Sculpture (MA)
Romane Courdacher
Romane Courdacher (b.1997, Melbourne, AU), lives and works in London, UK.
She graduated in 2018 from Ecole Duperré Paris with a BA in Textiles and Materials.
Romane Courdacher is a multidisciplinary artist who combines sculpture, physical installations, and virtual spaces. Coming from a fashion and textile background, her approach of contemporary art is tightly linked to the image making industry, exploring the various aspects of set design, accesories and decorative objects.
Selected exhibitions
2020, Careless Limbs, cur. Careless Limbs collective, hosted on ARC: The Dirty Issue, the internet (digital show, upcoming).
2020, Space Invaders, cur. Tamir Erlich, Alejandro Villa Duran and Romane Courdacher, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh.
2019, Time Capsule, cur. Francesca Forlini, Hockney Gallery, London (2019).
2019, London Light: Late Lights, Old Anatomy Theater, London (2019).
2019, Moonscapes, cur. Male Uribe Fores, Lumen Crypt Gallery, London (2019).
2018, Release, cur. Instincts RCA, The Cause Tottenham, London (2018).
2018, Les Temps Sauvages, cur. NMT Collective, Le Satellite, Aubervilliers (2018).
Awards and Competitions
2020, Banality of Evil in Our Daily Lives award as 'Vicky Fontana', finalist.
2017, Menswear carré design for Hermès Competition, finalist.
2017, Lomarec Plate Decor Design Award, First Prize.
If reality is just a collection of striking and immersive experiences, then how is it different from art? My works investigate metaphysical concepts of authenticity, matter and substance playing with material and digital duality as my main subject of research.
I challenge traditional notions of contrast and harmony by bringing together up-cycled elements, long-established art media and smooth digital textures. Inspired by film architecture and science-fiction, my works unfold speculative narratives which tackle contemporary issues of capitalism, climate crisis and the anthropocene.
I engage in a worlding process, ‘aesthetic activity of creating worlds’. My personal experiences of space merge with mental images, philosophical and political thoughts, spiritual intuitions, culminating in a diverse body of sculptural installations and audio-visual works.
Yet, as the video goes by lights and celestial bodies mark a time that passes; sunset, moonrise, shifting skies are guiding the meditation. These mantric queues are reinforced by a soundscape building up in waves as the visual evolves, culminating at the end, as the video is about to restart. The end scene constitutes the only narrative instant of the film: as the many suns set, the big red sphere is adorned of the last mantra, this time written: "Ahead of us glimmer the green lights of a new electronic day”.
Medium:
VideoSize:
6'05"In Collaboration with:
GIF from 'Off-World Suburbia', 2020
GIF from 'Off-World Suburbia', 2020
GIF from 'Off-World Suburbia', 2020
GIF from 'Off-World Suburbia', 2020
Exhibition view of the 'Lost Dimension' (simulation), 2020
Exhibition view of the 'Lost Dimension' (simulation), 2020
Exhibition view of the 'Lost Dimension' (simulation), 2020
Exhibition view of the 'Lost Dimension' (simulation), 2020
Close-up detail of the 'Lost Dimension', 2020
Close-up detail of the 'Lost Dimension', 2020
It is an art installation which includes multiple sculptures and a screen onto which the video 'Off-World Suburbia' plays on loop. The video is the only access to the lost dimension, where replicas of the sculptures exist digitally, in this off-world virtual suburbia. Yet, the access remain partial, as one cannot navigate that unreachable space.
Medium:
Installation with polystyrene, plaster, marble debris, pigments, spray paint, foam, duct tape, fan, printed fabric, blinds, video 6'05" looping on wall screen and projection.
St Tropez sunset and virtually chalked words, 2020
Situationist RCA instagram feed
As part of situationist RCA, 'Off-World Suburbia' will be screened in various outdoor locations of the French Riviera between the 23rd and the 30th of July. The screenings will last from 8pm until the sun sets completely. The confrontation between the physical space and time, and the virtual ones of the video seeks to create a more overwhelming meditative experience, reinforcing the digital landscapes with a 'real' sense of space and time.
Places and dates to be confirmed on Situationist RCA website.
Medium:
Video projection on white wallSize:
6'05" (looping from 8pm until dusk)In Collaboration with:
Sculpture : Meet the Artist - Romane Courdacher
Sculpture : Meet the Artist - Romane Courdacher
Sculpture : Meet the Artist - Romane Courdacher