In the Méthode exhibition-residency at the Centre Pompidou (September 23, 2024 – January 1, 2025), Antoine d’Agata transformed a museum gallery into an open studio, presenting thirty years of archives, personal objects, and visual narratives. Rejecting the traditional retrospective format, he created a living, evolving work that blended photography, video, installation, and digital cartography. Visitors, immersed in a dark atmosphere reminiscent of a photographic darkroom, witnessed the creative process in real time through a massive metal structure serving both as an archive cabinet and a working screen.
The project combined intimacy and interaction: d’Agata engaged in conversations with visitors and hosted discussions with guests such as Florence Aubenas and Geneviève Fraisse, addressing major themes of his work — cruelty, fragility, history, death. Méthode explored the materiality of artistic practice, the tension between revelation and concealment, and redefined photography as a lived, participatory, and introspective experience in perpetual transformation. This engaging installation blurred the lines between creator, curator, and audience, aligning with contemporary trends that view archives as dynamic, transformative spaces.
Reference :
Jessica Ragazzini «Antoine d’Agata, La Méthode, Centre Pompidou », Ciel Variable, numéro 129, 2025