CAST POEMS 660.3 C

2023

Aluminum
Stainless Steel

Lighting Devices

Etienne Bastormagi
Assaad Feghali

Ghazar M.

Wissam Chaaya

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  • Cast Poems is an exploration, a tactile journey between a material - aluminum - and all its potential. It is a reference to the melting point, which becomes the starting point of the conceptual approach of the collection.

  • The work focuses on shadows and textures, revisiting a perpetual investigation of gravity and fragility, like a moon that sometimes hides, sometimes reveals its secrets. This approach interprets our relationship with the cosmos at a time when space travel is becoming accessible and humans seek to understand the universe around them. Each piece becomes a language and merges with the observer's eye. The object on a wall, suspended or in a larger context, is in direct communication with architecture. The shadow, the reflection of the object, and its deployment decipher the architecture and create a subspace within the volume.

  • The objects presented include several lighting devices and a mirror, entirely made of aluminum.

  • These large folded metal sheets offer multiple proposals and a technical challenge to defy gravity and maintain the desired weightlessness.

    Stainless steel is used as structural elements - in the form of rods and cables - supporting the casting of aluminum made from CNC router molds.