Biography(ies)

Through a singular reflection on the interactions between human beings and nature, Paul Duncombe explores the different scales of the landscape. His successive research projects on the ice floes of Labrador, the storms of the Celtic Sea, the boreal forests and the irradiated lands of Fukushima have focused on the contingent mechanisms that link these vast territories with the creatures that thrive there. Based on exploratory work in situ, followed by a series of methodical experiments in the studio or laboratory, his projects compare the apparent simplicity of nature’s works with the increasing technicality of modern society. From simple gestures to the most complex and monumental installations, between performances, minimal sculptures and on-site interventions, his work crosses borders and disciplines.

A 2014 graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Paul Duncombe develops and exhibits his creations in France and abroad: Elektra (Montreal, 2022), Coal Prize (IUCN, 2021), Némo Biennial (Le 104, Paris, 2021 & 2019), Festival ]interstice[ (Caen, 2022-2018), Unicorn Center for Art (Beijing, 2018), Salon de Montrouge (Paris, 2018), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2017), Jeune Création (Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, 2016), Avatar (Coopérative Méduse, Québec, 2015), Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto, 2012).

Mekuat e minu-mamituenitakanit eishpanit innuat ute assit ka taht mak ne tshishiku e uitakanit, Paul Duncombe uauapatamu mitshetuait eishinakuannit assinu. Ishpish mishta-nanatuapatitshet anite Labrador eishi-taniti mishkumia, tshashkueienitakuak anite shipekut Celtique, minashkuat e uashtushkuat kie ma nenua assia anite uet nukuaki Fukushima, eukuan ne uet tshi kassinu ishi-atussemakak tshetshi ut tapatik kassinu ne assi eshpishat ashit kassinu anite auennua eshi-nitautshiniti. Ne atusseun anite meshekut ka ut uauapatakanit mak eiapishish ka ut natu-tshissenitakanit, ekue itutakanit anite mamu tshe uauitakanit kie ma anite kanatu-tshissenitakanit tshekuan, nenua utatusseuna e tutak eukuan tshetshi metinu nukutat utatusseun tshishikunu ashit nenua ussi-atusseuakana aiat e mussipaniti ute ume anutshish eshinniunanut.

Kiatshitinat ukanuma anite École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs anite Paris-utenat 2014 pipunnu, Paul Duncombe eshku atushkatamu kie uapatiniueu nenua tshekuana ka tutak anite Tshishe-mishtikushiu-assit kie anite mishue maniteu-assit : Elektra (Munian, 2022), Prix Coal (UICN, 2021), Biennale Némo (Ne 104, Paris-utenat, 2021 &2019), Festival ]interstice[ (Caen, 2022-2018), Unicorn Center for Art (Beijing, 2018), Salon de Montrouge (Paris-utenat, 2018, Palais de Tokyo (Paris-utenat, 2017), Jeune Création (Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris-utenat, 2016), Avatar (Coopérative Méduse, Uepishtikueiau-assit, 2015), Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto, 2012).

PAUL DUNCOMBE | TOUR | MANICOUAGAN

PAUL DUNCOMBE

Manicouagan : 210 million years of astronomical, environmental and historic upheaval

Manicouagan (2023)

Paul Duncombe

Video installation, fragment of impactite, LCD screens, microcontrollers.

Evoking the characteristic ring of the Manicouagan Astrobleme, the installation features a series of screens arranged around a fragment of impactite, a rock formed 214 million years ago during the meteorite impact that gave rise to the Eye of Quebec. The installation presents the various investigations carried out during the Manicouagan expedition in 2021: from science to poetry, from underwater reliefs to Mount Babel, various audiovisual sequences invite viewers to discover the site that witnessed the fourth great extinction through artistic sensitivity and scientific rigor. At the crossroads of art and science, combining illustrations, 3D animations, sound and poetry, the work resembles a digital cabinet of curiosities, unveiling the Manicouagan crater from an unprecedented perspective.

Manikuakanishtiku : 210 « millions » tatupipuna ishpish mishta-atussemakak anite uashkut eshi-takuaki tshekuana, inniun mak tipatshimuna

Manikuakan (2023)

Paul Duncombe

Ka tutuakanit kashekushimakanit, ashini ka pakuepanit, ka ut nukutakanit tshekuan LCD, ka apishashit ka ut nakatuenitakanit.

Enukutakanit kauauiat eshinakuak ne Kapakuepanit ka patshitik anite Manikuakanit, ne kashekushimakanit mitshetuait tshika ishi-uapataniuenanu ne ashini ka pakuepanit, ne ua issishuenanut ka ashiniut shash 214 tatu millions tatupipuna ka patshitik anite miam tetaut Uepishtikueiau-assit. Kashekushimakanit mitshetuait ishinakuiakanipan anite etutenanut Manikuakanit 2021 pipun : kamishta-tshissenitakanit tshekuan nuash ashineu-aimunit, eishinakuak atamipekut anite Babel utshua, kassinu eishi-akunakanipan tshetshi ne auen tshitapamati uapataki nenu assinu anite uiapatakanit neu uet takuak ka mishat tshekuan uenitak anite e pimipannanut tipan auen ka pikutat tshekuannu e tutak mak eshpitenitakuak ne kamishta-tshissenitakanit tshekuan. Netshishkatumakaki ne auen tipan ka pikutat tshekuannu mak ne mishta-tshissenitamun, e amassepaniht akunakanat, 3D eshinakuiakaniht, eshi-petakuak mak anite ashineu-aimunit, atusseun miam anite tipan tekuanikaui tshetshi natu-tshissenitakaniti ka mautakaniti eukuan uatamatshemakak ne ashini Manikuakan, eukuan ussi-tshekuan ka uapatakanit.