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| Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni |
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For L.F.D.A. 02.Motivated by a certain sense of detachment and mockery, nourished by the artists’ readings in philosophy and popular culture, works by Fabrien Giraud and Raphael Siboni offer a critical perspective drawing on elements of fiction, sculpture and hi-tech tools. Unexpected new forms – highly subjective and saturated with meaning – become disembodied, generic, futuristic, harrowing recipients whose cultural “overload” threatens to cancel them out altogether. For La Force de l’Art 02, Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni present visitors to the Grand Palais with a real-life attraction, effecting a series of violent swerves and loopings, all the more striking for its being closed and inaccessible. Mounted on hydraulic jacks, the simulator offers a silent, artificial recreation of the movements of a furious fairground ride. Designed for the military, but often used at theme parks, the device at the Grand Palais is sealed and inaccessible to the viewer, endlessly simulating the ride’s movements, yet completely empty. The Outland is a work of abstract sculpture inspired by Minimalism, a conceptual machine, and a potential but inaccessible playground – a hybrid place offering a concrete experience and a sense of pure materiality. F. Giraud and R. SiboniDriven by a taking of distance in a certain spirit of derision, by kitsch and contemporary folklore, instructed by both philosophical readings and popular culture (science fiction of the 1970s, B movies), Raphaël Siboni and Fabien Giraud produce a unique work where the brash amateurishness of the setting or staging juxtaposes with professionalism and the sophistication of high technology tools. [V. Th.] Fabien Giraud was born in 1980 and Raphaël Siboni was born in 1981.
 Fabien Giraud et Raphaël Siboni,
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