« Les maisons végétales » sont de petits habitats de forme modeste et minimale. Elles sont sans fenêtre et transparentes, ouvertes sur l’intérieur, grâce au bain de cire que Cécile leur fait prendre. Ce sont des abris de nature, des espaces de préservation. Toit de fougère, mur de feuilles : bambou, érable du japon, carottes sauvages, roseaux et autres végétaux cueillis au Sud de Fontainebleau.
La structure des « maisons végétales » lui a été inspirée par la « Little Station », un Centre d’Art à Port Hope, au Canada, où l’artiste sera en résidence au printemps prochain. Un lieu qui comme la nature foisonne, en accueillant des artistes internationaux, en les invitant à s’épanouir et à partager leur récolte avec la communauté de Port Hope.
We are delighted to introduce you to Critical Mass artist-in-residence, Cécile Hug! Cécile Hug will be joining us for her residency in Port Hope this Spring 2021.
Cécile explores the relationship of humans to nature and nature to humans – a vital but nevertheless often undermined link that unites them – and it is at the centre of her installations, drawings, sculptures and sound pieces.
At the origin of each of Cécile Hug’s creations, there is a gathering, whether it is plant, animal or sound. To gather is to observe, to walk, to listen, to feel, to choose. Born on the shores of the Lake of Geneva, with winegrowers for parents, Cécile grew up with the rhythm of nature. As a child, she took part in the harvest. She learned very early how to handle pruning shears. To observe before choosing the right cut. Cécile’s work allows her to prolong this transmitted gesture. Archaic gesture that nevertheless questions the future. With the fragility of our ecosystem, Cécile questions what will be the gatherings of tomorrow?
This weekend, Cécile invites the Port Hope community – children, teenagers, seniors, parents, beginners and experienced artists, to gather. No, we're not talking about a social gathering, but to get outside and immerse yourself in nature. She invites you to select and gather some of the diversity of Port Hope's vegetation, which will become part of a large herbarium and showcased in an exhibit at the Little Station.
Cécile video walks you through her practice of gathering and gives you tips on how to select items for your herbarium, and shows you what materials you will need.
This weekend, we gather. Next weekend, on Saturday, October 10th, we make our Herbariums, plus an additional workshop will be announced soon to make a wax dipped plant house which would make a perfect centrepiece for Thanksgiving!
Let's show Cécile the natural diversity Port Hope has to offer, and help inform her research for her upcoming residency in Port Hope this Spring.
Critical Mass Art
Herbarium Workshop with Cécile Hug from Paris, France
Plant House workshop presented by Paris artist, Cécile Hug
Nature à témoins, les récoltes est composé de témoignages d’habitants, de sons et d’images de la Serra da Estrela, une région ayant obtenu le statut de Parc naturel protégé et de réserve biogénétique.
J’ai posé quatre questions aux habitants de Manteigas et de Sabugueiro, de manière ouverte, sans aucune forme de jugement ; des questions simples, à propos de leur relation à la nature. Ce qui est donné à entendre dans le film, ce sont les réponses des habitants, en portugais. Les questions ont été coupées au montage. D’âges et de milieux différents, ils ont en commun ce lien fort à la nature qui les entoure. Une nature à la beauté vertigineuse, constituée de lacs, de rivières, de roches et de végétaux d’une grande diversité. Tous ont remarqué des dégradations ces dernières année et la plupart partagent une inquiétude face au devenir de notre planète. C’est une région très marquée par les incendies. À Sabugueiro notamment, village le plus élevé du Portugal, qui autrefois était entouré d’arbres, le paysage n’est plus que composé de roches et de genêt. Les pins et les marronniers ont disparu et mettront des années à repousser.
À Manteigas « Vale Por Natureza », la végétation a été relativement épargnée par les incendies ; les forêts se déploient encore majestueusement autour du vilage et les habitants ont à cœur de les préserver.
Nature à témoins, les récoltes est le premier volet d’un projet que j’envisage de faire voyager par la suite, et qui peu à peu s’enrichira des témoignages d’habitants de différentes régions, de différents pays, et qui progressivement formera un état des lieux de la relation de l’homme à la nature et des ressources naturelles dont la terre dispose.
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Image, montage, prise de son et réalisation : Cécile Hug
The Korean Nature Artists' Association 'YATOO(野投)' is an art organization which was founded in 1981, and has developed as a field-oriented nature art movement
focusing on free expressions with installation, drawing, and performance. It is an art organization which has clear history and identity with the view of nature that we should comply with the order of nature and try to harmonize with it, and it has tried to express such a view through various means of modern fine art.
The Geumgang Nature Art Biennale is an important event of the YATOO nature art movement with the history of 40 years. The biennale is a global project from Korean and foreign nature artists, and the forms and contents of biennale have become increasingly meaningful over time.
The Nature Art Cube Exhibition ‘12×12×12+Nature’ of the 2020 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, which took place at the Geumgang Natural Art Center in Gongju, Korea from June to August 9, contains the artist's individual thoughts and various expressions about nature in 12-centimeter cubes. The Nature Art Cube exhibition, which has been held since 2017, is one of the nature art movement. 227 nature artists from 39 countries have participated in this exhibition and it's been becoming a place sharing artistic messages about nature with one another. In this exhibition, Cecile Hug, Do Delaunay, Isabelle Aubry, Joel Thepault, Julien Masson, Patrick Demazeau, Pierre Guilloteau, total 7 French artists have participated.
Environmental pollution, ecological disturbance, abnormal climate and global warming we are experiencing now are the global issue all the humans in the world should face and find solutions. Plus, rapid development of digital culture makes people become more isolated from one another and difficult to communicate with one another.
In this context, this Nature Art Cube Exhibition ‘12×12×12+Nature’ displaying unique concepts, materials, expressive methods and visual messages of artists participating the exhibition will be a chance we are reminded of the meaning of 'nature' we always enjoy the benefits of, but easily forget preciousness of. It will be the space of reflection where we can communicate with each other and share our thinking through a special theme called 'nature art'.
The Geumgang Nature Art Biennale is an international Nature Art exhibition planned by Yatoo, the Korean Nature Artists' Association firstly established in 1981. Yatoo spreads Nature Art around Gongju in Chungcheongnam-do province. Based on Yatoo’s experience of organizing and hosting international nature art events since the early 1990s, the first Biennale was held in 2004, supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Chungcheongnam-do and Gongju City. Throughout three weeks the artists from all over the world live together and create their artworks. There are introductive sessions for nature art projects around the world, International Nature Art Seminar and other programs that children and citizens can participate during the biennale. The artworks of the artists are exhibited at Yeonmisan Nature Art Park, Geumgang Ssangshin Park and the visitors can observe how they interact with the natural context.
Yatoo - Yatoo is the name of the Korean Nature Artists’ Association that studies Nature Art. The meaning of the word Yatoo is to ‘throw in the field’; the word ‘野(Ya)’ means the field or nature, the word ‘投(Too)’ means to throw, or to express.
Nature Art - Nature Art is pursued by Yatoo since the early 1980s. Nature Art can be expressed by installation works to simple compositions created on the natural context. Through nature art, nature is not merely the target of expression but the new artistic medium that nature itself acts directly in art. It is Yatoo’s expressional method that contains Korean views bout nature that have always lived in harmony with nature.
Nature Art Park - The Nature Art Park is an alternative kind of sculpture park, where specifically Yatoo’s art is practiced. It is completely created by the Geumgang Nature Art Biennale. The lifecycle of the artworks created and installed in the park is constantly changed by the effects of nature and the passage of time.
