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Et in Arcadia ego Video, filmed on a Greek island, Summer 2011 "Et in Arcadia ego" - The literal word-for-word translation of the Latin phrase is "I too (was there) in Arcadia". It is usually interpreted as a memento mori. It most famously appears as the title of two paintings by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665).

Jakob Gautel, born in 1965 in Karlsruhe, Germany, lives and works in Paris, although not exclusively. He works with photography, video, installation, projections, books, work in public space etc. His principal concern, and one which is visible throughout his work, is not a specific subject or technique, but rather an ongoing research into the narrow line between reality and fiction, between the world of appearances and what is hidden, between being and seeming, between the exterior and the interior. For more information : jakob.gautel.net