François Lelong

Hybrids 2

Following the cervids, a second series of works focuses on the wild boar, whose name, from medieval latin singularis, characterizes this solitary animal. It is also an animal of its land, its hold being made visible by its paths, wallows, and marked trees left behind. These paths sometimes intersect those of the hunter. This intersection is then transferred to the boar who will be given the topography of this interaction. The skull, which is first treated with pork gelatine and photographic emulsion, is then imprinted through a photographic process with the cartography of the place where the animal lived and was killed.

Photoprint on boneLiving and killing place cartography of a male boar (Sus scrofa) on its skull (length : 36 cm) - April 2013

Photoprint on boneLiving and killing place cartography of a male boar (Sus scrofa) on its skull (length : 34 cm) - April 2013

Photoprint on boneLiving and killing place cartography of a male boar (Sus scrofa) on its skull (length : 36,5 cm) - April 2013