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Artist's interview

Fluid Sculpture origins

How did you come to sculpt liquid, it is not common?

As an art student, I was interested in the characteristics of the imprint, in its form that is at the same time so similar and so different, in its dual, double, bipolar, ambivalent side, in its part that evokes a whole. This interest in the imprint became an interest in the form in the process of imprinting.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure="1_2,1_2" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_image src="https://www.fluidsculpture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/louise4.jpg" alt="fluidsculpture" title_text="louise4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type="1_2" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_image src="https://www.fluidsculpture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/rayon-vert6.jpg" alt="fluidsculpture" title_text="rayon-vert6" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]

References

Which artists inspire you?

I really love Ann Veronica Janssens’ artwork. Her work on the density of light is remarkable. She manages to create real evanescent paintings with a strong material presence. She also manages to include the viewer in it in order to push further the work on perception.

Others ?

Of course! I love the work of Olafür Eliasson. His work takes a fair look at the world. His works are always very measured and striking to the senses.

They are artists who create rather monumental works!

Yes, it is true. I make works on a smaller scale. I don't work as a team, as they can do. I work on my scale. I have an intimate relationship with the material. I work on perception, but from everyday elements. In that way, my work would be close to the experiments of Eva Hesse.

What about your sculptures’pop side ?

I try to give back more materiality, more sensuality, more transparency, to a contemporary art often perceived as opaque and austere. I take up the communication codes of supermarket products by using bright and attractive colors, which pop artists have also used to their advantage. In this sense yes, my sculptures are pop art.

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What about electronic music ?

I give a pop side to contemporary art by mixing it with the universe of electronic music. For example, I collaborated to the 2019 edition of the Château Perché Festival as a visual artist. I realized a perceptive work composed of liquids, around a mannerist cave of the 17th century.
The electro culture is a fluid and metamorphic universe that has gradually invaded all cultural spheres. I also mix.

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Are you a dj ?

Yes I started to play at sixteen. I never stop it. The experimental technique of the electro mix is perfectly suited to my intuitive, immediate and intimate creative process. The idea of pattern, of fundamental forms that repeat themselves is also found in my sculptures.

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Secrets

What are your liquid sculpture recipes? Are they secret?

Haha! Yes, and no! Let's just say that there are some elements that remain rather secret but overall, I give some tips on how to make your own liquid sculpture.

Could you give us a basic one?

Yes. You choose a container for your sculpture. Then you take two glass. In the first one, you put oil and ink to color it. You repeat the operation with water. You pour your colored oil and your colored water into the container, then you get your own liquid sculpture.

Isn't it dangerous to give away your secrets?

I think that everyone should feel their experiences, taking time to mix two liquids, and observing what will happen. Observing the time that passes through this experience. Time impact appearing directly.

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Time effect

What elements allow your sculptures to materialize time ?

My sculptures are alive. The colors change imperceptibly every day. The liquids become more and more crystalline and let appear limpid colors. They evolve with us. The ambient light also modifies the perception of the spectator, as well as the color of the projected shadow of the liquid sculpture.

But your sculptures do not stop time passing !

It is precisely because my sculptures materialize the passing of time that they cannot stop the passing of time! We can't quantify the totality of the work because we would have to seize it in time, and there are inevitably moments that escape us, as with our family, our friends, as with our work or our obligations whatever they are. We can't control everything in time.

Why your sculptures offer a moment of exchange?

Liquid sculptures offer a time of contemplation, and they allow the viewer to refocus on his perceptions. They are perceptive works. They have a real therapeutic effect. Today people are stressed, in a hurry, they no longer take the time for contemplation. They act as a natural antistress.

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Interactions

How do you advise to interact with your sculptures? Should you shake them, should you not mix the liquids, how should you behave with your sculptures?

First of all, it depends on the size of the sculpture (laughs). For small sculptures, you can shake the container very hard, but you won't see anything inside for at least 2 days. After that, the liquid will clear up until it is transparent again. This fog is interesting because it allows a time of imagination where everything is possible.

But we can see in your studio several sculptures that have two poles? Tell me more

My sculptures reveal the viewer's position as a viewer. The choice of light and environment influences the perception of the work, and also its meaning. Sculptures that have two or more poles emphasize the viewer's choice and appropriation of his or her experience as a perceiving subject.

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