To conclude my residency with the MadLab on the Étang de Thau, I prepared an event called ‘MO’S’.
MO’S is a 75-minute live performance involving a projection of 364 paintings onto a screen standing in water,
accompanied by live music improvised by James Taylor. Here is a short film by Cedrick Eymenier of the MO’S event.
Between 1st March 2024 and 28th February 2025 I produced these paintings daily.
Initially were interpretations of water-logged family photographs I found after a flood at my parents’ house in January 2024. Unexpectedly, the water stains contributed something positive to the still perceivable photographs – a sense of ‘physical time’ known as ‘t’. Inspired by this duality, I produced over 80 paintings from the photographs, until I reached a point where I felt the need to switch the focus to my own recent memories of quotidian life and dreams for the remaining 284 paintings.
MO’S is therefore a series of paintings blending memories sourced from old damaged family photographs and my own conscious and unconscious self.”
For bookings of this event all enquiries please DM charlie on Instagram at @charliebonallackstudio

Images:
01 – Poster for MO’S Projections
02 – Projection screen in the Etang de Thau ©Photo Federico Drigo
03 – Projection screen in the Etang de Thau ©Photo Luigi Bonallack
04 – Projection screen in the Etang de Thau ©Photo Luigi Bonallack
05 – Audience watching MO’S Projection by the Etang de Thau ©PhotoLuigi Bonallack
06 – Audience watching MO’S Projection by the Etang de Thau ©Photo Kaz Raad
07 – Audience watching MO’S Projection by the Etang de Thau ©Photo Federico Drigo
08 – James S. Taylor at his deck performing live for MO’S Projections ©Photo Kaz Raad
09 – Preparing for the show ©Photo Jason Clarke
10 – Self portraits of me and James S. Taylor on the jetty by Madlab ©Photo Charlie Bonallack