{"id":1231,"date":"2025-11-14T17:14:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:00:50","slug":"dontbe-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/dontbe-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dont’be Absurd !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 17 \/ December 20, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMPORARY ART MODERN PROJECT 2025 \/ Don’t be Absurd!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CAMP Gallery North Miami US<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Contemporary Art Modern Project announces its 7th Edition of\u00a0Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: Don\u2019t be Absurd<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0Over 100 years ago S\u00f8ren Aabye Kierkegaard set the stage for society to look beyond one\u2019s own concerns with the start of Existentialism. Absurdism emerges after the Second World War as the world grappled with the sense of the meaninglessness of life due to an overwhelming indifference for humanity and the suffering of others. For this year\u2019s edition of:\u00a0Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse, and Guests: Don\u2019t Be Absurd<\/em>,\u00a0the exploration of Absurdism is done through the hands of fiber artists. Artists were asked to refer to works by: Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Simone De Beauvoir, Samuel Beckett, and Jose Saramago and interpret the writings into circular fiber responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Le monde \u00e0 l’envers<\/em>, Ensemble de quatres cercles de drap ancien brod\u00e9s, fils, 1 x 60cm , 3 x 45cm. 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Le Monde \u00e0 l’envers <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her novel \u00ab\u00a0All Men Are Mortal,\u00a0\u00bb Simone de Beauvoir tells the story of an immortal man
for whom life no longer has meaning, no way out. He cannot appreciate life because it no
longer has value. He finds himself in an endless cycle where history repeats itself:
conquests of territories, murders, massacres, religions, pillages\u2026 Acquiring power to
control, to the point of absurdity makes possession ridiculous and meaningless: the
character withdraws into himself.
Although his encounters with women open other doors (those of love, descendants,
sentiment, the mind, science, the arts), he cannot become attached to them because his
immortal life cannot be reconciled with a mortal life.
Two worlds and two visions clash: that of materialism and that of the mind.
I chose to represent this opposition with four fabric circles that symbolize these two
conceptions of life.
The first 24-inch circle illustrates a world that constantly spins on itself. In the center, black
threads emerge from the fabric: they loop, tangle, knot, and fold back on themselves to
form an increasingly dense knot from which we cannot escape. Above this central knot, we
can make out upside-down dwellings that symbolize the successive places the main
character passes through. All around, a second circle made up of arrows indicates a
perpetual rotation. The repetition and therefore the endless reproduction of the different
motifs in the center generate a centrifugal force, to the point of merging with the
boundaries of the circle. This saturation, symbolizing a frozen world, can only lead to
nausea.
The second world consists of three 18-inch circles. Their size is deliberately identical and
smaller to symbolize an average lifespan. Inside each circle, different embroidered
patterns, paths, and designs symbolize organic and mutated life: the colored threads
inside illustrate the diversity that drives life’s evolution, and those extending outward
suggest future connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Le Monde \u00e0 l’envers <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans son roman \u00abTous les hommes sont mortels\u00bb Simone de Beauvoir raconte l’histoire d’un homme immortel pour qui la vie n’a plus de sens, plus d’issue. Il ne peut appr\u00e9cier la vie car elle n’a plus de valeur. Il se retrouve dans un cycle sans fin o\u00f9 l\u2019histoire se r\u00e9p\u00e8te: conqu\u00eates de territoires, meurtres, massacres, religions, pillages… Acqu\u00e9rir le pouvoir pour contr\u00f4ler, poss\u00e9der, jusqu’\u00e0 l\u2019absurdit\u00e9 rend la possession ridicule et d\u00e9nu\u00e9e de sens: le personnage se replie sur lui m\u00eame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bien que ses rencontres avec les femmes ouvrent d’autres portes( celles de l’amour, de la descendance, du sentiment, de l’esprit, de la science, des arts) il ne peut s’y attacher car sa vie d’immortel ne peut se concilier avec une vie mortelle. Deux mondes et deux visions s’opposent: celle du mat\u00e9rialisme et celle de l’esprit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J’ai choisi de repr\u00e9senter cette opposition par quatre cercles de tissu qui symbolisent ces 2 conceptions de la vie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le premier cercle de 60cm illustre un monde qui tourne constamment sur lui-m\u00eame. Au centre, des fils noirs sortent du tissu: ils font des boucles,s\u2019emm\u00ealent, se nouent et se replient sur eux-m\u00eames pour constituer un n\u0153ud de plus en plus dense dont on ne peut pas s’\u00e9chapper.Au dessus de ce n\u0153ud central, on devine des habitations \u00e0 l’envers qui symbolisent les lieux successifs de passage du personnage principal. Tout autour, un deuxi\u00e8me cercle constitu\u00e9 de fl\u00e8ches indique une rotation perp\u00e9tuelle. La r\u00e9p\u00e9tition et donc la reproduction sans fin des diff\u00e9rents motifs du centre g\u00e9n\u00e8rent une force centrifuge, jusqu’\u00e0 se confondre avec les limites du cercle.Cette saturation, symbole d’un monde fig\u00e9 ne peut qu’amener \u00e0 la naus\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le deuxi\u00e8me monde est constitu\u00e9 de 3 cercles de 45cm. Leur taille est d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment identique et plus petite pour symboliser une dur\u00e9e de vie moyenne. A l’int\u00e9rieur de chaque cercle des motifs, des chemins, des dessins brod\u00e9s diff\u00e9rents symbolisent la vie organique et mutante : les fils de couleur \u00e0 l’int\u00e9rieur illustrent la diversit\u00e9 qui fait \u00e9voluer la vie et ceux qui partent vers l’ext\u00e9rieur proposent des connexions futures. Sophie PAPIAU 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 17 \/ December 20, 2025 COMPORARY ART MODERN PROJECT 2025 \/ Don’t be Absurd! The CAMP Gallery North Miami US The Contemporary Art Modern Project announces its 7th Edition of\u00a0Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: Don\u2019t be Absurd.\u00a0Over 100 years ago S\u00f8ren Aabye Kierkegaard set the stage for society to look beyond one\u2019s own concerns with the start of Existentialism. Absurdism emerges after the Second World War.. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophiepapiau.fr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}