REFLECTIVE MATERIAL
A LIFE METAPHOR!

An outdoor public creation

The reflective material is made of gasoline, wine (red and white), pigment and varnish on chipboard.

It is created during public or private performances, using fire like a brush continuously acting.

This appealing, playful and fascinating material becomes alive in perfect symbiosis with its environment, it reflects light or absorbs it.

Its mirror effects, red, green, blue, glided and black invite the spectator to interpretations free of senses…

CREATION
Inspired by photographic memories

1) - wood and fire = developer
2) - wine and fire = stop bath
3) - varnish and fire = fixative

The process of development of black and white photo lab inspires the implementation of the three phases of creation.

FIRE
Symbol of destruction and life.

It belongs to each phase of creation, drawing nuanced blacks, merging and transformating the different materials.

The fire is lit with unleaded gasoline.

Black gold is a vital fuel which leads inevitably to chaos.

WOOD - CHIPBOARD -
“Reconstitution” of roots of life

Wood is jagged, and then reconstituted in order to obtain a perfect, stable and modular mass.

Under the impact of fire and wine throwing it will react, blister, crackle, break….

WINE
Blood of earth, sacred values,
indispensable beverage in history of civilisations.

Like an alchemist who, thanks to studies and patience reaches savoury nectar, wine leads to festive moments and brings unforgettable memories but in abuse becomes destructive.

Wine is used in reflective material for its seductive colour, to dilute eventual pigments, to bind different materials and create heat shocks.

MIRROR
Reflective, sometimes deforming attraction

The « mirror effect » is made of a varnish revealing and fixing the different phases of creation. Its golden reflections attract attention and deform silhouette.

PERFORMANCE
An outdoor, public and unique participative performance!

Invited outside, the public throws wine over the wood surface heated by fire.

Each performance is a unique filmed creation!

HANGING
Painting or sculpture, the artwork can be presented in various shapes on the ground or on the wall.

INTERACTIVITY
A living material

When finished the reflective material offers several appearances: its mass can still keep moving, in direct light it glows, in indirect light it reflects the environment.