THE FROZEN WORD
Porcelain sculpture, 2023.
Enamelled porcelain, 45 x 14.2 x 21.5 cm.
With the support of DRAC Hauts-de-France.
Finalization of the 3d model : Thibault Rostagnat.
3d print : Axis.
Porcelain : Ateliers Arquié.
Public collection : FRAC-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Exhibitions : Gaité lyrique Paris, CAC La Traverse Alfortville.
The material trace of a word that doesn't exist.
The sculpture, cast in enamelled porcelain, is a formal transposition
the recording of the artist's voice pronouncing the word "ptyx",
invented by the poet Stéphane Mallarmé for the needs of his
Sonnet
en X (1899).
