Manipulation de l’index, because in French “l’index” is all you need to refer to a finger; I imagine the finger drawing a loop, a sway that is a touch, a spell. I imagine the financial and textual index too.
CÉLINE MATHIEU’s compositions generally take the form of assemblages of materials, which feature both found and personal items from her daily life. Her sculpture speaks of the material circulation of things in relation to the artist’s conditions – travels, exhibitions, life events, relocations, storage, daily expenses, etc – evoking questions of how artistic and economic value is assigned throughout time and across modes of presentation.
