With Half of the darkness, Pascal Grandmaison (born in 1975; lives and works in Montreal, Canada) is enjoying his first solo exhibition in Europe, having mostly previously exhibited in Canada and the United States.

The title of the exhibition refers to the eponymous imposing artwork installed in the former ballroom of Casino Luxembourg and composed of 356 photos in black and white placed on four low plinths. Half of the darkness condenses the artistic discourse of Pascal Grandmaison in recent years and weaves links with other (series of) artworks through a subtle game of formal and conceptual analogies.

At first si...

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Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert, who started collaborating in the 1990s, have since created a complex body of work based on the photographic image. Their practice has been developing into multimedia installations that seamlessly intertwine still and moving imagery. Collision Zone, their installation for the 53rd edition of the Venice Biennial, uses a string of video images recorded near the Strait of Gibraltar and on the shores of Sicily to initiate a multi-layered aesthetic and socio-political reflection.

Although geologic imagery pervades the artists" cinematographic work, the title of their site-specific installat...

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