PROJECT 02 — TOUJOURS LA
Toujours là
Toujours là
Idea: 2022
Creation began: July 2026
Masks completed: end of 2026
Where: Calgary
The work unfolds in three stages.
A time of reading and research, devoted to identifying the characters and understanding their traumas.
A time of shaping, where each face is hand modeled in ceramic, then fired in the kiln.
A time of presentation, conceived as a performance, in which each mask is broken through the fracturing mechanism proper to the work.
Idea: 2022
Creation began: July 2026
Masks completed: end of 2026
Where: Calgary
The work unfolds in three stages.
A time of reading and research, devoted to identifying the characters and understanding their traumas.
A time of shaping, where each face is hand modeled in ceramic, then fired in the kiln.
A time of presentation, conceived as a performance, in which each mask is broken through the fracturing mechanism proper to the work.
Idea: 2022
Creation began: July 2026
Masks completed: end of 2026
Where: Calgary
The work unfolds in three stages.
A time of reading and research, devoted to identifying the characters and understanding their traumas.
A time of shaping, where each face is hand modeled in ceramic, then fired in the kiln.
A time of presentation, conceived as a performance, in which each mask is broken through the fracturing mechanism proper to the work.
Intention
It all begins with Meursault, the character from Albert Camus's The Stranger, elusive, almost absent from himself. It was from this figure that the initial gesture was born: that of the ceramic mask. But another question soon took over, shaped by my own path and by other readings: that of trauma as a common thread, quiet but persistent, among characters who seem to have nothing else in common.
The Masks
"Toujours là" brings together about ten ceramic masks, each embodying a fictional character who has lived through a traumatic event. These masks are imagined from literary descriptions, from my own experience, and from people I have encountered. They are laid flat, then broken by the controlled fall of a hammer: a rotation without momentum, where only weight and gravity create the impact. A sober, almost clinical gesture, yet one that always leaves a singular trace.
The Collective Piece
The shards that escape the frame of each mask are gathered and assembled into a collective piece, which grows with each exhibition. It gradually becomes the cumulative representation of the traumas each of us is capable of living through.
"Toujours là" is the imprint that remains when everything else seems to have faded away.
Intention
It all begins with Meursault, the character from Albert Camus's The Stranger, elusive, almost absent from himself. It was from this figure that the initial gesture was born: that of the ceramic mask. But another question soon took over, shaped by my own path and by other readings: that of trauma as a common thread, quiet but persistent, among characters who seem to have nothing else in common.
The Masks
"Toujours là" brings together about ten ceramic masks, each embodying a fictional character who has lived through a traumatic event. These masks are imagined from literary descriptions, from my own experience, and from people I have encountered. They are laid flat, then broken by the controlled fall of a hammer: a rotation without momentum, where only weight and gravity create the impact. A sober, almost clinical gesture, yet one that always leaves a singular trace.
The Collective Piece
The shards that escape the frame of each mask are gathered and assembled into a collective piece, which grows with each exhibition. It gradually becomes the cumulative representation of the traumas each of us is capable of living through.
"Toujours là" is the imprint that remains when everything else seems to have faded away.
Intention
It all begins with Meursault, the character from Albert Camus's The Stranger, elusive, almost absent from himself. It was from this figure that the initial gesture was born: that of the ceramic mask. But another question soon took over, shaped by my own path and by other readings: that of trauma as a common thread, quiet but persistent, among characters who seem to have nothing else in common.
The Masks
"Toujours là" brings together about ten ceramic masks, each embodying a fictional character who has lived through a traumatic event. These masks are imagined from literary descriptions, from my own experience, and from people I have encountered. They are laid flat, then broken by the controlled fall of a hammer: a rotation without momentum, where only weight and gravity create the impact. A sober, almost clinical gesture, yet one that always leaves a singular trace.
The Collective Piece
The shards that escape the frame of each mask are gathered and assembled into a collective piece, which grows with each exhibition. It gradually becomes the cumulative representation of the traumas each of us is capable of living through.
"Toujours là" is the imprint that remains when everything else seems to have faded away.
Intention
It all begins with Meursault, the character from Albert Camus's The Stranger, elusive, almost absent from himself. It was from this figure that the initial gesture was born: that of the ceramic mask. But another question soon took over, shaped by my own path and by other readings: that of trauma as a common thread, quiet but persistent, among characters who seem to have nothing else in common.
The Masks
"Toujours là" brings together about ten ceramic masks, each embodying a fictional character who has lived through a traumatic event. These masks are imagined from literary descriptions, from my own experience, and from people I have encountered. They are laid flat, then broken by the controlled fall of a hammer: a rotation without momentum, where only weight and gravity create the impact. A sober, almost clinical gesture, yet one that always leaves a singular trace.
The Collective Piece
The shards that escape the frame of each mask are gathered and assembled into a collective piece, which grows with each exhibition. It gradually becomes the cumulative representation of the traumas each of us is capable of living through.
"Toujours là" is the imprint that remains when everything else seems to have faded away.