Cécile Pitois

Territoire(s)

Chapelle Saint-Jacques, St Gaudens / Solo Show – 2002
ICA Gallery, London, U.K. – April Session invitation – 1997

Installation of 108 life-size pigeons in wax + wick, pigments, 100 m2 of pink carpet on the floor. Metal structures: 1.20 to 1.80 m x 12 m.

Duration: 7 weeks. On the evening of the opening, 7 people each lit 7 sculptures, and every Saturday 3 visitors were invited to help light new pieces.

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Original title: “Trafalgar Square ou un Souvenir de Londres”, first shown at the I.C.A in London and the C.C.C. in Tours. In the center of this London square, pigeons have made their home on the four bronze lions that surround the Nelson column, delighting tourists and despairing city dwellers alike. There are territorial areas we don’t think much about, but which nevertheless govern our daily lives: those that mark the boundary between human and animal. Here, Cécile Pitois proposes an installation in the form of a mental outlet. After burning slowly, the object is gradually transformed and spreads across the pink carpet.

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