mm raw steel), Sculpture de thierry Ehrmann (5 tonnes, 3 x 1,45 m / 5-ton weight, 3m by 1.45m)118 119transmutation 62. Lart est le feu sacr qui brle mme si on lteint. Alorsautant ne pas lteindre pour rchauffer les yeux vides.Extrait du livre Honte vous120 121 transmutation 63. 122 123 transmutation 64. 124PageInstallation LHeure Initiatique,Sculpture LArt de la Guerrede thierry Ehrmann (acierbrut de 160 mm, 3 tonnes,1,70x2m / 160-mm raw steel,3-ton weight, 1.70m by 2m)125Page Installation LHeure Initiatique, Sculpture Le Livre dOsiris de thierry Ehrmann (acier brut de 180mm, 7 tonnes, 3x1,5m, / 180mm raw steel, 7-ton weight, 3m by 1.5 m)124 125 transmutation 65. Pages 126/127 Les Cages de lEnfer, 1809lments dacier souds depuis 2005,work in progress... Hommage Auguste Rodin et Camille Claudelpar thierry EhrmannLes Cages de lEnfer, made of1809 welded steel components.Started in 2005, work still inprogress... Tribute to AugusteRodin and Camille Claudelby thierry Ehrmann126 127transmutation 66. Pages 128/129Extrait des 99 Totems Initiatiques(acier brut, 20mm d paisseur)Chaque Totem livre aux visiteursune lecture des 99 mots et coutumesdfinissant la Demeure du Chaos.Excerpt from the 99 TotemsInitiatiques (20-mm raw steel)Each Totem provides a key of readingof the 99 words and traditionsthat define the Abode of Chaos 128 129 transmutation 67. 130 131 transmutation 68. 132 133 transmutation 69. Lalchimie entre Marc del Marc Del Pianothierry Pianothierry Ehrmann Ehrmann, an alchemical relationshipNotre rencontre date de dbut Cette subtile alchimie accom- Our first meeting dates back toThis subtle alchemy finds its ulti1982, o nous tions dj dans un plit son Grand uvre notam- early 1982, when we were both almate expression its Great Workailleurs. Marc sortait des Beaux- ment dans la Demeure du Chaos ready elsewhere. Marc had just at the Abode of Chaos where weArts et avait mille projets en tte.o nous sommes souvent confron- graduated from art school and hadhave over the past 13 years workedNos premires uvres furent d- ts depuis 13 ans une multi-a thousand projects in mind. Our in a wide variety of disciplinesmentes. Nous ne nous sommes ja- tude de disciplines, de matriaux first works together were totallywith the strangest materials andmais quitts et avons toujoursles plus tranges, de mdiums et, mad Since then, we have alwaysmedia. And each time, a superbtravaill tous les mdiums, les m- chaque fois, la symbiose sopre au worked together, in all artistic me symbiosis occurs between us, aldias et les formes, dans le champ grand dam de certains. Beaucoup dia, without any restrictions whatthough admittedly this meetingde tous les possibles. Une seulede gens ont essay de dcrypter de- soever. Our only rule: nothing isof the minds is not always easy forrgle : le mot interdit tait prohib.puis 30 ans comment une telle prohibited.third parties. Indeed, over thecomplicit soprait. Peine perdue,past 30 years, many people haveDots tous deux dun trs fort ca- ce qui nous unit est de lordre de Both of us have very strong chartried to analyse how such a proractre, nous navons jamais eu une linaccessible, du non-dit acters, but we have never once found complicity developed beseule fois une dispute ou une rup-had an argument or a breakup.tween us. However, ultimately,ture. A ce stade, nous sortons du Notre Festin Nu relve de laNowadays, we have left the spherewhat unites us is totally inaccessichamp de la gestion des relations communion des mes et notre pas-of human relations managementble, something beyond words...humaines pour aborder une al- sion de lart pour librer lhommeto address a very complex alchemychimie trs complexe o lamiti, de la tyrannie de la normalit, qui where friendship, complicity, poOur Naked Lunch is a matter ofla complicit, lengagement poli- dfinit hlas lorganisation soci- litical commitment, refusal of the the communion of souls and of ourtique, le refus de lordre tabli ettale du XXIme sicle.established order and intellectuconviction that art can liberateles correspondances intellectuelles al exchanges have prompted us to man from the tyranny of normalinous ont