Soothsayers – Lito Kattou

"On the occasion of the exhibition 'Soothsayers' at Frac des Pays de la Loire, Lito Kattou presents a body of work comprising three sculptures and a new video installation. Wandering without fixed origin or destination, these soothsayers appear equipped with utilitarian objects—flowers, compasses, containers, tools—integrated into their garments, and accompanied by fragments of wings and copper feathers scattered across the ground.

In counterpoint, the video projection stages a desert landscape traversed by the artist’s digital double—another soothsayer figure. Generated from real-time data, the work unfolds as a fragmented narrative of existence and disappearance, rendering perceptible the ecological and social transformations at play in the Mediterranean region, particularly the growing threat of desertification."

Curated by Ludovic Delalande.