Looking through the Reeds
Vitis Vinifera
Atelier at 721 meters
Black Herbarium
Le garden of Serres
Fragments of a Mountain
Ateliers & interventions
L’Atelier de gravure
Looking through the Reeds
Vitis Vinifera
Atelier at 721 meters
Black Herbarium
Le garden of Serres
Fragments of a Mountain
Ateliers & interventions
L’Atelier de gravure
Atelier at 721 meters
2017.video.objects.installation
To create, to produce, to build, to shape, to make — Atelier at 721 Meters is the result of a deliberate desire: the desire to do, and above all, to do everything myself.
This approach naturally emerged at the end of my initial training as a designer. I knew materials, design processes, production phases, and industrial workflows — but I had never truly shaped an object from start to finish with my own hands. There was a kind of abstraction in ordering materials, in imagining objects and outsourcing their production and assembly. This distance from the things I designed no longer satisfied me.
Faced with a set of dilemmas, I committed to making — physically, directly. Armed with a few rudimentary tools, I began seeking out raw materials and shaping them by hand. Though the resulting objects are not necessarily functional in a domestic context, their forms are familiar, almost archetypal. I focused on making every step of the process visible and traceable.
This project marked the beginning of a new phase in my creative practice, driven by questions that still inform my work today.
The project is documented through several elements that preserve its traces:
– An installation that brings together raw materials and the crafted objects
– A 13-minute video narrating the evolution of the making process
– A wall display featuring drawings, analog photographs, collages, and natural curiosities that reflect a personal reading of the explored landscape
– A self-published booklet compiling visual documentation of the project
You can also read the accompanying text written by Sarah Salem
“The Mountain as a Workshop.” (french)
video “Atelier at 721 meters” 2017, 13 minutes.