Lucile Desamory observes and arranges phenomena in transition, inviting us to look at the world in its continuous state of construction and deconstruction.
Lucile Desamory (Brussels, 1977) lives and works in Berlin. She is interested in the frontiers of perception, in the “too much“, the falsified––in the spurned narratives. This interest in marginal phenomena always requires to change the medium. She uses painting, collage, photography, film, and her voice. She combines these techniques into larger webs such as installations, films, radio plays and live performances.
Her feature films are De Werwelende Wirrwar (2024), TÉLÉ RÉALITÉ, in cooperation with Gustave Fundi and Goldie Mubikay (2020), and ABRACADABRA (2013). Short films include Dark Matter (2011), Haut les Coeur (2007), Countdown to Nothing (2005), and La Série (1999-2001).
Recent solo presentations include De Werwelende Wirrwar––The Billboard Series, Ghent (2024); Retrospective / Carte Blanche, CINEMATEK, Brussels (2023); Some Matters Have Layers, Fächer, Berlin (2022); My People (Heaps and Piles), Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS, Amsterdam (2021); TÉLÉ RÉALITÉ, World Première at Berlinale Forum Expanded (2020); ABRACADABRA, Kirche Zwingli, Berlin (2019); Pasigrafia, Super Deals, Brussels (2018); Communication with the beyond, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin (2018); Communication avec l’au-delà, BOZAR, Brussels (2018). Recent group exhibitions include Cosmos Cinema, Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai (2023); Steirischer Herbst, Graz (2023); Listening to the Stones, Kunsthaus Dresden (2021); Part of the Problem, Forum Expanded Ausstellung, Silent Green, Berlin (2020); die Antwort commit, Kunstverein Leipzig (2020); Hubert Fichte: Liebe und Ethnologie, Kanon Fragen, HKW, Berlin (2019); Alias, Netwerk Aalst (2019). Recent performances include Feuer und Flamme, with Antonia Baehr, Wolfgang Müller, Teta Lyrica and guests (2021); Die besondere Perücke, with Antonia Bauer, Residenz Leipzig, HAU (Berlin), and BUDA (Belgium); and Asteroseismology, collaboration with Sabine Erklenz and Margareth Kammerer, Ausland, Berlin Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin Beursschouwburg, Brussels (2017-2019).