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Running With Rocks

Residency
Moulinage de Chirols, France
July 2024

Engraving experiment with rocks and movement made during the Encrages Art Residency in Chirols, France in July 2024.

Courir avec des cailloux (Running with Rocks) is an experiment within a series of explorations around the idea of creating through movement — a concept in which the artist’s body and its turbulences become both a decisive and uncontrolled driving force in the creative process.

A receptive matrix plate is placed at the bottom of a wooden box transformed into a backpack. Various stones of different sizes and weights are placed inside. The box is closed, carried on the artist’s back, and he sets off running for a determined duration. The jolts of the run shake the stones, which strike the surface of the matrix.

Back in the studio, the box is opened and the matrix is extracted from the stones. The data of each run (location, date, duration, and distance) are noted on the reverse side. The matrix is then entrusted to the printmaker, who inks it and prints six copies on paper. Each print is finally numbered and signed by the artist.

Video images by Nelio.
Thanks to Nelio, Laïla, Ben, and everyone at the Moulinage de Chirols.

Modo n.º59

Generative Painting
Meudon Skatepark, France
July 2024

Project commissioned by Hangar Y as part of the “TOUS EN PISTES!” program for the Cultural Olympiad. Project supported by the city of Meudon, La Métropolitaine, in collaboration with the Réseau TRAM and with the support of Les Amis du Hangar Y. Twenty young people participated in the project thanks to the involvement of the Meudon-la-Forêt day camps.

Thanks to the Paris Skate Culture association for the demonstration on the inauguration day and to the municipal employees for the logistics during the project.

Thanks to Pierre-Loup, Martin, Virginie, Jean-Michel Crovesi, Grazia, and the entire Hangar Y team and the municipal team of Meudon.

Oriflammes

Bourdeilles, France
June 2022

Project realized in collaboration with the town of Bourdeilles and the Dordogne-Périgord Departmental Cultural Agency.

Upon the invitation of the Departmental Cultural Agency and the town of Bourdeilles, I have conceived a series of graphic compositions for the Grand Rue, the main street in the village. This work involved participatory workshops with over seventy residents. This installation marks the official launch of a collective consultation initiated by the municipality regarding the future urban and landscape redevelopment of the town.

I collaborated with primary school students, volunteers, as well as residents from the La Prada medical center and the Les Deux Séquoias nursing home. Using architectural elements, I created twenty-four shapes and defined a color palette. I introduced participants to a graphic and playful protocol where choices were based on the results of dice rolls. Each number corresponded to a shape, an orientation, and a color. The dice throws generated over two hundred motifs, allowing me to compose the banners.

Participants, from 6 to 101 years old:
Erinne, Emma, Lisa, Elvin, Antoine, Loup, Luther, Arthur, Joseph, Alice, Margot, Abel, Céline, Guy, Patrick, Elie, Nolan, Solange, Chantal, Alexis, Killyan, John, Jessica, Clara, Nathalie, Pierre, Paulette, Simone, Hameury, Jean-Claude, Marie, Alain, Christine, Nicolas, Maria, Marie-Colette, Joan, Lorenzo, Thomas, Camille, Soyann, Flore, Sasha, Maëlys, Ethan, Adèle, Yoann, Jaja, Hugo, Jules V, Léo, Lulu, Océane, Elisa, Léon, Jules F, Mélissa, Eywa, Ladig, Kyllian, along with their teachers and activity leaders.

Production:
Bourdeilles Town Hall & Dordogne-Périgord Departmental Cultural Agency – 2022

Photos: Eltono

Modo n.º54

Generative and collective wall painting
Quartier Saint-Jacques, Clermont-Ferrand, France
June 2023

Project commissioned and organized by Pauline Simon for the city of Clermont-Ferrand. 220 participants from three primary schools in the neighborhood.

Thanks to Pauline, Prince, Sarah and Sadek, all the kids and teachers.

Modo n.º53

Generative and collective wall painting
Quartier Saint-Jacques, Clermont-Ferrand, France
June 2023

Project commissioned and organized by Pauline Simon for the city of Clermont-Ferrand. 220 participants from three primary schools in the neighborhood.

Thanks to Pauline, Prince, Sarah and Sadek, all the kids and teachers and all the crew from the pétanque club des Liondards.

G.A.S.

Horizontal printing system using street movements. Each print is exposed to traffic for at least one hour.

Photos: Eric Surmont et Eltono
Videos: Victor Thiré

Modo n.º52

Generative mural painting
Paris La Défense, France
September 2022

Project commissioned by Art Entreprise for Paris La Défense and QPark.

Intervention inside the elevator’s shaft:

Thanks to Arsène, Ulysse, Elie and Mohamed and his crew.

Modo n.º51

Generative and collective painting
Saint-Cyprien Middle School, France
June/July 2022
20 participants

Aleatory sequence of four colors alternated with white. Project commissioned by the College of Saint-Cyprien with the participation of the Departmental Cultural Agency Dordogne-Périgord.