Thierry Godet
thierry.godet@natur-kunst.de
Telefon:
+ 49 (0) 30 447 333 77
Czarnikauer Str. 18a
D -10439 Berlin
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Dates
1949-1968
France
1968-1974
Studies in Switzerland, graphicdesign in Lausanne and visual communication in Basle
1974-1981
Paris
1981-1992
Sweden
since 1992
Berlin
Profession
1975-1991
Designer in visual communication for ELLE and with Jean Widmer in Paris,
and then established his own design studio in Västerås, Sweden
since 1992
Freelance artist in Berlin
1992-1998
Lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin
since 1993
Supervised various Educational - artistic projects
Conversations with Thierry Godet
Winds, smoke, smells, heat, light... The four elements manifest themselves in my natural works through their effects on nature. Sounds and rhythms interest me, as well as the development of forms and materials in the natural cycle of disintegration and transformation.
Plaiting, stacking, planting... I describe my work as ethnic art. It draws its sources, techniques, materials and methods from the everyday life of various cultures, including the one that surrounds us. I prefer to work with my hands, using tools such as levers, wedges or ropes.
Seaweed, pebbles, leaves, mosses, grasses, clay, sand. I use the natural materials that are available nearby... Living wood, growing forms, cut tree trunks, fallen branches, floating timber shaped by the water. Cardboard boxes and pallets in an urban environment.
My works are born from the location. Space, the elements and the materials present there dictate my work, its dimensions and its form. Most of my works are large. You must enter them, sit down, feel, look, play...
Since the exhibition "Im Garten der Sinne" in the foyer of the "Kommode" library in Berlin, I have decided to work "in situ" and to restrict myself to the materials available close by.
Comments collected by Sabine Schuberth