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September 2020

Sep 29

The appointment of the material

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Postponed to 2021 due to the health crisis, Les Rendez-vous de la matière brings together both industrialists capable of producing wall and floor coverings or textiles, and craftsmen who magnify the material for decorative or ornamental elements.
La Compagnie du Verre has decided to present its know-how and all the facets of its craft in an artistic and technical installation, emphasizing both the fragility of the material and its ability to withstand time. Thomas Arnal (Tomsky) took his paradoxical inspirations of glass IPNs and staged them, after having beautifully worked them, using many of the available techniques.
This year, Frédéric Imbert Studio will stage all the creations specially produced by the participants, under a beautiful 19th century industrial warehouse in the heart of Paris. 
*Sketch by Alizé Arnal
Sep 29

The Émergences Biennial

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Since 2010, the Émergences Biennal and its jury, composed of design and contemporary art professionals, journalists and specialists in the circular economy, selects players in the design and craft sector and takes a forward-looking look at the place of know-how in the field of contemporary creation. This 6th edition of the Biennial adopts a new format. It will take place from October 8 to 11 at Centre National de la Danse in Pantin, where it offers a central exhibition designed around the theme « Ressources ».

La Compagnie du Verre, selected, took up the challenge of this theme by drawing its inspiration from the family tree of its craftsman, Thomas Arnal, where we find Gaston Arnal, a cabinetmaker from the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, who designed and made, about 100 years ago, a piece of furniture for his graduation competition at the Ecole Boulle. Thomas, who inherited the piece of furniture that had suffered a little from the ravages of time, decided to give it a new lease on life: it is therefore a resource that he draws from, with an eco-responsible spirit of “sustainability”.

To remain in phase with the history of the furniture and to keep its original spirit, Thomas Arnal chose to keep the patterns, but replacing some of its elements with his favorite material, glass, to which he obviously applies the techniques of his trade: UV gluing, shaping, engraving and splitting.
*Free admission upon reservation : https://biennale-emergences.fr/biennale/billetterie / Centre National de la Danse, October 8 to 11, 2020; 1, rue Victor Hugo, 93500 Pantin / Sketch by Alizé Arnal
Gastion La Compagnie du Verre Biennale Emergences 2
Gastion La Compagnie du Verre Biennale Emergences 1
Sep 29

Hanging silhouettes at the Villa Vassilieff

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La Compagnie a redoublé d’ingéniosité et de savoir-faire pour réaliser l’oeuvre d’Euridice Zaituna Kala à l’occasion de son exposition Je suis l’archive, présentée à la Villa Vassilieff du 19 septembre au 19 décembre 2020.
Le cahier des charges prévoyait, entre autres, que trois silhouettes représentant un homme, une femme et un enfant soient suspendues au-dessus du sol par un système d’accroche invisible et que l’on garde l’échelle 1, tout en préservant une finesse extrême, cela afin de suggérer au mieux un esprit ectoplasmique.
La Compagnie a revu le premier dessin des silhouettes pour répondre à ces contraintes techniques, puis leur découpe s’est faite au jet d’eau pour assurer une précision extrême et pour ne pas risquer de casser le verre.

Enfin, le système d’accroche a complètement été pensé et réalisé par la Compagnie, qui a ainsi montré sa capacité à dépasser le cadre strict de son métier du verre et à satisfaire au mieux ses clients, avec un fort sens de l’innovation.

On peut donc dire que la Compagnie du Verre a agi, au-delà de sa mission de fabricant, comme conseil auprès de la Villa Vassilief pour pouvoir réaliser ces pièces délicates en toute sécurité, de la découpe au jet d’eau jusqu’à leur installation.

*Exhibition view, Je suis l’archive, Euridice Zaituna Kala, Villa Vassilieff, 2020. With : Euridice Zaituna Kala, An unrecorded Moment: three minds, Le Verrier, 2020. Courtesy Euridice Zaituna Kala © ADAGP, Paris, 2020. Photo: Villa Vassilieff.

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