civilised COMPLEXION or complex civilisation... They could be Sylvain Souklaye’s obsession and curse.

civilised COMPLEXION is a tactile, disconnected and granular expression of French blackness and, more importantly what is underneath. What was before there before discrimination, slavery and triangular trade? What are we now, embedded between social media justice and the industry of diversity? At each contact with this smart device's screen, Sylvain Souklaye’s febrility is saying, what is next?

civilised COMPLEXION is a glimpse about his unsettling relationship to monolithic Blackness. Individuals are always more complex than how they are designed or/and defined by a system.

civilised COMPLEXION starts as an identity questioning its reason and nature. While progressing into the sonic narration, the real word that Sylvain Sylvain will find and fight is function. Then the gesture and vocal performance expand into an unconscious trance.

Finally, the disconnect between a synthesised voice and the granular melody played on the screen are finding their own rhythm as an exploration of unapologetic intimacy.

With civilised COMPLEXION, Sylvain Souklaye witnessed the prelude of his research about technology and epigenetic.