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Concept
In
my work I search for a connection between art and environment, I try to
give another look to the visual aspect of our environment and I propose
another
view of our landscape and our cities. The artworks and studies
presented
hit
weak points, where urban constructions and networks of energy
distribution are poorly received by the
people - roundabouts, public spaces, fountains, stadiums, bridges,
areas along
highways, parking lots…
The main
idea is its transformation into works of art, symbolically
maintaining the basic module and incorporating it in carrying out my
concept of:
"sculptures – electric pylons, "sculptures -
antennas", "sculptures - wind energy towers", "sculptures -
lighting”, "sculptures - gateways" ...
I want to highlight rather than conceal
them, after all they are "dolmens" of our time.
Two ways of research are
developed:
"IHT -
High Voltage
Installations"
- This solution treats the
transformation of existing building in the environment:
- High voltage power lines
- Renewable energy
windmills
- Cellular
Relay - Antennas
- Lighting – highways, stadiums, public spaces, etc.
They are investigated according
to reception area and allow the modification of the visual aspect of
the
infrastructure into artistic works.
An example of such a
transformation is the artwork "Source", built in alliance with RTE
France on
the tourist and thermal city Amnéville les Thermes.
"SHT -
High
Tension Sculptures" - This way explores new forms
for pylons to be implanted in the landscape, urban and rural areas.
Sculptures use "symbolically" the
same modules of metallic construction.
The inspiration:
The men have spread in their path man made
constructions but unwanted – Pylons,
lighting poles, antennas, bridges, towers. My artistic approach in the
environment is inspired by the visible and the invisible (the pylon,
energy carrier,
is visible, but the energy that goes through the cables is invisible;
the
antennas are visible, but radio waves are invisible.
• My inspiration comes from a share of the mystical and
invisible phenomenon of
energy (power, speed, its sources, its tension, its paths). But also
the enigma
that emerged from the waves and its vibrations that communicate to us.
This
invisible world which vibrates in the air is very attractive to me,
because it
is in another dimension. The artist is totally free to her
interpretations.
• On the other hand, my inspiration comes from the visible
elements of
buildings. Just look carefully at the landscape through a high voltage
pylon it
cuts the sky in small geometrical dimensions by the intersection of
horizontal
lines, vertical and diagonal conferred the structure. They create a
rhythm
between "full and empty" on the merits of the sky ...
From this inspiration, I chose the name of "High Tension" for my
sculptures and my installations and "Electric Art" of my artistic path.
The elements entering "games" in the
spirit of the work are sensors, diodes, insulators, rotors, antennas,
dishes
... In the first stage of creation, I must forget that the buildings
are metal
"giants" and not think about the technical, climatic, electrical,
mechanical constraints…giving free rein to the imagination.
The first ideas:
The
adventure of High Tension began for me a long
time ago, first with the observation of the landscape, often marred by
any kind
of useful construction, but not
always aesthetic. I watched the huge electricity towers in the fields
and I
imagined walking giants, transforming themself, illuminated. Sometimes
they
were cats, dancers, men who walked ... at other times completely
abstract forms
appeared to me.
What was the click?
It came when I readied in the press
that the disappearance of the towers was scheduled for 2035
in France, following the passage of the underground electricity network. Then there was
the decision to try to intervene on this landscape in
my own way, even to prevent its disappearance and keep a few towers as
a symbol
of our time. My ideas were turned into drawings, models, photographs,
graphics,
studies and projects.
From
idea to the realization of a
"High - tension" artwork:
My work is based on five axes of reflection:
-
inspiration
-
symbolism
-
materials
-
colour
-
lighting
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