Sélection Kourtrajmé
EMILIE PRIA, Vulnerability statueYear 2020
Medium Print on Arches paper
Dimensions 38 x 27 cm
Edition 5
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Emilie Pria is 23 years old and comes from Paris. After initially studying mathematics, Pria now attends the Theatre Conservatory in Paris as well as the Art & Image programme at the École Kourtrajmé.
Describing herself as a transdisciplinary artist, Emilie’s work ranges from costume and sound design, photography and performance to clay modelling and collage. Since beginning at the École Kourtrajmé, Emilie has explored new methods and techniques, and is grateful to JR for pushing her and her classmates to develop their ideas and bring them to life.
Like in the world of theatre, Emilie Pria seeks to create an immersive environment which draws the viewer into a dialogue.
Artists Sélection Kourtrajmé
Name of the work Vulnerability statue
Year 2020
Medium Print on Arches paper
Edition 5
Dimensions 38 x 27 cm
Signed Yes
Numbered Yes
Certificate of authenticity No
Artwork
“ At the time I was invited to Château La Coste, I was feeling doubtful about my artistic practice, which was coming to the end of a cycle. Upon discovering the place, I was hit by its mysterious and spiritual dimension, and I felt the need to create something in connection with this. Coming to understand the space in a way that was new to me, this space defined and designed by knowledge, technique and the visions of the artists and architects, I gained a sensorial understanding of it. And so I asked myself the question : if I had to build something here, as others had done, what would it be? My response was the only thing I had, and that i had taken care to bring with me - my fear of inability. I would construct my vulnerability. I chose a corner of the forest that I liked, close to Tadao Ando’s Chapel, where the slope of the earth suggested the promise of an enchanted world. And I curled up in a tree which opened its arms to me, like a statue. Later, as I looked at the folded up silhouette, sitting alone in the middle of the forest, I saw a strength emanating from it. A strength that I was evidently unable to see earlier in the depths of the unspoken, where opposing forces sit together, indifferent and interconnected. A new cycle had already begun, and I thought of Marguerite Duras’ theory of “the invincible strength in unrivalled weakness. “