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Stereotomy
Permanent public installation on existing building, consisting of 8 photocollages (260 x 220 cm each), printed on b&w adhesive, LED backlighting. This work was produced during a residency at Pier2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2025.
Stereotomy is the art of cutting three-dimensional solids into specific shapes. It is used in particular in the art of stone-cutting, stone being evoked here by concrete. The work covers the large openings of a small modernist building on the waterfront, formerly a fishing boat ticket office. Illuminated at night, the work is reminiscent of the lantern, a popular Taiwanese object.
Stripes bag
several ready-mades from plastic bags, dimensions variable, 2023.
This work was realized during a residency at Kiosko Galeria, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in 2023.
Striped plastic bags are omnipresent in the urban spaces and popular imagery of Bolivia. I explored the bag’s motifs through games of superposition, seeking to create visual vibrations. The resulting gradations recall the traditional textile design of the Awayos, which focus on geometric shapes.
Cosmos
in situ installation, industrial metal bowls, body lacquer, threaded rods, 2021.
A permanent installation on the facade of the municipal art school
EMBAC in Châteauroux FR.
Constellated with metallic half-spheres, the façade reflects the activity of the city by a mirror effect and gives to see an ordered set of planets, whose shadows create a detachment from the wall. Reminiscent of the Tibetan “singing bowls”, the installation can also be activated as a sound object.
Blank is a work that focuses on isolated architecture elements belonging to post-war constructions. Walls, roofs, windows, doors, all represent our physical limits. Playing with empty and full spaces, here I explore the role of the color white which at the same time can represent the sky as well as a wall.
Body load
in situ installation, self-adhesive film, 1.86 x 1.80 m each window pane, 2021
As the popularity of large post-war housing complexes is declining, “intermediate” housing (medium-sized buildings) are making a comeback. A selection of images of this type of architecture is presented in the windows of the gallery, recalling the aesthetics of real estate ads: no human presence, no specific regional identity, and aiming for a certain neutrality. These images are actually extracted from press articles collected from the web. They are here accompanied by their caption texts, readable from inside the gallery.
