TABOO - TRANSGRESSION - TRANSCENDENCE

 Can art be created with the wild?

Ready-wild, translated as 'already-wild,' is presented as a sculptural work composed of a wild space, constituting a monumental sculpture related to land art. This work aspires to become a monument and a cultural heritage, borrowing certain constitutive elements from sculpture and asserting its rights. The ready-Wild is the result of extensive artistic research, developed over seven years with the support of the Cultivamos Cultura artistic innovation residency in Portugal, led by Marta de Menezes, and the Grace Exhibition Space gallery in New York. This journey has led to the creation of the first prototype of a work that integrates a wild forest of nearly 3 hectares, located along the Hudson River in the United States. This first work is named "New-Fountain" in homage to the famous ready-made titled "Fountain" by Marcel Duchamp. Currently, this artistic research is being deepened as part of a Master’s program in Art at La Sorbonne. In this dynamic, a second prototype will be created in 2025 in Mexico in collaboration with local associations and universities. This time, this ready-wild will consist of an entire valley containing rocks, forest, and a river. The valley is located on the property of Rancho Tehuan, near the village of Palpan de Baranda in the southwest of Mexico City. This project will be done from February to May 2025 and a 'mémoire' of Master will be written and presented at La Sorbonne in June 2025. 

The presentation will focus on these two achievements by examining the historical, artistic, and legal contexts, and explaining the stakes regarding the protection of wild spaces and those of art.