about 
French photographer based in Hong Kong, Laurent Segretier belongs to the new media generation whose work is developed through meticulous manipulation of high technologies. Keen on exploiting the binaries in life, his works touch on the tactility of human encounter through the representation by digital apparatus. Segretier would distort his own photos by manipulating the pixels of the images on the computer screen to render them unstable, where he would repeatedly reshoot the screen image with different shutter speeds until they deform into a fragmented, pixilated texture. Hence, the outcome on the screen becomes the input for the artists photographic composition. Despite the use of digital devices, the resulting images paradoxically preserve a touch of craftsmanship. Each image reshot is a reproduction – yet a singularity – for no image is identical with one another given the vacillating quality of the pixels. This concept also cast an alternative light on the idea of reproduction not as a replica of the same subject, but a repetition characterized by non-neutrality.Using pixilated strokes as his medium, Segretier paints images that explore theme of identity, religion and sex. The orgasmic images of his fiancée who experiences jouissance, the little death, which also symbolizes the intimate dialogue between the lovers materialized in texturized pixels – all these images represent the artists constant exploration of the nuances between reality and fantasy in a world where perception is a sensory overload of images while reality no longer has its relevance, and how private life and personal fantasies have turned into a form of exhibitionism that invites the voyeuristic gaze of the viewers.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS : 2011 RUPTURE - JOYCE GALLERY - BEIJING2011 NOLI ME TANGERE - PARIS DESIGN WEEK - L'ECLAIREUR - PARIS2011 THE WORLD OF CLERGERIE - LANE CRAWFORD - HONG KONG & BEIJING2011 RUPTURE - Jiang Art Gallery - HONG KONG2010 EPHEMERAL - M50 - SHANGHAICOLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS :2012 TALENTS A LA CARTE - SCENE D'INTERIEURS - PARIS 2010 SIGNAL 8 - The Cat Street Gallery - HONG KONG FRAGMENTS - Babu Gallery - SHENZHENRESIDENCES AND WORKSHOPS :2011 Lecture at SCAD - The University for Creative Careers - HONG KONG2010 ARTIST RESIDENCE at Salihara Gallery - JAKARTA WORKSHOP "LOOKING AROUND" at Cable 8 Culture Creative Center - BEIJING
video Noli Me Tangere
Year of production: 2011Running Time: 0:25 minColor/ Sound/Stop Motion Animation
Dark Fragments
Year of production: 2010Running Time: 0:27 minColor/Stop Motion Animation
Lost Divinity
Year of production: 2011Running Time: 0:10 minColor/ Sound/Stop Motion Animation
