Pierre Huyghe's works make evident the temporary feelings of alienation one experiences on a daily basis. He attempts to decipher our systems of social exchange in an analysis of the structure of time--real time, deferred time, free time, work time--in each case envisioning time as a consumable product. In Remake (1995), a refilming of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, Huyghe produces a shift by using unknown actors and working on location in the suburbs of Paris. He exhibits the bare bones of the project, stripped of its Hollywood aura and fetishistic nostalgia. Through this process he introduces the notion of an art conceived as a production of infinitely reusable models, scenarios subject to daily reinterpretation. Blanche-Neige Lucie (Snow White Lucie) (1997) also deals with issues of reinterpretation. This video work features Lucie Dolène, who in 1962 dubbed the French version of Disney's animated film Snow White, humming "Some Day My Prince Will Come" as subtitles run below describing her legal battle with Disney to regain rights to the use of her own voice. We never hear her speak. The relationships between a French actress, a cartoon character, and a multinational corporation create a complex parable about voice, identity, and the hard business of entertainment. Huyghe was represented in the 1999 Venice Biennale and the Carnegie International exhibitions.
