Sacha Haillote is an iconoclastic plastic artist who explores, with the energy that characterizes her, the infinite possibilities offered by matter, wherever it comes from. Colors, textures, volumes: the artist composes, combines, combines, superimposes, transforms, with extraordinary creative jubilation, in the spirit of arte povera. Every material deserves to be sublimated: natural elements, fragments of objects destined for waste, inspire the poetic movement of the work.
And it is this same mindset that animates Sacha Haillote during this period of family confinement in a Parisian apartment: transforming the banality of everyday life into a true art of living. For her, this pause is an opportunity to offer total dedication to the well-being of those around her, to embellish the interior space. The days are punctuated by small rituals that give thanks to the precious Other, that honor these workers in the shadows who maintain the social life chain. On each of her outings, Sacha Haillote photographs those who work for us: caregivers, delivery people, artisans, merchants, frontline agents…
In the era of barrier gestures, it’s his gesture of light. A name, a mission, a few words exchanged, and the photo shared on Instagram: @sachatouille5.
The spine virus inspires reflections for the artist: what new world is it announcing? Is it this quest for enlightening meaning that stimulates the creative momentum present? Sacha Haillote has accumulated a material of 3000 small blue plastic bottles recovered before the lockdown. These are bottles that will not end up in the sea, and that will become the elements that make a monumental chandelier transparent, a radiant work that multiplies light:
“Giga-lustra”: Confined yes, but not in the dark. Let’s light up the world again, said the artist.
