Abraham Poincheval

Abraham Poincheval is an insatiable explorer. This French performance artist conceives real-life and inner journeys to put his physical and mental limits to the test. His performances involve experiencing time and space in incongrous conditions that are as extreme as they are poetic. He makes confinement the central element of his artistic approach by, for example, spending twenty days digging an underground tunnel that he fills back up along the way, or by spending a week enclosed in a twelve-tonne boulder. In 2019, he presented his Walk on Clouds installation at the 15th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale. It is a complete contrast to confinement, as he can be seen walking dozens of metres high up on clouds to discover the immensity of the sky. This surprising journey between dreams and reality is screened at the Théâtre-Oriental, Vevey’s experimental theatre.