"𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘺𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴."
ra niänÿ
ra niänÿ, the Otomi translation of « conversations », is a dialogue between different hands and languages. The artwork is the result of a collaboration with Mexican craftswoman Arisbeth Gonzales, invited by Galerie du 19m.
The conversation begins with Clémence Vazard’s natural dyeing practice, as she selects local and seasonal flowers and accompanies them to express their colorful powers, their aura on a 5-meter-long recycled linen fabric. The color palette represents the autumnal season in which the collaboration and creation of the work take place.
Arisbeth Gonzales then enters into conversation with the dyed textile through her language of traditional Otomi embroidery, named after the ancestral Mexican people whose culture is listed as an Intangible World Heritage Site. The dialogue between the two artistic languages is a natural one, since they are directly inspired by wild flora. The conversation was then opened up to the public, who were invited in turn to embroider symbolic elements of wild or imaginary flora onto the participatory work.
ra niänÿ weaves together nature and people, revealing the interdependence of all living things.
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘢 5-𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴."