Hello, I'm Héloïse Colrat, an artist and glassblower based in Brussels. I collaborate with specific places and times, and there are as many projects as cooperation within a given context. I’m into things we hardly notice or simply don't know about. Contact me if you think we can come up with something together. Here's some info and links to other media .
2017
Les cendres brillaient
Installation of crystal pieces, 10x10x30cm, variable dimensions
La surface rugueuse de ces pièces n’est que l’aspect extérieur, la façade trompeuse d’un objet fait de verre. Ce n’est que par les fins interstices entre ces pièces que le spectateur peut déceler ce faux-semblant. Le mélange de bicarbonate de soude et de cendres de bois avec lequel j’ai soufflé ces formes vient ronger le verre petit à petit. Ce processus de dégradation rappelle l’aspect périssable du bois tandis que le blanchiment de la matière évoque l’érosion de la pierre. Le simulacre est lui-même trompé par ce qui le constitue, et avec lui, le spectateur est lui aussi trompé.
The rough surface of those pieces is only the exterior aspect : the deceptive facade of an object made out of glass. It’s only through the thin gap between these pieces that the spectator can detect this subterfuge. The mixture of sodium bicarbonate and wood ashes with which I blew these shapes comes to gnaw at the glass bit by bit. This process of deterioration is reminiscent of the perishable aspect of wood, while the whitening of the material evokes the erosion of stone. The mockery is itself deceived by what it is made of and the spectator is also deceived in the process.