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Drought

Drought ©EP 2024

Bulgarie, 2021

Installation de quatre objets uniques Vidéo : 8:18 min, HD, son : stéreo, 126 × 30 × 30 cm

édition 3+1

acheté à l'artiste en 2024


La dernière oeuvre de Maria Nalbantova, dans le cadre du projet Drought, consiste en une série de blocs de savon fabriqués à la main qui contiennent des ingrédients extraits de quatre sites touchés par la sécheresse : un lac, un cours d’eau, une flaque d’un village dépeuplé, et la mer. Chaque bloc de savon renvoie aux problèmes spécifiques du paysage transformé par la sécheresse. Le bloc de savon du bord de mer, par exemple, contient de l’eau de mer, du sable, des algues et du béton. Ce dernier ingrédient fait référence à une barrière en béton construite illégalement sur la plage; un exemple parmi de nombreux cas de constructions non autorisées qui détruisent l’environnement. L’artiste décrit son oeuvre comme une protestation qui devient rituel, et comme un rituel qui devient protestation. Il s’agit, par la fabrication de chaque bloc de savon, de raconter l’histoire d’un lieu, ainsi que des décisions et de leurs conséquences sociales et politiques qui façonnent l’existence de sa population et de son environnement. Maria Nalbantova attire notre attention sur la crise écologique et met en évidence l’idée que tous les organismes vivants sont interconnectés et font partie d’un équilibre naturel fragile.

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