Biographie
Pierre Liebaert (°1990, Mons) is a belgian photographer currently based in Brussels, Belgium. He graduated from l’École Supérieure des Arts de l’image « Le 75 » in Brussels. His series, Macquenoise, was published by the belgian editor Le caillou bleu. Very often immersive, his projects are often long-term and devour him. Although they are mainly photographic, his series Libre Maintenant builds itself around an installation composed of a film, images, music, audio recordings and texts. In 2021, the eponymous book, published by L'éditeur du dimanche, was shortlisted by The Book Awards in Arles. For his upcoming project Je crois aux Nuits, he explores territories where fragile traditions are still surviving. The series introduces the Carnival cycle, starting with the bear bursting out for Candlemas to a body covered with ashes.
Présentation
The series, Je crois aux nuits, explores the rituals marking the transitions from one year to the next: from sleeping nature congealed in the winter darkness to the anxious expectation of its reawakening in broad daylight. The project focuses on the immemorial relationship tying human beings to the seasons, the lunar cycle, weather conditions, cold and warm, the harvest and the herd, sexuality and death. Rites are inscribed in the order of nature and embody the hyperbolic repetition of the major events that punctuate any human existence.