Trigger

On the opening night of Borderline Behaviour, Julien Maire brings the performance Trigger, whereby each image, or flash of light is triggered by a live gunshot. Whether in the cinema or on television, images of war never really affect us. They remain far removed conflicts. We can consider their consequences, but never really feel them with our senses. An effective impression of war demands physical fear of the projectile (just like the Bader Meinhof group wanted to import the Vietnam War to Germany). In Trigger the interaction between the sound of the gun and the image is utterly direct.