marianne mispelaëre

STANDPOINT

installation, video diptychs
videos in color and black & white, sound
variable durations
variable dimensions
2017 - on going

A standpoint is a point of view. It is a place from where we look beyond what is in front of us. It is a point where a person stands in order to enjoy the best view of a landscape.
A standpoint is an individual statement. It is a way to think, to understand, to judge what happens around us.
The conversation between Margaret Two Shields and Marianne Mispelaëre was recorded in August 2017. The images were filmed in March and July 2017 on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation (North Dakota, USA), just before the DAPL was put into service. The question: "Why are Native people using English instead of their Native language to speak together and express themselves?" was the first step of this conversation.
Other standpoints have been recorded since, in Congo-Brazzaville in 2018 and in Alsace in 2019.

MARIANNE MISPELAËRE