pousss travailler sur les thierry Ehrmann work on some truly audacious ar ty which alas defines societys orprojets artistiques les plus fous.tistic projects. ganization in the 21st Century.Nous sommes un binme qui,We are a duo that, without ex thierry Ehrmannsans changer un seul mot, se changing a single word, undercomprend. stands what the other is thinkingor feeling.134 135 transmutation 70. LOpusChaos [kao] Magnumn.m (gr. khaos).Se rfrant luvre divine de lacration et au plan du salut qui lui1.hilos. Confusion gnrale des pest inhrent, on appelle le proces-lments de la matire, avant lasus alchimique le Grand uvre. cration du monde. - Fig. D-Lopus part dune mystrieuse ma-sordre pouvantable, confusiontire premire, nomme materia gnrale.prima o les parties contraires, en-core isoles, sopposent violem-2.eomorph. Amas de blocs qui se gment, mais quon intgrera petit constitue dans certains types de petit et quon mnera ltat deroches (grs, granite) sous lac-parfaite harmonie sous la formetion de lrosion.de la pierre philosophale ou la-pis philosophorum: tout dabord,3.ath. Thorie du chaos: Tho- mnous unissons, puis nous putr-rie tudiant les phnomnesfions, nous dissolvons ensuite cedans lesquels intervient le ha-qui a t putrfi, nous purifions cesard, mais qui prsentent des r-qui a t dissolu, nous runissons gularits pouvant tre dcrites Pages 136 143ce qui a t purifi et nous le coa- mathmatiquement.Gravures Alchimiques peintes sur lesgulons. Et cest ainsi que lhommemurs intrieurs et extrieurs de laDemeure du Chaoset la femme sont un. 4.hys. Etat physique dans lequel pAlchemical Engravings painted on ne peroit aucun ordre. on the inside and outside(Bchlein vom Stein der Weisen, walls of the Abode of Chaos1778) Chaos dterministe: tat dsor-donn dun systme dynamiqueAlchimieMystique - Le Musersultant de laction de forces o lehermtique - Copyright Taschen hasard nintervient pas.Il faut beaucoup de chaos en soi Le petit Larousse illustrpour accoucher dune toile qui dan-se! Friedrich Nietzsche136 137transmutation 71. 138 139 transmutation 72. LOpus Chaos [kao] Magnum n.m (gr.khaos).In reference to the divine work ofcreation and the plan of salvation 1.state of utter confusion or dis awithin it, the alchemistic process order; a total lack of organiwas called the Great Work. In it,zation or order any confused,a mysterious chaotic source matedisorderly mass.rial called materia prima, containing incompatible opposites and2. geomorph. Amas de blocs qui se in violent confl ict, it is graduallyconstitue dans certains typesguided towards a redeemed statede roches (grs, granite) sousof perfect harmony, the healinglaction de lrosion.Philosophers Stone or lapis philosophorum: First we bring togeth 3. The behavior of systems that er, then we putrefy, we break down follow deterministic laws butwhat has been putrified, we purify appear random and unpredictthe divided, we unite the purified able. Chaotic systems very areand harden it. In this way One issensitive to initial conditions;made from man and woman. small changes in those condi tions can lead to quite different(Buchlein vom stein der Weisen,outcomes.1778)4.physics) a dynamical system (Alchemy and Mysticism copyrightthat is extremely sensitive to itsTascheninitial conditions.One needs a lot of chaos within to 5. (Greek mythology) the most give birth to a dancing starancient of gods; the personiFriedrich Nietzschefi cation of the infi nity of space preceding creation of the uni verse.6. (mathematics) A dynamical system that has a sensitive depen dence on its initial conditions.7. (obsolete) a chasm or abyss 140 141 transmutation 73. 142 143 transmutation 74. marche cicatrice idogramme blason paraphe tracesigne de guerre scarification cryptogrammeattributemblmetransfiguration sigle tmoignage trait arcanealgorithme mystre brlurefrappecodedmarcation codage incarnation allgorie langage stigmate sceau cicatrice marquage mtamorphose monogrammemarche timbremark injonction manifestation hiroglyphe mtaphore chiffrefiguration transmutation lecturesignature nombresens sacr rite cachet symboledmarcation tatouagecriture signe de guerre 75. 