Installation of Mise-en-Scène 'Red Smoke' surrounding Roberto Cuoghi's Belinda. This work was produced as a digital edition of three from the work commissioned by Jessica Morgan for 'Burning Down The House' 10th Gwangju Biennale.

Mise-en-Scène, in theatre and film, is the design that surrounds the action, what contextualises and makes plausible the narrative. In the context of art the current most used mise-en-scene has been a white space, representing an infinite space suspended in time, a design construct so dominant that seems to have become the frame of reference against which the work of art is produced. In order to denote the design behind the idea of the white cube, we have introduced a figurative element that would appear to be a conscious design decision which, in turn, would question the design qualities of the white space itself, providing a visual narrative which is completed by all the other works of art in display.

frame of reference against which the work of art is produced. In order to denote the design behind the idea of the white cube, we have introduced a figurative element that would appear to be a conscious design decision which, in turn, would question the design qualities of the white space itself, providing a visual narrative which is completed by all the other works of art in display.

Mise-en-Scène _ Red Smoke
DESTE Foundation 2015

Curator
Jessica Morgan

Photography
Fanis Vlastaras & Rebecca Constantopoulou

Thanks
Jessica Morgan
DESTE Foundation
Stuart Bannocks
Jessica Morgan
Fatos Üstek
Emiliano Valdes
Teresa Kittler