Black Moon depicts the reunion of a man and a woman infatuated with each other in the exhibition of the same name. Through a discussion of the works on display, the two protagonists begin a dialogue marked by philosophical questions about love and their potential future together. In the course of this discussion, two philosophical principles emerge: on the one hand, a “random materialism” in pursuit of furtive encounters, and on the other, a “romantic idealism.” Taken from Sinziana Ravini’s book Black Moon, the scenes were filmed in the rooms of the “exhibition-film” presented at the Palais de Tokyo in 2013 before being screened there. In the continuity of her “exhibition-novels,” Sinziana Ravini is curator, director, and writer, blurring the boundaries between these different disciplines. The film is at once the starting point of the narrative suggested by the juxtaposition of the works, its mise en abyme, and its extension. It makes the exhibition space a possible place of projection where intersubjectivities merge.

Text written by Suzana Danilovic as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.

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