Acedia
Louise Desnos
Witty Books
Year
2024
Publisher
Tommaso Parrillo
Designer
Ilaria Miotto
Binding type
Hard Cover
ISBN
979-12-80177-44-5
Number of pages
112
Notes
23x29 cm.
Acedia: a state of pain and affliction linked to a lack of motivation, weariness and disenchantment.
With Acedia, Louise praises laziness, a notion often decried in contemporary society. The images in the series are about non-events, where the signs of an era remain discreet. The laziness inhabited by these characters is intended to convey a refusal to live life as it is given, a search for freedom, or a space for introspection.
“Laziness has become a common thread in my practice. For me, it is first and foremost a means of production, since the time freed from responsibilities and remunerative work is the time I invest freely. So it’s by focusing on random elements that are both significant and insignificant, but which find no other link than a kind of everyday chance, that I’ve built up this collection of images. My mind wanders, gets lost, focuses on an element, gives it importance and then resumes its movement.” ―Louise Desnos
