statement

In this series, I invent imaginary landscapes and stage these compositions on the street.I use waste residing in our environment and band these elements together with different kinds of weeds growing through the pavement ; I remove the objects slightly from their original place to create still lifes. I consider these arrangements like temporary sculptures, allowing for another perspective, another perhaps more intimate universe.

The transparence of certain objects, their vibrancy, their artificiality produce a strong contrast with the natural color of the weeds, though at the same time there is a uniformity. I tried to capture a special lighting ; sunrays on the dark pavement illuminating these now precious things like a controlled spot in a studio. I enter the refuse of our society into realms where the ancient codes cease to exist. The packaging, destined to seduce the consumer has lost its function, the traditional hierarchy has ceased to work.Suddenly the mass product becomes singular; it does not have anything to promise anymore, there are no dreams left to sell.

For a short moment, these compositions, who are programmed to disappear, question and criticize our consumer society and tell us about the fading of recently desired things.