Installation, États n°1 et n°3

Oxidized plastic tarpaulins

Variable dimensions

Six raw steel matrices from an industrial environment are placed on the studio floor across an area of around twenty square meters. The steel is sprayed with water and then covered with a plastic tarpaulin that traps moisture against the metal. This contact activates oxidation and gradually transfers rust onto the surface, slowly revealing the latent image contained within the materials. With each transfer, the steel breaks down into fine particles and progressively transforms the matrix, producing a different state each time.

This process is closely linked to engraving: the steel becomes an active surface capable of producing an image through contact.

The longer the contact lasts, the denser the imprint becomes. Colors shift from orange to dark brown and eventually black, sometimes crossed by iridescent reflections. Each oxidation period creates its own chromatic range.

The tarpaulins are then shaped into volumes forming two masses displayed in the window. Each form rests on a minimal structure, while the material collapses under its own weight. The installation plays with illusion: what appears dense and solid is in fact only a thin membrane.

The oxidized forms suggest mineral formations or geological fragments, even though they emerge from industrial and synthetic materials. Between organic appearance and chemical transformation, they blur the boundaries between natural landscape, industrial residue, and artificial matter.