Seekingtosituatehimselfintimeandspace,Jean-ClaudeRuggirellousesallthepossibilitiesthatthetechniqueofassemblyoffershim.Hebelievesnoimageismoreinterestingthananother.It’smoreaboutthespacethattheygeneratebetweenthemselvesthatcountsratherthanwhattheyshow.Allkindsofmaterialfindfavorinhiseyesandanythingcanbeused.Whatisimportantaretheconnections,themixturesthatthesculptorproduces. Theywereperformance-basedvideos,inthesensethattheystaged,inacomplexspace,insignificantactions,withoutanapparentgoal,oftenrepetitiveandmarkedbyakindofstupiditybutalsobydifficulty.Diggingdeeper,Isawthattheartistwasindeedconstructingnumerousworksinvolumeandofeverydimension.[...]Worksthatpoeticallyaffirmthediscontinuityofthelinesofforcethatrunthroughtheworldandtheinstabilitythatresultsfromit,butthatalsoabundantlycitethehistoryofartandtheprocessesthatdevelopit. SeveralofthevideoinstallationsconfirmedthatwhatinterestsRuggirelloistheabilityofthemovingimagetoproducesculptureor,moregenerally,formsratherthanitscapacitytocreatenarrativeorimagery.OneofthefewFrenchvideoartistswhoseworkcouldbeseeninrelationtoJackGoldstein'sfilmsfromthesecondhalfofthe1970s. 源自:https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/JC-Ruggirello--Lingua-Morta/7EC01F29FF23AED5