In Vivo

“I feel so strange,” said Alice, “it feels like I’m crawling into myself and closing like a telescope.”

She ventured into the long transparent tube with iridescent plastic reflections. With small steps, she walked cautiously through the horizontal entrance to the tunnel bathed in an attractive green light. She then slid smoothly down a blue then yellow slope. Alice paused for a moment in a red capsule where she admired the panoramic view of the white room turned magenta. Letting herself fall, she did several somersaults in the tube, which although solid, was flexible and soft. After turning several corners she saw a strong light which no doubt signalled the tube’s imminent projection outside. She took a moment to reflect on this wonderful environment. “How amazing,” she said to herself, “to walk around here when I am so small.” Her mind was slightly muddled. She thought for a moment that she was on the slide of her childhood pool. But who could possibly go through this mysterious tube? She then remembered her science lessons and surmised that she must be either in a scientific experiment on testing mice or in the small intestine of a stranger, which made her rush towards the lit-up exit as quickly as possible.

 

FRAC Franche-Comté exhibition, Besançon, 2015