Paradis lost

In the first room, on the ground floor, five velvet pillars play with the space between ground and ceiling. They link sky to earth, inviting visitors to walk around a sixth central cement pillar, which highlights the special architecture of this ancient farmhouse. Set in this space of split-levels and with its ceiling of different heights, the pillars invite us to follow the lines and to multiply the viewpoints. By taking the stairs, the visitor discovers that four of the pillars have passed through the floor to be topped by sculptures in the room on the first floor. Backed by a wall the colour of the sky, the pillars are now pedestals from which coloured objects flow or spill out – they have been pierced, as if alive. As in a medieval garden or a child’s bedroom, they then align themselves, by surprise, to form a new landscape of imaginary designs and characters. The repetitive sound of the water from the fountain responds to the penetrating gaze of the Statue of Liberty covered in seeds. On the mezzanine, foam tentacles spring up blocking the passage, while the chains of a pointed tower glow.

Velvet pillars, various objects, different dimension