Géométries indociles, 2024

Christian Goetghebeur  

Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

In Pointe-à-Pitre, on Frébault street, the overhangs of the buildings designed by architect Gérard-Michel Corbin make up a set of volumes in cantilevers, oblique lines, and superimposed plans.

Photographed from a low angle, this architecture reveals a complex geometry where balconies, facades, and concrete projections seem to break free from gravity. The tight framing accentuates the interweaving of forms and makes the usual references of urban space disappear.

With my photographic writing Sublimations, I explore here the plastic possibilities of this construction. Intense blues, pinks, yellows, and greens redistribute the volumes, highlight certain lines and disturb others. Color becomes a material in itself in the composition.

The architecture thus acquires an almost abstract dimension, made of tensions between masses, surfaces, and voids. The gaze circulates between the different planes, seeking to reconstruct a structure that the photograph invites to be discovered differently.

This work offers a personal interpretation of an architectural heritage of Pointe-à-Pitre, by revealing the formal richness and modernity of its constructions.

Technique and edition

Color silver gelatin print on Fujiflex Crystal Archive paper mounted on Dibond with matte edges.

Dimensions: 120 × 80 cm.

Limited edition of 7 copies, all formats included.