Le passé morcelé : du rebut, du matériau et de l’œuvre d’art

Abstract

Recovery practices have long been discredited. In a way, these practices often signify loss, if not disappearance. The initial function of the recovered elements is completely disrupted: these elements were part of a whole, now irreparably fragmented. A creative and directing mind had created these arrangements. From now on, only a few fragments remain, highlighted in the construction or on the contrary durably banned. Are recovery practices a simple expedient? Far from it: materials are collected with care and, after having undergone a number of modifications or not, are valued, that is to say transformed in order to be reinserted in a new cycle of existence.

Keywords

• memory
• reconstruction
• recovery
• restoration
• spolia
• re-use