Ariane Loze

This monograph features a comprehensive survey of acclaimed artist Ariane Loze's (b.1988) videographic oeuvre. Since 2008 Ariane Loze has researched the coming to life of a story out of seemingly unrelated images with her camera. In these series of videos, she takes on all the parts: she is at the same time the actress, the camerawoman, and the director. Through the editing of the images, she develops a relation between two (or more) characters and the architecture. The videos of Ariane Loze put the spectator in the active role of creating his/her own story out of the basic principles of film editing: shot and counter-shot, the presumed continuity of movement, and the psychological suggestion of a narrative. The filming of these videos has been made public as an ongoing performance.Released alongside Loze's retrospective exhibition at the MACS Grand Hornu Museum in May 2024, this publication, in co-edition with the museum, reveals the genesis of Ariane Loze's artistic practice.