Etranges Exhibitions 2002 Benjamin Beaulieu -

The Lyon show closed after two weeks. Four attendees reportedly sought psychiatric help for "intrusive nostalgia." Beaulieu vanished again, leaving behind the porcelain masks in a trash bin behind the warehouse.

Another piece, The Cabinet of Digital Curiosities , is said to have incorporated the era’s obsolete technology, such as CRT monitors, their flicker rates inducing a hypnotic or unnerving effect on viewers. Accounts describe attendees dressed in high-fashion silks that clung to their skin, moving “like ghosts through the humid haze,” while Beaulieu himself stood by the far wall in a heavy wool suit, “not a single bead of sweat on his brow,” watching with a “predatory stillness”. etranges exhibitions 2002 benjamin beaulieu

The Montreal installation was the smallest but most psychologically dense. It occupied a former shoe repair shop, no larger than 400 square feet. Attendees recall a single, industrial bulb hanging from the ceiling, illuminating nothing but a heavy velvet curtain. The Lyon show closed after two weeks