Tra i petri 2023

"The Citadelle Miollis stands on the Ajaccio shore, a stone's throw from the Mediterranean waters whose horizon it has tirelessly guarded for nearly six centuries. And like a stone's throw on the crystalline surface of these waters, the installation by the artist Gilles Brusset now sprinkles the century-old ramparts with a shimmering wave, which seems to want to spread beyond our coasts. Reflecting light like a flow of nourishing sap, the work surrounds these stones with a damp spark that seeks to rekindle the foundations of this historic building. It symbolizes the ongoing transformation of the Citadel, finally opening its walls to the Mediterranean world that spreads at its feet, to let the light pass through and share. The installation is made up of several modules of mirror-polished stainless steel sheet metal, custom-cut to the shape of the original joints.

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gilles brusset

France

https://paysarchitectures.com/

Gilles BRUSSET creates ephemeral or perennial artistic projects through public or institutional commissions. He works in Paris and, in conjunction with his artistic activity, conducts master works in gardens and public spaces. Graduated from the Schools of Architecture of Paris Belleville and Versailles, he creates works that articulate differentiated fields (landscapes, architectures, town planning, engineering).

Gilles Brusset ingeniously intertwines art and landscape, operates shifts and thus passes from one field to another, involving different disciplines of construction and development. From this hybridization emerge sculptures-landscapes, contextual works revealing the ineffable and offering a unique setting for multiple uses. It thus promotes the infiltration of art into the landscape and its “secularization” through its integration and practice in the public space.