Living cinema

For this work, Érik Bullot drew inspiration from notes and fragments on the the future of the cinema of the poet Saint-Pol-Roux (1861-1940), written in the years 1930, collected and published by Gérard Macé in 1972 under the title Cinéma vivant. Erik Bullot's work is composed of three parts: a main essay on the mental and imaginary cinema in twenty-four images; a portfolio of 12 images produced by AI and a short essay on anti-cinema. The author takes his reader with great finesse of the prehistory of the seventh art (Daguerre) to its history (Light), to end with a proposal for a post-history of the cinema. By inserting the series of twelve photographs, produced in 2024 With generative artificial intelligence, Erik Bullot aims to illustrate the visionary program of Saint-Pol-Roux and thus opens a dialogue between the generations and techniques. A certain topicality in 2025 will allow to accompany the release of the book. In January, an exhibition will open personal, kaleidoscope journeys, from the artist to the contemporary art center Le Tanneries, Amilly, where his series of photographs generated by artificial intelligence. This series will also be shown in the exhibition, The World According to AI, at the Jeu de Paume from April 11 to September 21 2025.