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3 µm
microns
CONCEPT
A wall installation subverting the subject of the earring, 3 microns consists of 12 créoles (hoop earrings) arranged in an orderly square.
This work explores the contrast between mechanised and natural methods of production in order to question the impact of industry on the symbolic value of the créole. It examines the cultural and systemic erasure wrought by mass consumption on the narratives carried by our cultural objects.
The shift occurs through the self-generation of the supports: cast from a single ear-shaped mould, they become singular through the action of the living, in radical opposition to industrial homogenisation.
TECHNICAL & SUPPORT
Chiseling, Mounting, Hot Patina
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Yellow bronze, Brass, Gilding, Patina, Scalding
DIMENSIONS
460 x 480 mm
EDITION
Unique piece - Signed, numbered / Multiple prints available upon request
DATING
2020
PARTNER WORKSHOPS
Patina created by Bruno Altmayer-Henzien
France, Saint-Denis
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Raw cast iron produced by the Avangini art foundry
France, Moussy-le-Neuf
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Gilding done by the company PRM
France, Paris
BIO-INTEGRATION
Co-produced with the species Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei belonging to the family of earthworms.
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