Unveiling of the collective artistic work created with different audiences during the artist residency of the author and illustrator Crushiform. In the continuation of her book L'odyssée des Graines, to be published next October at Gallimard, she invites the public to marvel at the creativity of nature by continuing her work on the multiple processes of seed dispersal, and the resulting diversity of forms.
For several weeks in Maison Rouge-Musée des vallées cévenols, as well as in the surrounding territories, Cruschiform produced a series of illustrations around landscapes and conducted a work in dialogue with different audiences to invite them to the realization of a collective work. By inviting traditional materials and know-how, she also designs in collaboration with local scenographers and artisans, a set of objects and elements of playful mediation around the functional design of the seeds. The whole will be the subject, in the fall, of a great unprecedented exhibition!
“I am interested in the art of wandering seeds when they are dispersed. Particularly sensitive to the formal creativity of the plant world, I question the close link between the shape of seeds and their strategy and their function of dissemination. Whether in the wind, over water or with the complicity of animals, all strategies are good to conquer new territories. Hairy, winged, hooked, tiny or monumental... each seed contains in it the story of an extraordinary journey where the creativity of nature reigns supreme.” Cruschiform
A co-production of the association Le Festival de l'Illustration (Nîmes) and Maison Rouge with the support of the Department of Gard and DRAC Occitanie as part of the residency of territory in visual art 2024.