Inauguration Les yeux de la Sueille, 2020
Intervention in the public space, mirrors embedded in rocks, large stones, dead tree trunks, dry stone walls in the Hameau de La Coste / Saint-Mélany, Ardèche.
Presentation of the work by the association Sur le sentier des lauzes
New work of the Sentier des lauzes, Les yeux de la Sueille are a little more than 200 small round mirrors placed in rocks, large stones, dead tree trunks, dry stone walls, near the river. Placed in constellations or in isolation, they are like eyes looking at us, human beings. The walker who follows the Sentier des lauzes will never discover all of them. The little dots may be close by, integrated into the elements that make up and frame the path, but they may also appear in the distance, sometimes sending back flashes of light when sunlight is reflected on them. At the point where the path crosses the Sueille River, these small dots appear in greater numbers, creating here and there concentrated and glittering sets and reproducing a fragmented mosaic of the landscape that faces them. They discreetly "point" to the natural or man-made forms that make up this place, from which emanates a singular aura, whose magic is reinforced by the artist's intervention. They bring the sky and the earth together and, by capturing our reflection, reveal us to be an integral part of nature.
