What is common in works as diverse as an upside down tree in the middle of a meadow, a ball of soot rolling down a staircase, a chandelier dripping melted wax onto a table below, a cityscape made of ice melting away into a pool of water?

Artist Aurore Scotet confronts the laws of physics, notably that of gravitation. By giving it a physical body, Aurore invites the viewer to take notice of what is otherwise invisible and taken for granted.

Her approach is through milder actions like dripping, pouring and spreading or more permanent and radical actions like crushing, burning, smashing. The key word is transformation, where material transforms from one state into another.

Time is also a crucial player. Some installations transform over hours and days, others in seconds. Observing the process brings to light the unpredictable nature of the action-reaction, which in itself nurtures Aurore's artistic expression.

Post-action, the workspace is permeated by the transformed material. Large spaces add a scale to the installation that enhances the perception of gravity. In the destructive nature of some of her works, Aurore sees not a finality ; she sees materials taking on a new life of their own through their transformation and new inertia.

Suhail Shaikh, 2024