In Saint-Etienne (France), inside the clean room of the ‘Pôle Optique', a place renowned for excellence in the field of scientific achievement, two men are working on the component of a laser device intended for therapeutic purposes. Dressed in antistatic garments, their slow and precise movements within this sterile space create a strange, esoteric choreography in the eyes of the beholder.
In Abomey (Benin), near a house built of red laterite in the Lego neighbourhood, a place renowned for excellence in the field of magic, a man is performing a ceremony intended for therapeutic purposes. Dressed in traditional garments, his solemn and precise movements within this consecrated place create a strange, esoteric choreography in the eyes of the beholder.