Le mouvement de l'air

I am so happy I could see Adrien M/Claire B's production Le mouvement de l'air last month. 

And I felt even more lucky to have had tickets as I realized they were performing only 4 days before the actual show. So here's the teaser and I can tell you it is nothing compared to the emotion one can feel while watching the real performance. Mesmerizing and dreamlike. Virtual and visual poetry. We were all standing still, gaping and amazed, spellbound eyed audience hardly holding its breath and restraining from clapping its hands every five minutes. You could hear oohs and aahs and people gasping in admiration. We felt like we were 5 again and nobody had warned us we would be dumbstruck, a kiddo at the zoo, first time at the circus, acrobats in the air, eyes glittering and mouth wide open.
I had the best time watching this performance. I had the best time watching dance, where digital art and live performance intersect. I can but recommend going to see it as soon as the opportunity arises.

Magic, that was magic.

Necklace

Just like Amy Revier, I somehow wear my art own too. I realized this necklace I made totally matches my paintings; shape, colours, textures, the translucent pendant... It might as well be part of the canvas - and I like it best when the canvas no longer is the limit to my painting.

Because

Recently, I discovered the work of Amy Revier. I like the idea of inhabiting one own's art, of completely merging into it and clothes art is what she's at. A self-taught weaver with a background in sculpture, she is a woman of integrity. To become one with her art, to be wrapped in textures, shapes and shades. I never thought weaving was so demanding. It is a dance to watch; the dance of the artist at work, the dance of the artist being.

Please, click to see this beautiful video of Amy Revier : http://becauselondon.com/fashion/2015/01/amy-revier/

Dripped

This is the first picture I took since I own an iphone. 

I remember my boyfriend laughed at me while we were standing on one of the most magnificent places in Bordeaux, Place de la Comédie, by a blue an sunny afternoon and he saw me turning around, facing the wall of some deserted shop and finally squatting to take that photograph. 'What, why are you taking this picture while you could just photograph one of the most beautiful places in town?' he said, as Bordeaux Grand Théâtre was just opposite us, beautiful in the setting sun.

In fact, I had a spotted the abandonned window just a few minutes before I got into the store to buy my new phone and I took him all the way back there to take that precise picture.

I've got an eye for side things. And as long as I can make him laugh, that's fine.

Textured Walls

Photography is an important part of my work. Most of the time, I am seeking the unseen; decaying walls, burnt down materials, rotten details in your every day surroundings are textures that appeal to me. While they wouldn't even catch the usual passerby's attention, they completely hold my attention and I sometime even go back to those places with my DSLR to take proper pictures purposefully.

Now that is probably what I should do since these ones have be taken with my phone, hence the poor quality of the photographs. However, I sometimes feel awkward as when standing at the front door of a recently burnt down flat and the tenant suddenly pops out. How inappropriate is that?

Wet Walls

This is exactly the type of picture I long for when taking long walks and getting lost in the cities. Texture is what I seek. And though I appreciate it very much, I'd have enjoyed it even more if it hadn't been part of the interior of my home...

Stainless

Adam Magyar - Stainless, Alexanderplatz (excerpt), 2011 from Adam Magyar on Vimeo.

I recently discovered the work of photographer and video artist Adam Magyar.
I particularly like his Stainless, Alexanderplatz slowmotion video and how stillness and movement, space and sound intermingle. It sort of reminds me of the film Gerry, which I wrote my research thesis about.

Once

Where I Once Worked

What I Once Painted

Sometimes you just have to walk past the same place a 100 times before something catches your eye; a crack in the wall, paint peeling off facades...

Sometimes you just have to let time do the work to come up with what looks like an old brand new painting...

White Webs

2014 -it's time to start. Again.

Here with those pictures which I consider as drafts for some future work.

photographs // daily inspiration

Rough Textures

 

 

Taking pictures of rough textures is part of my creative process. I get inspiration anywhere, anytime, whenever I catch a glimpse of a detail: tea in a mug, rusty metal or even wood. I collect those pictures and they're like memories of places or things; landmarks in my personal diary and they inspire me with painting.

A Comes First



Extraordinary Expectation (2013), light and sound installation, Phillip Schulze, Christophe Giffard and Thomas Hatcher, Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse

Auto-reverse (2013), wall drawing in video and audio tape, George Eskts, Fondation Ecureuil, Toulouse

 

Pitztal (2012), sculpture dif. materials, Claudia Mann, Espace Croix-Baragnon, Toulouse



I've been wanting to update the blog all week long and now I just find time to do it.

Toulouse is currently running its International Art Festival and here are a few artists whose work I appreciated most:

• the collaborative work of Phillip Schulze, Christophe Giffard and Thomas Hatcher, in which soundscapes I appreciated to get lost; 
• the work of George Esksts, whose drawing with black and white lines of tapes I liked;
• the work of Claudia Mann, whose sculptures made of different materials reminded me of the "texture" pictures of derelict walls of sorts I like to take while walking around towns

I used to know this festival as Printemps de Septembre and enjoyed  going around those art galleries, museums and venues more than once. It is a shame that art galleries are no longer part of the festival - however, it is still a great opportunity to walk around the city and discover contemporary artists as well as visiting some of the most beautiful venues in Toulouse.

A Comes First - Toulouse International Art Festival
24 May, 23 June 2013
Free

http://www.toulouseartfestival.com/fr/accueil

Birds

I draw some of my inspiration from the internet and I spend quite a lot of time browsing blogs and pinterest.
The picture of the birds I found on a blog (sorry, I can't remember which) and filed it until I knew what to make of it.
When I finally found out, I was so excited with my idea that I could hardly resist drawing it right away on my painting.
The bird is only one part of the painting, and though you already saw bits of it here and there, I shall soon show you the whole painting.

Inspiring Sunday

Last Sunday I visited the CAPC, which is the Centre of Contemporary Visual Arts in Bordeaux and took some inspiring pictures.

The current exhibition is a celebration for the fortieth anniversary of the museum, presenting various artists, performers and philosophers such as Alan Kaprow, Gina Pane or Roland Barthes.

I have been working quite a lot lately and soon I will be able to show you the pictures of the paintings featured at the opening of the blog.

See you soon!

Snow Day

Yesterday was snow day.

A few pictures of the surroundings; inspiring white.