146Page La construction du Mur de Berlin The construction of the Berlin Wall Erich Honecker Alexandre Soljenitsyne au GoulagAlexander Solzhenitsynin the Gulag147Page Mikhal Gorbatchev Page 147Mstislav Rostropovitch devant lemur de Berlin, le 11 novembre 1989Mstislav Rostropovich infront of the Berlin Wall onNovember 11, 1989Le dispositif artistique de la De-banques de donnes, les photo-jours par le flux des images (Inter-meure du Chaos repose en grande graphes reporters sont contraints net, tlvision ou presse crite) unepartie sur des peintures figura-lgender de plus en plus leurs pho- violence insoutenable, mais quetives, ralistes, voire hyper-ra-tos. On ne peut que penser la for-pris en charge travers le mdia,Lhistoire du monde listes, des vnements tragiques de mule de Godard: la vrit duneil est de plus en plus instrumentd-lgende notre monde. Certaines, commeles attentats de Londres, ont timage, cest dabord la vrit de lalgende quon lui appose.et perd le recul ncessaire face lalecture de lhorreur ou de lhistoireexcutes quasiment en direct. Il du monde.est dailleurs troublant de voir cer- Le questionnement provoqu partaines peintures ralises avantnos uvres d-lgendes fonc- Nos uvres permettent au specta-que les news magazines ne les di- tionne parfaitement. Un exemple teur de r-apprendre saccaparervulguent en premire de couver- nous est donn par cette femmelimage mme si cela doit pas-ture dment lgendes.sortie des attentats de Londres ser par un choc. Trs souvent, lesportant un masque de grand br- gens lisent les lgendes des imagesLa dmarche de nous autres plas-l sur la tte protge par un pas- mais passent ct de lessentielticiens consiste faire une scission sant. Ces visages glacent deffroiqui est limage dans sa nudit in-entre la photo et sa lgende obli-nos visiteurs alors quils ont t en solente. Cest donc un nouveaugeant ainsi le spectateur regarderpremire de couverture du Time, code de lecture que nous propo-pleinement la force et le conte-du Figaro Magazine, de The Eco- sons au spectateur qui se prendnu de limage. Notre travail, pra-nomist... On est donc bien dans lelui-mme en charge et qui peu tiquement en temps rel avec lescas o le spectateur se dconnectepeu prend conscience du mondeagences de presse photographiques du mdia, de la lgende et permet qui lentoure, dcontextualis desdont certaines font partie de notre ainsi une mise en abme.networks.groupe, est le travail inverse dece que nous faisons dhabitude. On saperoit que le spectateur peu Warhol est un prcurseur maisCes dernieres annes, avec les peu dcouvre quil subit tous les bien dautres lui enclenchent la146 147 Signe de Guerre 76. 148Page 7 juillet 2005 - Londres July 7, 2005 - LondonThe de-legendizedhistory of the worldvoie en utilisant des imagest o chacun de nous, par lin-The artistic approach of the Abodehave already made the covers ofprises par dautres, et en interro- termdiaire de portables ou de of Chaos relies mainly on figura Time magazine, Figaro magazinegeant limage de presse, changant numriques, sera son propre pho- tive, realistic and hyper-realistic or the Economist. This demonpar l mme le statut de luvretographe reporter. Devant ces mil- paintings depicting various world strates that we are effectively in adart.liards dimages qui envahissenttragedies. Some of them such as sphere where the observer disconnotre vie, sarrter sur certaines the London attack were paintednects himself from the media andLorsque lon pousse le raisonne-dentre elles et en faire des uvres immediately after it happenend. the caption, hence allowing a totalment plus loin, les images nous dart permet de marquer le temps To see some of these paintings on break down.poussent crer des analogies:et de redcouvrir limaginaire fa- the wall of the Abode before thelorsque lon parle des meutesbuleux que la photo a amen dans captioned (free of title and sub We begin to notice that the spectades banlieues en octobre 2005 enles changes humains. Il est int- text) images even reach the coverstor is slowly recognizing that he isFrance, on parle dintifada parce ressant dcouter les spectateursof news magazines can be quite dis witnessing