Penelope, Sculpture detail, 2013
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Penelope, Installation view, 2013
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Penelope, Side view, 2013
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Penelope_Jeux de la francophonie 2013
Penelope, Sculpture detail (wood, cotton thread, found objects), 2013 (Work In progress) for Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, Nice, France
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
In 2013, I was invited to be the Sculpture Representative for Team Canada at Les 7ième jeux de la francophonie in Nice, France. For my part in the sculpture competition, I was asked to present a work for a group exhibition in Nice as well as to create a new work in a 5-day competition that was open to the public. My fellow competitors included 20 artists from all over the work. We were judged on both the work we presented in the group exhibition and the new work we created on site. They set up a makeshift studio in a series of conference rooms at the Acropolis of Nice where 20 competitors from each discipline (Sculpture, Painting, and Photo) worked alongside each other. Chatting, making, discussing, seeing each others' ways of creating art.
Penelope was created for this competition. I had access only to the tools and materials that were provided to me by the organizers and this was an interesting limitation to have imposed on our creative processes. Interestingly, the stringing of the sculpture became a sort of performance in itself where the public seemed intrigued to ask me questions about what I was doing. This often made for interesting interactions and sharing of ideas.
Penelope, Sculpture detail, 2013
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Penelope, Sculpture detail, 2013
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Penelope, Installation view, 2013
Les 7ième jeux internationale de la francophonie, International Sculpture Competition, Acropolis de Nice, Nice France (2013)
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Hébert
Nice 2013 - Jacquelyn Hebert - Sculpture
Chaque quatre ans, les Jeux de la Francophonie rassemblent plus de 3000 athlètes et artistes provenant d’une cinquantaine de pays. En 2013, Nice est le pays hôte et MC2 a été mandaté pour réaliser 10 portraits documentaires de participants en préparation de cet évènement d’envergure.