Monitored, controlled, observed, counted, hunted or protected, wildlife is under human pressure. Over the course of a year, I documented interactions punctuating the cohabitation of humans and wild animals in the well-defined geographical and cultural space of the canton of Fribourg.

 

Over the seasons, I witnessed bats being counted in the vicinity of caves, birds being ringed during migration and drones flying over meadows on mowing days to spot fawns hidden by their mothers… In the exhibition, I mixe these observations with my own childhood memories, spent in the Fribourg countryside.

 

Sauvages explores local practices within a broader perspective. The local area serves as a representative sample of current Western culture. By mixing documentary images and staged scenes, I wonder : Does the wild still exist ?