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Learn French: Carolyn Cardinet, eco-plasticienne au service de la planète !

Valentine Sabouraud Valentine Sabouraud
May 23, 2017
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38 millions d’épaves en plastique jonchent Henderson Island dans le Pacifique. L’île paradisiaque est devenue le symbole d’un mode de pollution extrême qui abîme les océans, étouffe sa faune et détruit son écosystème. On parle ainsi d’un 7ème continent – en réalité une “soupe” informe – uniquement composé de macro déchets. L’artiste Carolyn Cardinet a choisi de s’emparer de cette question, dans des œuvres militantes qui recyclent le plastique qu’elle ramasse essentiellement sur les plages de Melbourne où elle vit.

Dans son atelier, les bouteilles de lait jouxtent les vieux bouchons et les pailles jaunies. Les vieux ventilateurs ont été transformés en corbeilles et les attrape-cauchemars troquent leurs plumes contre de la bâche transparente. “J’avais l’habitude de me promener sur les plages et de ramasser des cailloux, des bouts de bois, des coquillages. Et puis un jour, je suis tombée sur un objet noir, un deuxième, un troisième. C’était du plastique !“ Carolyn prend conscience qu’il se passe quelque chose d’anormal, qu’une invasion progressive et massive se prépare. Dans son esprit, l’art doit faire sens, porter un message. Après des années de peinture figurative, puis de recherches variées, le plastique ramassé devient son matériau et la protection des océans son crédo. Influencée par les œuvres immersives et subversives de Anselm Kiefer ainsi que par les installations poétiques de Rosalie Gascoigne : elle crée désormais des méduses monumentales, des panneaux aériens et même des chapeaux haute couture qui sont autant de SOS lancés pour la planète.

Répéter, accumuler, entasser, tout cela fait partie de son processus créatif. Son œuvre connaît toutefois des évolutions. Aujourd’hui par exemple, elle ajoute des éléments naturels au plastique qu’elle recycle : des branches, de la mousse, de la paille. Toujours dans cet esprit d’innovation, elle participe en ce moment à une résidence “art and science” grâce à laquelle elle suit le travail de scientifiques du RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) sur les “bactéries qui mangent le plastique”. Pas à pas, elle assiste aux hypothèses et aux tests des chercheurs. Elle partira ensuite à Sydney pour installer l’oeuvre qu’elle aura imaginée dans une galerie d’art associée. “Des morceaux de plastique ont été immergés à divers endroits de la Yarra et sous Westgate Bridge. Pour réaliser une étude comparative, six durées différentes ont été fixées. J’ai décidé d’illustrer à ma manière les résultats de chacune de ces étapes…” L’installation est en cours d’élaboration, mais on évoluera principalement dans le noir, à l’écoute d’une musique composée par une artiste partenaire. Les paroles ajoutées raconteront l’histoire du projet.

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Au quotidien, Carolyn porte également son message auprès des plus jeunes. Avec le Yarra Council, elle participe à de nombreux “art and sustainability workshops” qui impliquent des élèves de 6 à 18 ans, parfois moins. “Il y a un discours de sensibilisation, mais je leur propose aussi des ateliers créatifs avec du plastique ramassé.” Certains ont déjà bien compris le message. “J’ai rencontré un petit de 5 ans qui savait très bien ce qu’était le surcyclage.” Pas mal en effet ! Une exposition des œuvres réalisées ensemble est prévue en juin, avant le début d’une nouvelle résidence. Tout cela laisse peu de disponibilité pour le reste. Malgré tout, Carolyn assure qu’elle prend le temps de regarder la télévision. En ce moment, elle vous recommande “War on waste” sur ABC.

