Artist Statement

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Non-vérité Authentique (Untruthful Authenticity) is a site-specific sound installation I made during my artist-in-residence at tadlachance from 3 - 9 June 2018. Within the framework of tadlachance’s “étapes nomades”, a solo exhibition organised by tadlachance in Cuges-les-Pins, France.

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​Many people in the village of Cuges-les-Pins believe that the marriage of Julie Clary and Joseph Bonaparte, older brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, was held in a small chapel named Chapelle des Pénitents there in August 1794. However, indeed, it was held in another place in the village instead.

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​This rumour aroused me of arguing what we believe could be untruthful. So I installed a sound installation with a dialogue between two people questioning our beliefs, including the texts of the conversations randomly written on the floor.

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​What is the notion of belief? Is there any authenticity, or as if we create it on our own?

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Wai Kit Lam

Cuges-les-Pins, France

6.2018

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