grandir amplement // (largely growing) – 2016 – exhibition view Le Silo, L’échangeur CDC – ephemeral sculpture / 2 tons of compressed plaster powder and whitewash – 260 x 120 x 40 cm

(english below)

Mur de poudre érigé : le bloc-mur tient sous l’effet de sa compression et de l’humidité ambiante (effet chateau de sable) – A l’issue de son temps d’exposition, le plâtre compacté qui a absorbé l’humidité de l’air est devenu un bloc résistant et très compact. Au terme de l’exposition, une performance de destruction a été orchestré.

// English

Erected powder wall : the wall-block holds together under the effect of its compression and the ambient humidity (sand castle effect) – At the end of its exposure time, the compacted plaster which has absorbed the air humidity has become a resistant and very compact block. At the end of the exhibition, a destruction performance was orchestrated.
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