Waterlogue, Four to the Floor
A sci-fi tale, Waterlogue, Four to the Floor is a video work shot in the Alps and the Vevey region during an artistic residency in La Becque. Madison Bycroft’s film presents four people and a dog on a journey that poetically follows the water cycle. The project refers to Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite’s concept of the ‘seametrics’, which explores the history of the Caribbean, marked by colonisation. Through metaphorical snapshots, like a metronome-mirror, the artist evokes the rhythm of water, its memory and its potential for transmission. Accompanied by a disco soundtrack, the work deconstructs the idea of a rigid world linked to a western vision of the land. This project is an ode to water, bearer of past experiences and of a fluid future linked to the environment.
Joystick
Joystick is an immersive participatory project that disrupts the social and aesthetic codes of video games and gaming. As part of a residency at Ubisoft, one of the leading French publishers in the industry, Madison Bycroft has created a dense and chaotic universe in which disorientation is the key ingredient. With the use of a joystick, each player can explore an archipelago, whose direction and intention depend on location, weather and other environmental factors. The artist attempts to deconstruct the gender norms associated with behaviour and movement within a given space, inviting us to unlearn proprioception and take the time to experiment. For this new project, Bycroft has created a series of music videos. Confronted with the “bosses” of the various islands, users counter the combat mode in favour of error, disobedience and wandering.
