Photographs by Lucie Berquiere
Dia VanGunten for Cream Scene Carnival Magazine
Photographs by
Lucie
Berquiere
After the shutdowns of 2020, Lucie Berquiere searched for the performers that worked in those shuttered theaters and circuses. She found artists who were living outside their former communities. Maybe they worked day jobs or were living with family. Perhaps they felt trapped within societal constraints. This series expresses a sense of displacement. The alienation feels familiar to anyone who lived through the pandemic.
About The Artists
Lucie Berquiere is a multidisciplinary artist who works in the field of theatre and photography. She is as an actress in theatre and TV and a voice actress for cartoons. She participates in different European Training about Embodied Learning Techniques. As a photographer, Lucie has won various prizes (Youth Photography Occitanie, Eusolidarity Photo contest awarded by the European Commissioner of Youth, Paris Opera Comique Photo contest). In 2022, she did her first monographic exhibition in Saint Ravy, Montpellier, France. Her work is steeped in this multidisciplinary journey. It focuses on social issues shown in a quirky way.
Icare is a puppet made by Sophie Laporte, a puppeteer in Pézenas, France. 2021, Pézenas, France.
Ulysse Roy is here playing Arnold from the play «Tant qu’on est pas tous ensemble il manquera toujours quelqu’un » As long as we are not all together, someone will always be missing” written and directed by the theatre company Les faiseurs de rien. 2021, Montpellier, France
Clown Rüüth, performed by Camille Derijard, an artist working in Paris. 2021, Paris, France
Clown PAF, performed by Christophe Som, an actor, violinist and clown working in Paris. 2021, Paris, France
Ana Melillo is playing the King from Escurial, written by Ghelderode and directed by the Acquaforte Company. 2021, Montpellier, France
Astra Irene Susi is playing Mrs Vagavesi from the play Tiit Pagu written by Jaan Kross and directed by the Tallinn Academy of Music and Theatre. 2021, Montpellier, France
Clown Ramkot, performed by Roman Kutsevol, a clown working in Estonia. 2021, Tallinn, Estonia
2021, Tallinn, Estonia
Naibi Esteban, an actress, is playing the Executioner from Escurial, written by Ghelderode and directed by the Acquaforte Company. 2021, Montpellier, France
2021, Montpellier, France
Clown Striknine, performed by Aurélia Pie, a clown working in Paris. 2021, Paris, France
2021, Paris, France
Kaupo Pild is a stiltwalker living in Tallinn, Estonia, performing with Tsirkusepood. 2021, Tallinn, Estonia
Slava Leskovits, an actor, is playing The Man with a Hat from the play театр в чемодане (theatre in a suitcase) made by the theatre company Pikadu. He is an actor working in Moscow. 2021, Tallinn, Estonia
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