a great deal of violencequun bus qui brle Gaza res- dcrire ou commenter des pho-turbing.through the stream of images,semble un bus qui brle Clichy. tos d-lgendes. Je pense cette whether on the Internet, on teleAu regard de la France, le roman- photo prise avec un mobile dansThe artists procedure consists invision or in the written press, buttisme des ruines est global /uni-le mtro de Londres lorsque la creating a scission between the manipulated by the media, he loosversel?: la fois plantaire et foule part errante dans les couloirs photograph and its legend, rees all objectivity in reading the horhyper-local. Cest cette vision dedu tunnel londonien. La plupartquiring the observer to look deeprors or our history.glocal que nous retranscrivonsdes spectateurs ont vu dans cettely at the power and content ofdans nos uvres. La prophtie deimage une vision religieuse dunethe image. Our work, practical Our work allows the observer toMac Luhan sest bien accomplie:foule qui converge vers la lumire,ly synchronized with photographr ethink and grasp the meaning ofnous sommes dans le village global des extra-terrestres par le ct dif- ic press agencies which includesthe image, even though this imdevenu glocal mais certainement forme des ttes prises dans lobjec- some members of our group, is the plies oing through a shock reac gpas dans le meilleur des mondes.tif. Cette mme photo va elle aussiopposite of the work we usually tion. Much too often, people readfaire la une de toute la presse mon- do. These past few years, with thethe legend but seem to miss the esIl est dsormais temps que le pu- diale. Nous avons retenu des spec- growing numbers of databases, re sence to be found in the imagesblic acquire des chelles de va- tateurs auxquels le d-lgendage porters are constrained to increas raw nudity.leur lui permettant de sapproprier redonne limage sa dramaturgie ingly caption their photographs.limage et den mesurer sa por- occulte prcdemment par la pro-Immediately, this quote from Jean-Warhol was certainly a precursorte sans tre assist par les mdias. fusion des commentaires. Luc Godard comes to mind: Theand many have followed into hisNos uvres ne prennent pas detruth of an image is foremost the footsteps by using other peoplesposition, elles sont avant tout unLa Demeure du Chaos pour-truth in the given caption.images and interrogating pressdiscours sur limage et comment rait tre une agence de presse enima ery, therefore transforming gla dcrypter au XXIme sicle. Sup- temps rel, tmoin de son sicle oThe questioning provoked by our the image into a work of art.primer le mdia, cest enlever la tu- duvre en uvre on lit ou on relitdelegendized works seem to functelle dune autorit mdiatique qui lhistoire d-lgende. Ce parcourstion perfectly well. Lets take for Following this line of reasoning,lui modle son regard alors quil est atypique et constitue lui seul example the image of the London images have the capacity to makesagit de limaginaire. un des dispositifs artistiques des bombing where a woman is beus create analogies. Looking backuvres de la Demeure du Chaos. ing escorted out wearing a burn at the riots of October 2005 in theNos spectateurs rapprennent victims mask. These faces always suburbs of Paris, Intifada comes lire limage dans une soci-thierry Ehrmannscare our visitors even though they to mind because a bus buring in148 149Signe de Guerre 77. 150Page Melilla et Ceuta (2005) Geder HaHafrada K atrina (2005)151Page Jean-Paul IIMehmet Ali AcaGaza is no different than a burn Listening to people comment oning bus in Clichy. Through French uncaptioned photographs is higheyes, the romanticism of ruins is ly fruitful.glocal: simultaneously planetaryand hyper-local. It is this vision of I remember this one particularglocal that we are retranscribing.photo taken in the London subwayMcLuhans prophecy has definitelysystem where the crowd wandersbeen realized: we find ourselves in through its tunnels. Most peoa global village having become glo ple saw in this image a religious vical but certainly not in the best ofsion of a mass converging towardsworlds. It is time now for the gen