The proliferation of green algae on the coasts of Brittany has become a major environmental issue. For many years now these algues maudites have invaded the coastline. Alice Pallot integrates in the project Algues Maudites, a Sea of Tears the notion of anticipation into the photographic medium by capturing a natural phenomenon: the reality of anoxic environments, in which we could not survive as human beings and by imbuing them with a science-fictional imagination. By playing on the elements of uncertainty that accompany the anticipation of a near future, it gives the viewer the keys to reading to invest in the essential questioning of the preservation of ecosystems in the face of its exploitation and the imminent decline of biodiversity. The project is part of Alice Pallot’s research exploring both the fragility and the resilience of the natural world. An unsuspected life-form becomes the principal subject of an ecosystem in the shadows.
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Published by Area Books, 96 pgs, 16 × 24 cm, Paperback, 2023, 9782493509086
