Form must serve meaning.
Meaning must involve technique.
CALLIGRAPHY
I’m going back to the original ideograms which were representations of nature.
These signs have somewhat lost their original meaning over the centuries.
I rediscover their meanings, their forms, their relationships.
EXPERIMENTATION
I am developing a flexible mold system that allows all shapes to be created.
ANI-MOTS
My ideograms become “ani-mots”, an invented French word between animals and words.
The “ani-mots” express ideas but each has its own individuality.
THE PATH OF LIFE
In Chinese calligraphy, animal forms are sometimes depicted in the natural order.
Journey in the company of the souls of animals such as Buddhist sages.
Abandon the rags of civilization to find your true self: My “ani-mots” can fly and swim.
WILD ANI-MOTS
The “ani-mots” regain possession of space.
Old characters come back to life and find their place in today’s world.
Exhibition of Ani-Mots in Baux-de-Provence
LOOK AT THE WORLD
À travers mes ani-mots, je regarde le monde.
Through my ani-mots, I look at the world.
The world looks back at me.
I can more easily locate myself now, and I know who I am.
