Gymnastique oculaire

performative protocol, postcards, 2019

Gymnastique oculaire (Eye gymnastic) is a set of vision exercises that visitors are invited to perform.

These movements are supposed to help improve vision, like yoga for the eyes. Through these movements of the eyeballs, the viewers’ vision is transformed into a subtle and intimate choreography.

Distributed in the form of free postcards, these instructions can be considered a warm-up before visiting an exhibition, or as a form of care if the exercises are repeated daily. The work highlights the gaze as a construct, shaped by habits, conventions, but also simply by organs: here, the eye is a muscle to be exercised.