Digging for the next

“Digging for the next” – a performance and exhibition by artists-in-residence Sinae Lee and Lucie Garrigues at Studio17 in gamle Stavanger

Studio17 Residency is delighted to welcome artists Sinae Lee and Lucie Garrigues from France to Stavanger!

Bio

Sinae Lee and Lucie Garrigues share a common interest in memory, storytelling, and the spaces where personal and collective narratives intersect, providing a strong foundation for their collaboration. Together, they aim to explore how children’s games—such as the iconic arcade game Whac-A-Mole—evoke the coexistence of playfulness and violence. Using imagery like hammers, holes, and hidden moles, they address themes of visibility and invisibility within the context of adult life.

During this residency, they will work on a video and installation piece that can also be activated as a performance. For their first collaboration, with a touch of mischief, they seek to highlight how memories and doubts are buried, suppressed, and eventually re-emerge over time.

Sinae Lee primarily works with video, installation, and performance, creating visual representations of the physical and psychological distance between where she was born and where she now lives. Her work often draws on family memories, reflecting on how personal narratives connect and diverge across time and space.

Lucie Garrigues is a stage director and actress. She stages and performs stories that blur the boundaries between tragedy, horror, and clowning. She works across various media, including video and performance, to create handcrafted trompe-l’œil effects that distort perception.