Lucie Berquière’s series answers the question – what happens to the characters during a pandemic, when theatres become forbidden places?
During Covid, the cultural sector is still at a standstill. After two years of the pandemic, the doors of theatres remain firmly shut. Pages of script, with words that once echoed through the building, now lie on the stage. Costumes and props that once commanded and captivated an audience are now strewn lifeless across the theatre. Empty and deserted – the theatre now seems to be an empty shell, devoid of the magic of its former self.
So you may wonder: what happens to the characters when theatres become forbidden places? They who lived and breathed within these walls but are now displaced – how do they now adapt and survive without their stage and audience? I posed these questions to artists, clowns, stilt-walkers, actors, and puppeteers in France and Estonia. They answered through an interpretation of their resurrected characters. These photographs capture that moment of conversation, performance, and improvisation.
Lucie Berquière is a photographer and multidisciplinary artist based between the South of France and Estonia. Blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, her works take the form of photographic series, exhibitions accompanied by soundtracks, or installations.
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