Wheel Matrix

Driven by my interest in the critical relationship between time, art, and luxury, I visited the studio of French painter Clément Borderie, located at Charles Foix Hospital in Ivry-sur-Seine, a facility specializing in gerontology—the study of aging.

In the hospital gardens, Borderie installed large metal matrices, some equipped with evaporator coils that freeze moisture from the air. These matrices serve as frames for white canvases, which are frozen and exposed to the elements over time. As the seasons change, the canvases absorb environmental shifts, becoming spatio-temporal "identity cards" that reveal the imperceptible patterns of time’s passage.

More than just capturing nature, these artworks bear witness to the human aging process, symbolically imbued with the "colors" of the souls of end-of-life patients in the palliative care units.

In collaboration with Clément, we selected a canvas to morph into a haute couture piece, merging the roles of designer and curator, challenging traditional boundaries, and exploring themes of time, decay, and reinvention.

Wheel Matrix was presented during Sleepless Nights Miami in the Alfred DuPont Building at the International Design Competition and Symposium organized by the Arts of Fashion Foundation and Miami International University of Art and Design.