Photographic work on the Daubenhorn in Leukerbad, Valais.

The climate crisis, which is at the heart of human concerns, is changing the Swiss Alps. Temperatures are rising, glaciers are melting and the thawing of the permafrost is compromising the stability of the mountain ranges. According to the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), 6 to 8% of Switzerland is unstable. Settlements underneath permafrost zones can expect landslides and mudslides in the coming years.

The basis of the work "Matters" is a series of photographs dealing with the theme of the mountains, which are strongly affected by climate change and are transforming the Swiss Alpine landscape.

  
The rock face of the Daubenhorn in Leukerbad, photographed by the artist during a residency on the spot, is a recurring theme for the artist. "I was able to observe the rock face throughout the seasons and I realised that the mountain makes sounds throughout the year and resonates in the basin occupied by Leukerbad. The mountain changes, crumbles, and often in the winter undergoes large avalanches thus providing the music of the landscape. The work done on the Matters series is a poetic and sometimes frightening image of the mountain that disappears and crumbles little by little to finally show the substance of the rock face.

  
Pictorially, the digital treatment of the photograph, makes a work suggesting the pictorial work of the artist, it is no longer the painting which wants to reproduce a photograph but well and truly the photograph which evokes a pictorial gesture. The spectator is borrowed in front of the work not knowing if it is a work in ink or a photograph where the essence of the rock is cracked by the digital act (some pixels are selected and erased to suggest the degradation of the rock).
  
  

Matters

Ce travail s'inscrit dans une exploration profonde du "Genius Loci", l'esprit du lieu, où le papier en trois dimensions devient le vecteur d'un dialogue intime avec le monde naturel. Chaque pli, chaque courbe de mon œuvre, cherche à capturer l'essence immatérielle des paysages alpins, ces sanctuaires de beauté brute et de silence.

L'utilisation sélective d'encres indigo n'est pas anodine ; elle évoque non seulement la profondeur et la mysticité des montagnes alpines sous le ciel crépusculaire mais sert aussi de pont entre le tangible et l'intangible. Ce bleu, à la fois dense et éthéré, invite à une réflexion sur la manière dont les couleurs peuvent devenir un langage universel, capable de transmettre des sensations, des émotions et des récits sans recourir à la parole.

Ce projet, à travers sa matérialité et sa chromaticité, se veut un hommage au langage non verbal de la nature. Il interroge notre capacité à "lire" et à être émus par les éléments qui nous entourent, suggérant que le vrai langage, celui qui nous lie indéfectiblement au "Genius Loci" des lieux que nous habitons ou que nous visitons, dépasse la simple articulation des mots. C'est un appel à écouter plus attentivement, à observer plus profondément, et à ressentir plus intensément le monde qui nous enveloppe.

Mon intention est de démontrer que l'art, dans sa forme la plus pure, peut servir de clé pour déchiffrer ce langage universel, nous rapprochant ainsi un peu plus du cœur palpitant de notre planète.

Genius Loci

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The Essence of BLUE

From the very first glance, BLEU is seductive, inviting contemplation. With this new creation, Joëlle Cabanne doesn't just paint: she engages in dialogue with the observer, confronting him or her and inviting them to question their own perception of emotion.

The chromatic theme of this exhibition, blue, is not a simple colour. For Joëlle, it represents a quest, an exploration of the duality of human emotion. Each canvas tells a story, each shade of indigo evokes a vibration, from ardent passion to almost divine tranquillity.

Joëlle's technique is anything but ordinary. Inspired by the famous Helen Frankenthaler, she has developed her own style. Her tools, whether balsa sticks or flexible branches, allow her to control the fluid while welcoming the unexpected. Each movement, each gesture, is a dance between mastery and spontaneity.

The BLEU series is not just a painting serie but. It's an experience. Each canvas is an invitation to immerse yourself, to feel and to let yourself be carried away by the current of emotions. Shades of deep indigo capture the eye, evoking mystery and guiding the viewer on an inner journey.

