Mia Brion : Take me with you
Mia Brion, Take me with you, 2020, text / digital collage, artwork produced as part of the "Après" creation support project, Bétonsalon - Centre d’art et de recherche & Villa Vassilieff, TRAM Réseau art contemporain Paris / Île-de-France, 2020.
Take me with you takes the form of a fan fiction (a work that some fans create to perpetuate, amend or even totally metamorphose a cultural object they love) from the series The OA, cancelled by Netflix after 2 seasons (out of the 5 planned). Created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij in 2016, this series tells the story of a young woman named Prairie Johnson who resurfaces after disappearing for seven years. Prairie now identifies herself as the "AO" (Original Angel) and has regained her sight (she was blind before she disappeared).
Online, many fans of the series exchange clues from inside and outside the episodes to imagine what happens next. These groups are constantly looking for new reading keys, replaying the collective intelligence issues addressed by the series, putting their time to good use and investing new spaces, going as far as demonstrating in front of Netflix headquarters for #SaveTheOA / #TheOAisReal (save the AO / the AO is real). For some, the year 2020 appears to be season 3 of the series moved into our world. Has the world been cancelled or are we all in season 3?
Mia Brion’s artwork is composed of five screenshots from the series and its universe, captioned by five stanzas each composed of eight free verses. The versification rules echo the series’ five planned seasons and the eight episodes that make up each season.
This work approaches the concept of "transbiography" defined by the artist as a weave of biographies (those of the different characters, the creators of the series and her own). Etymologically, the weft comes from trans meare, or "sliding beyond"; and indicates the transitional state, without beginning or end, of something. These stories intertwine in synchronicity to weave or uncover new narratives.
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