Juliette Briery
The continuous visual and emotional progress an urban
environment undergoes has been the underlying root for my
work. Exploring both the abstract and the concrete concept
through a range of forms and media has enabled me to
convey the mundane routine of everyday life.
Architecture’s most influential tool is the people who
inhabit the space; architecture has the power to change
someone’s mindset through the use of materials and
spatial characteristics. I wanted to incorporate this aspect
in my work by using a linear and a divergent system
simultaneously. The built landscape along with the
geometrical pieces exhibits a mundane structure in which
daily life takes place, however, the layers of the work build
on the landscape’s energy. The fluid forms, including my
charcoal drawings and the moulded plastics, were a tool to
dissolve the strict structure. They create a distorted reality,
which becomes soothing as well as disruptive for the viewer.
I left most of my work open for interpretation in order
to let people viewing fuel the purpose of the art, as does
architecture.