The jury for the third edition of the PICTO LAB / EXPERIMENTER L’IMAGE residency met and chose Thomas Paquet’s project, for its systematized and artisanal approach to luminous variations, which he develops with meticulous devices, always pushing further the encounter between light, space and time.

“Through a series of light devices, I aim to create a series of works inspired by ancient scaphes and gnomons, the first measuring instruments made by mankind. This work of capturing light by creating sundials refers to humanity’s primitive need to measure time. It also demonstrates a poetic and meditative approach to the passing of time, a vital movement, an encounter with light. Finally, for me, it is a question of continuing to question photography as its own subject by creating a mise en abyme between the insolation device, the camera, and the result, the sculpture, itself an insolation device. »

Franco-Canadian artist born in 1979, Thomas Paquet questions the nature of time, the structure of its uninterrupted flow, and the dynamics of its movement. For several years, in a construction game to paint a sensitive experience of the world, Thomas Paquet has undertaken photographic study work around its fundamental characteristics: light, space, and time.
Represented by Galerie Bigaignon, Thomas Paquet’s work has been the subject of several personal exhibitions and has also been presented at exhibitions and fairs such as Paris Photo or a ppr oc he. He is also a finalist for the Swiss Life à 4 Mains and BMW Art Makers prizes in 2022. Thomas Paquet lives and works in Paris.

Thomas Paquet is sponsored by Galerie Le Lieu.

The jury was composed of: :

– Héloïse Conésa, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, heritage curator in charge of the contemporary photography collection
– Thierry Bigaignon, Director of Bigaignon Gallery
– Audrey Hoareau, Director of the regional photography center
– Christophe Batifoulier, printer at PICTO
– Emilia Genuardi, Director of a ppr oc he salon
– La Fab. – agnès b endowment funds
– Bénédicte Alliot, CEO of la Cité internationale des arts
-Guillaume Dethan, Dream Big and Grow Fast Foundation
– Lucas Leffler, laureate 2022
– Victor Gassmann, CAO of PICTO