Joëlle Cabanne doesn't just present her work. She offers us a piece of her soul, an open window onto her vision of the world. Between artistic expression and architectural composition, oscillating between reality and dream, her works celebrate the splendour of human beings and the world around them.

BLEU trio *03

BLEU trio *02

BLEU Trio *01

BLEU:Indigo 2023

BLUE.Indigo 2023

\* Indigo \* The artistic experimentation of the artist's creative process is particularly developed in his works on canvas. The artist uses pure indigo ink instead of traditional media such as acrylic, gouache or oil. "This allows me to work directly with the subtle dialogue between the ink and the textile support. The search for a new, fluid expression full of vitality. Making the invisible visible. The deep indigo colour takes on nuances and brings to life worlds close to the universe. Everyone is free to project their own landscapes onto the canvas. Through a highly structured process, the artist enables herself to take possession of the canvas. She paints with her own balsa wood tools and puts herself in a state of altered consciousness to make room for the flow of energy alone. Her large canvases offer poetic possibilities reminiscent of abstract expressionism.

Indigo 2023 

The petit indigo series explores a smaller dimension than the artist's general works. The return to small format creates a link with the large-scale works composed of cut sheets within the inprocess series. This new series is a collection of small formats painted with pure indigo ink poured onto canvas. Evoking the artistic movement of Abstract Expressionism, this series explores the fluidity of consciousness through strong, striking abstract signs. Each work is designed to create a dialogue with the viewer, inviting reflection on the shaping of a new visual script. The abstract signs are put together in a way that forms the writing of the unconscious, exploring the deepest and most subtle aspects of consciousness. These works will bring a new dimension to your art collection."

Petit Indigo 

Here the artist again explores the central pictorial genre in her work, the landscape, more particularly the mountain. The photographs that serve as a starting point for these images were taken by the artist herself. The aesthetics of photography, which are based on framing, composition and colour, remain perceptible, although digitally transformed by the artist. The acts of transformation of the landscape are evocations of the impact of man on the environment, the transformations of the mountain made visible by the effect of the magnifying glass or the change of tint make the invisible visible by the zoom, the colour, the heat linked to the metamorphoses of time on the material. The transpositions made by the artist remind us of his work in \*recomposed landscape\* and evoke the strata of photography cut out and arranged one on top of the other. Again, like a demiurge, the artist fashions a new utopian world composed of real images.

MATTERS*Blue

Jura Blue edition continues the digital work started in 2022 by the artist. This series is part of the Pantone Landscape work started more than 10 years ago today. The mountain represented is the Jura and the choice of the colour chart allows the artist to create a universe with an unreal atmosphere. No trace of man allows the viewer to freely enter this new world created from reality and transformed by the artist. Contemplation and escape are thus pushed towards a world composed of landscape sensation.

Jura Blue edition

The proposed work is an experiment in the artist's pre-dilution ink painting technique. The works of inbetween propose a look at the world of the landscape by leaving the choice of the scale to the eye which traverses it. Sometimes the scale is large Macrocosm sometimes small Microcosm. In between is a journey of recomposed horizontal landscapes with an inspiration of the artist for the universe in general but without sometimes painting the human traces linked to architecture. "I like to hear visitors describe their emotions in front of my paintings and tell me what they can see (sometimes oceans, sometimes water, but also mountain and sea landscapes etc.). "The works in this series are a call to feel the emotion of the universe around us. The human scale is deliberately not specified to allow the viewer freedom of interpretation.

InBetween

The small indigo series explores a smaller dimension than the artist's general works. The return to the small format creates a link with the large-scale works composed of cut sheets within the inprocess series. This new series is a collection of small formats painted with pure indigo ink poured onto the canvas. Evoking the art form of abstract expressionism, this series explores the fluidity of consciousness through strong and striking abstract signs. Each work is designed to create a dialogue with the viewer, inviting reflection on the shaping of a new visual script. The abstract signs are put together to form the writing of the unconscious, exploring the deepest and most subtle aspects of consciousness. These works will bring a new dimension to your art collection."
  
