“The rock reminds me of Friedrich Schlegel’s ‘hedgehog fragment’ and the writings of Novalis, who was also a geologist and cosmologist. It is both a world in itself and a miniature model upon which the artist lets their imagination evolve. Enclosed, isolated, the fragment paradoxically possesses a powerful evocative force. Thus, geological formations or curiosities suggest distant landscapes, present on other continents. By playing with scale, by focusing on certain colors, I build a repertoire of rock forms to give free rein to the creation of a seascape—both real and imaginary.”
In her new series De la côte (From the Coast), Aurore Bagarry examines the memory of rocks and the imprints left by water. Sensitive to the metamorphoses of the landscape, she captures a moment of a constantly shifting shoreline, where water is the element that binds and dissolves, prompting reflection on our history and memory.
Her approach—both scientific and sensitive to the terrain—places her work within a broader reflection on the fragility of our environment and the climatic changes to come. The result of documentary work created using a large-format camera, her images present a vision in which nature converses with time, capturing an ephemeral landscape destined to transform over the decades, a reflection of our contemporary ecological concerns.