Exposition Las Amigas 27 mai de 3 à 6 pm – 75 Harding Street Coburg VIC 3058

Exposition Art & Science du 11 au 17 juin de 11 am à 17 pm – Artist talk & drink Thursday 15 June 2017 6-8pm – Accelerator Gallery 6 Scott Str Pyrmont NSW 2009
www.cultureatwork.com.au  
Exposition Creatures of the Bay du 14 juin au 2 juillet de 9.30am à 4pm – Foyer Gallery and Angela Robarts -Bird Gallery, Gasworks Art Park, Albert Park, Melbourne
www.gasworks.org.au

 * Le long parcours de Carolyn Cardinet est à retrouver dans le guide “Portraits de Melbourne : https://www.hikari-editions.com/products/portraits-de-melbourne

                                                                                                                                                                       

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Carolyn Cardinet

Visual artist dedicates her work to the planet!

38 millions plastic pieces have invaded Henderson Island in the Pacific Ocean. This piece of paradise is now the symbol of the extreme pollution, which is felt in our oceans as it is choking fauna and destroying their ecosystem. We talk about a 7th continent-in reality it is more like a ‘plastic soup’ made of microplastic. In response to this Carolyn Cardinet an artist passionate about this topic, uses her activist work to recycle the plastic she gleans essentially on the beach close to home.

In her studio are gathered, milk bottles, old lids and straws touch by the time spent in the ocean. Old fans have been turned in cornucopias and dream catchers have shed their feathers to sit against plastic sheeting.

‘I used to walk on the beach and pick up rocks, driftwood and seashells. One day, I found a black object, a second and a third. They were made of plastic!’ Carolyn realises there was something abnormal going on and that a massive progressive invasion was looming. In the artist mind, Art has to make sense and send a message. After many years as a figurative painter and several techniques later, it is the plastic gathered that becomes her medium of choice and therefore turned Carolyn into an activist for ocean protection.

Influenced by the immersive and subversive work of Anselm Kiefer as well by Rosalie Gascoigne’s poetic installations: she now creates monumental jellyfish, aerial scenes and even haute couture hats which are all an SOS to save our planet.

Collecting, accumulating, repeating; every step is part of her creative process. Her work is continually evolving as she adds element from nature to the plastic she re-cycles: a stick, a palm in florescence, a piece of straw. Always at the avant-garde of her creative process, she is the recipient of an ‘art and science’ artist residency which has made it possible for her to follow scientific research at RMIT on the potential of the ‘plastic eating bacteria’.  Step by step she listens to the hypothesis and follows and even views some of the progressive development with the researchers. She will fly to Sydney to install the work that she will have imagined in their associate gallery.

‘Plastic sample have been submerged at several sites in the Yarra river and under the Westgate bridge. To create a comparative research, six time frames have been locked in. I decided to illustrate in my own way the results of each of those steps.’ The installation in situ is still in development however you will be able to navigate the gallery space in the dark, to a soundscape composition made in collaboration with a sound artist.  The words added will tell the project story.

Carolyn takes her message to young audiences on a daily basis. With Yarra council, she facilitates ‘Art & Sustainability’ workshops with school children aged 6-18 and even younger. ‘We create awareness in a sensitive presentation and follow with creating an art piece with the plastics collected’. Some have already understood the issue at stake.  ‘I met a 5 year old who knew very well what up-cycling means’.       Not bad!

An exhibition of the works created within the City of Port Phillip schools program and Skillfest workshop is planned for June, prior to another artist program where Carolyn will enjoy the peacefulness of an artist in residence in country Victoria.

All that leaves little time for the rest. However Carolyn manages to view some interesting TV programs. On now, she recommends ‘War on Waste’ on ABC.

Exhibition Art  & Science 11-17 June – 11 am-17 pm – Artist talk & drink Thursday 15 June 2017 6-8pm – Accelerator Gallery 6 Scott Str Pyrmont NSW 2009
www.cultureatwork.com.au  
Exhibition Creatures of the Bay 14 June – 2 July 9.30-4pm – Foyer Gallery and Angela Robarts -Bird Gallery at Gasworks Art Park, Albert Park, Melbourne
www.gasworks.org.au

 *To know more about Carolyn’s trajectory in ‘Portraits de Melbourne’ : https://www.hikari-editions.com/products/portraits-de-melbourne

 

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