P STAFF LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE

UNDER THE CREATIVE DIRECTION OF ANTHONY VACCARELLO, SAINT LAURENT HIGHLIGHTS THE ARTIST P. STAFF FOR THEIR EXHIBITION « IN EKSTASE » ON DISPLAY AT THE KUNSTHALLE BASEL FROM JUNE 9 TO 10 SEPTEMBER 2023. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND ITERATION OF THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH KUNSTHALLE BASEL.

WHILE THE EXHIBITION MAINLY USES VIDEO AS A MEDIUM, P. STAFF’S RESEARCH AND WORK INVESTIGATES BODIES AND THE MYRIAD OF PROCESSES BY WHICH THE LIVING – PARTICULARLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES – ARE DISCIPLINED IN A SOCIETY DEFINED BY THE BRUTALITY OF CAPITALISM.

THE LAST VIDEO IN THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED « LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE » WHICH IS ALSO THE TITLE FOR THE BOOK FOCUSING ON THE LAST VIDEO OF THE SHOW. « LA NUIT AMÉRICAINE » IS A PROCESS INVENTED DURING THE 50S IN HOLLYWOOD TO GIVE A NOCTURNAL EFFECT TO ANY SHOT.
PLAYING ON LIGHT, SNAPSHOT AND SCROLL OF IMAGES, P STAFF SHOWCASES CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY, ORDER AND DISORDER, HARMONY AND CHAOS. THE BOOK PARADOXICALLY MANAGES TO CAPTURE ON PAPER THE VERY MOVEMENT OF THE FILM THANKS TO EFFECTS OF REPETITION AND A PLAY WITH DIFFERENT TYPE OF PAPERS.

THIS IS THE FIRST SLRD EDITIONS BOOK BY THE ARTIST P STAFF ENTITLED "THE AMERICAN NIGHT".