Land scape Special Edition CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW Marie Rioux: These figures have an asexual form which I prefer to use in my work. I believe that they encompass all our ambivalences and that given the precariousness of life the main thing lies not in differences, but rather in emotion. These characters enable me to add tangible figurative elements in spaces which are often, but not always, abstract. They provide bearings. The appearance of these silhouettes accentuates the vastness of the land and, out of this, our own smallness and solitudes. They give rise to a psychological tension which invites contemplation of our wide world. Sometimes I feel that we circulate in our universe like ants in an immense wasteland. Looking from afar, my gaze frequently settles on similar small forms. “En route vers le ciel” (“En Route Towards the Sky”) is a joyous work. A dreamt journey in the clouds. It recounts our re-found freedom after the isolation of the pandemic. In this sense, yes, the character in this work is a stylistic device for expressing this vastness of the world compared to the insignificance of our person, our individuality. Here there is a clear allegory. In fact these small human figures – which are, moreover, a significant element of my artistic signature – convey this allegorical world in which my thoughts and dreams have dwelt since childhood. We have been captured with the atmosphere ofLe sang des innocents.Artists from different art movement and eras —from pioneer Richard Morris, passing through Thomas Light and Andy Goldsworthy, to more recently Kelly Richardson— use to communicate more or less explicit messages in their artworks: do you think that artists can raise awareness to an evergrowingaudience on topical issues that affect our everchanging society? In particular, as an how do you considerthe role of artistsin our globalised and unstable society?