  

InProcess

\* InProcess \* The artistic experimentation of the artist's creative process is particularly developed in the works on canvas. The artist uses pure indigo ink instead of traditional mediums such as acrylic, gouache or oil. "This allows me to work directly with the subtle dialogue of the ink with the textile support. Making the invisible perceptible. The deep colour indigo takes on nuances and brings to life worlds close to the universe. Each person is free to project his or her landscapes onto the canvas. The artist, through a very constructed process, puts herself in a situation in order to take possession of the canvas. She paints with her own balsa wood tools, and puts herself in a situation of altered consciousness to make room only for the energy flow. Her large canvases are as many poetic possibilities evoking abstract expressionism

  

InProcess * Indigo

InProcess 23

\*Petit Indigo\* series explores a smaller dimension than the artist's general works. The return to the small format creates a link with the large-scale works composed of cut sheets within the inprocess series. This new series is a collection of small formats painted with pure indigo ink poured onto the canvas. Evoking the art form of abstract expressionism, this series explores the fluidity of consciousness through strong and striking abstract signs. Each work is designed to create a dialogue with the viewer, inviting reflection on the shaping of a new visual script. The abstract signs are put together to form the writing of the unconscious, exploring the deepest and most subtle aspects of consciousness. These works will bring a new dimension to your art collection."
  
  

Petit indigo

\*Petit Indigo\* series explores a smaller dimension than the artist's general works. The return to the small format creates a link with the large-scale works composed of cut sheets within the inprocess series. This new series is a collection of small formats painted with pure indigo ink poured onto the canvas. Evoking the art form of abstract expressionism, this series explores the fluidity of consciousness through strong and striking abstract signs. Each work is designed to create a dialogue with the viewer, inviting reflection on the shaping of a new visual script. The abstract signs are put together to form the writing of the unconscious, exploring the deepest and most subtle aspects of consciousness. These works will bring a new dimension to your art collection."

  

The \*Petit Indigo\* series explores a smaller dimension than the artist's general works. The return to the small format creates a link with the large-scale works composed of cut sheets within the inprocess series. This new series is a collection of small formats painted with pure indigo ink poured onto the canvas. Evoking the art form of abstract expressionism, this series explores the fluidity of consciousness through strong and striking abstract signs. Each work is designed to create a dialogue with the viewer, inviting reflection on the shaping of a new visual script. The abstract signs are put together to form the writing of the unconscious, exploring the deepest and most subtle aspects of consciousness. These works will bring a new dimension to your art collection."
  
  

\* InProcess \* The artistic experimentation of the artist's creative process is particularly developed in the works on canvas. The artist uses pure indigo ink instead of traditional mediums such as acrylic, gouache or oil. "This allows me to work directly with the subtle dialogue of the ink with the textile support. Making the invisible perceptible. The deep colour indigo takes on nuances and brings to life worlds close to the universe. Each person is free to project his or her landscapes onto the canvas. The artist, through a very constructed process, puts herself in a situation in order to take possession of the canvas. She paints with her own balsa wood tools, and puts herself in a situation of altered consciousness to make room only for the energy flow. Her large canvases are as many poetic possibilities evoking abstract expressionism.

InProcess * 7

\* InProcess \* The artistic experimentation of the artist's creative process is particularly developed in the works on canvas. The artist uses pure indigo ink instead of traditional mediums such as acrylic, gouache or oil. "This allows me to work directly with the subtle dialogue of the ink with the textile support. Making the invisible perceptible. The deep colour indigo takes on nuances and brings to life worlds close to the universe. Each person is free to project his or her landscapes onto the canvas. The artist, through a very constructed process, puts herself in a situation in order to take possession of the canvas. She paints with her own balsa wood tools, and puts herself in a situation of altered consciousness to make room only for the energy flow. Her large canvases are as many poetic possibilities evoking abstract expressionism.
  
  

InProcess 2022

Installation made of 480 pieces of paper (indigo ink) format paper sheet 12 x 16 cm

Exhibited in Geneva in november 2022 at Fondation WRP

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