Taz Ampersand

Techniques

As of now, the "Tipping Point" series relies on two different techniques:

"Taping" technique
The "Taping" technique uses hundreds of pieces of transparent adhesive tape that are applied to different substrates. Thanks to this accumulation of layers, the material is transformed on several levels. First, it loses its transparency and takes on a milky and translucent colour. Second, the multiplication of the layers gives it the relief it lacked. Finally, the manipulation of the adhesive material transfers DNA fragments and dust to it and therefore grants it a new "organicity".

"Wrapping" technique
The pieces created using this technique are done with transparent cling film. Several supports are wrapped with multiple layers of film. Here also, the layer accumulation makes the material lose its initial transparency. Depending on the works, objects can pull the film away from the base to give the whole a new profile. Wrinkles and folds appear that give it real "tension" and transform the inert material into a living creation.

The bas-reliefs born from these two techniques are then photographed and significantly enlarged. This change of scale and of perspective brings the materials farther away from their original state and underlines their new status.