Mur de pellicules 2002

Curator: Let’s turn our attention to Michel Blazy's "Mur de pellicules," created in 2002. It is an installation that interacts so strikingly with its environment. Editor: The golden hue immediately captures my attention, but there's also a strong sense of decay. It feels…fragile, doesn’t it? Like the skin is peeling away to reveal something beneath. Curator: That sense of fragility is key. Blazy often employs unconventional materials. Here he has produced this effect using ephemeral materials to transform the gallery walls into something organic, living. Editor: Given that it is created from impermanent things, the use of gold feels ironic. Gold is meant to represent eternity, but what happens when its very substrate is doomed to decomposition? Curator: Indeed. Blazy is pushing us to confront our obsession with permanence and fixed forms. What do you make of the process? In terms of the manual labour, I understand Blazy typically lets the process unfold rather naturally, intervening as little as possible. Editor: So there's a lack of control in it then? Almost an acceptance of chaos. The symbolic weight for me leans towards ideas of ephemerality and transformation and decay, much of which appears random. I wonder what lies beyond. Curator: And beyond that veneer, the work draws our attention to themes of waste, the cycle of consumption, and the constant processes of change. His choices expose systems for recycling matter – the walls essentially recycle materials through organic processes of decay. Editor: Absolutely, that transformation and recycling is palpable. One cannot escape the fact that these are all fleeting images that inevitably evolve or vanish entirely, underscoring themes of transience, mortality, and a deeper relationship to organic systems that persist around and even within us. Curator: A powerful interplay of ideas surrounding creation, destruction, and re-creation then, achieved through quite radical material means. Editor: A unique take. Thank you for offering these new insights on interpreting Blazy’s unique material choices.