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I like to distance myself from the references I use, to make sure they wont be taken too literally. Which is why I like the idea of the bluff, the playful lie.


This thing of towers [title?] comes from an interest in the structure of the braid. In a wider sense it comes from my wish to create sculptures between structures and figures.

Being human size, and part of a series, generates the possibility of reading them as a family, or any other kind of social group. Their structural potential : a family group; a power play between the characters, implied through their height and size; the tiny, the stocky, the tall, the imposing. I

I want to create scenarios with families of objects that could have been invited to a wedding, a dinner party... or maybe it's a crime scene in a summerhouse.


The gambler, the kid, the housemaster, the impersonator, the trickster, the stranger, the drunk...

do they have a puppetmaster ?

Are they dancing their own choreography?

Do they know the rules and are they being played?

Are they faking?

Are they guilty?


A crime scene at a dinner party. Everyone around the table across which food and games are laid out.

stains cutlery stools

overlooked behaviors. behavioral types. interactions. unsaid untold unknown? emotional commodities sculptural work that through shapes, materials and colors builds narratives from common knowledge, formal language and connotations, bias and clichés.

Things often taken for granted but always trusted. As if proven true in the past, validated by the elders. Creating their own type of story telling, mimicking traditions and potential transmission of knowledge. They are made of layers of references from different cultures and times, creating a blurred background for a potential story.

The viewer is important: how he reacts, how he deals with his own type of knowledge and implements [incorporates] it into his understanding of the piece. How far can he trust the sculpture? Is he playing the game? A set of cards. chess. poker. a good or a bad hand? the combination of pieces.

They have their own personality. family or social structures, hierarchy, power relations.

Theatre: functionality and decoration. use and representational display. powerplay. power structures. diners. weddings theater sets. props decor

crime scenes. detective stories. stiffness