replaced by words (sink), 2017
PP plastic
The material of the work connotes an an-organic, slightly futuristic aesthetic yet at the same time the bright color gives it a playful, toy-like quality. The everyday elements in Flavien's work function to heighten the spectators’ awareness of the habitual expectations brought to public and to private spaces and to question these categorizations.
ballardian four, 2015–17
Plasterboard, glass, metal (house)
Shower curtain, metal rod, camp bed, soft PVC foil, Plexiglas, velcro (inside the house)
Shower curtain, metal rod, camp bed, soft PVC foil, Plexiglas, velcro (inside the house)
Made of two near identical structures, posed at an angle and apparently held by a central hinge, Ballardian House addresses a notion of doubling, coupling, and splitting.
Photo © Andrea Rossetti