![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With a conceptual approach Rixt work relates to themes as history, traditions and habits.įor "Société Minéral" Rixt focused on a collection of stones that was given to her mother by a friend. The main core of her work is how these elements play a role within the collective memory. She investigates the border between the 2 and 3 dimensional through different point of views and the way we relate to the landscape, often by highlighting the cultural and symbolic value of objects or matters from our everyday surroundings. Rixt de Boer is a multidisciplinary dutch artist, her production includes photos, videos, drawings and installations. I am trying to live in a more ecological and ethical way, by growing my own food and using my music to spread a message and make sense of things that surround me.” A mineral society is the one we live in, where we are destroying ecosystems in order to extract the oil we need for our mobile phones, computers, cars, food and nearly everything else we own. “The concept of a "mineral society" comes from the book "Vers la sobriété heureuse" (Towards a happy sobriety) by Pierre Rabhi, as opposed to the idea of a "vegetal society". His project Acid Fountain seeks to bring together abstract and representational art, improvisation and composition, experimental and dance musics. Richard Francés is a French composer/musician born in Alicante in 1981 and now based in Paris. ![]()
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