Vulnerable Bodies de Christoph Weber

Christoph Weber is a Viennese conceptual sculptor whose work explores matter and the processes of transformation, and questions the relationship between humans and the environment. His favourite material, concrete - the second most widely used substance in the world after water - becomes a vehicle for questioning the political, social and ecological issues of our time. With Vulnerable Bodies, the artist explores the vivacity and robustness of another stone, tuffeau, a local and natural resource in the Vallée du Loir.

"These practices of demolition, breaking, pebbling, ransacking and crushing are at the heart of brutalism in its political acceptation [...] Propelled by both old machines and the most advanced computational technologies, they are profoundly futuristic and will carry a singular weight over the future of the earth. They have a geological, molecular and neurological dimension".
Extract from Brutalism - Achille Mbembe

The Moulins de Paillard
Located on the banks of the River Loir in a former 18th-century paper mill, Paillard offers a contemporary programme of exhibitions, choreography, concerts and lectures. Founded in 2009, the non-profit organisation supports projects in all areas of the arts, in particular the production and dissemination of contemporary works. Recognised as one of France's Ateliers de fabrique artistique, Paillard offers visitors a cultural programme, and artists and researchers a working environment, on a site that is both industrial and pastoral in Poncé-sur-le-Loir, Loir-en-Vallée.

This exhibition is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport and Phileas the Austrian Office for Contemporary Art. The artist is represented by Galerie Jocelyn Wolff and Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder. The association Les Moulins de Paillard is supported by the Ministère de la Culture - Drac Pays de la Loire, is part of the RÉGION MÉDICIS network and receives support from the Département de la Sarthe and the Communauté de communes Loir-Lucé-Bercé.

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