LE NUAGE
BIRDS: 87 double-sided prints on cotton paper - French author Samivel's tale "La Première Fois", from "Les Contes à pic", entirely manuscript, linocut and watercolor, patina with encaustic.
CLOUD (metallic structure): copper wire, knitting, and crochet, lattice. Iron coated. Natural oxidation with rain (1 year).
COUNTERWEIGHT: slates.
SCREE : on the ground, slates.
MOORING ON THE GROUND: the rope is held on the ground by a knot attached to a karabiner and a piton planted in a large stone
SUSPENSION: rope mountaineering hemp of time, used.
DIMENSIONS: 80 X 80 X 350cm.
TALE: The tale of Samivel tells the first ascent of the Matterhorn seen by the eyes of a young jackdaw living with his family in the east face of the mountain remained virgin so far. A poetic ode to the mountain but also a metaphor on the greed of the human to conquer Nature for his ego. As everyone knows, this first ascent took place with the cost of 4 human lives ...
