Clémence Agnes in Pazin   

Invisible sculpture

In the Museum of Pazin, French artist Clémence Agnes made ​​a sculpture of human hair. Presentation of her work in the old Castle was part of the guest performances of UrbanFestival at the Seven Days of Creation Festival in Pazin. Clémence and her assistant Magali L’huillier spent seven days working very closely and carefully producing a delicate and fragile sculpture in the space of the Castle. Clémence’s physical work and commitment always involves a certain loneliness, commitment and focus on the self and implies a long-term invisible work. The final product is also very difficult to spot, very subtle but spatially divorced, so this installation actually encompasses a considerably large volume. But to experience the sculpture, it is necessary to dedicate a special kind of attention. In this sense, it is not trivial that this sculpture is set in the Museum of Pazin, because it suggests how much attention, emotions and subtlety could, or maybe should, be dedicated to ones own heritage, which is also the thematic backbone of the Seven Days of Creation. Clémence’s sculptures, not only in this case, but predominantly, refer to the genius loci – the spirit of place that carries every space important to a particular community whilst also suggesting that the spirit of place is hard to rationally explain or descriptively exhibit, but instead needs to be, in the truest sense, experienced and undergone.

Photo: Nina Šperanda