{"id":41098,"date":"2022-05-25T11:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T09:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/?post_type=oeuvre&p=41098"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:47:15","slug":"mirrors-of-the-time","status":"publish","type":"oeuvre","link":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/artworks\/mirrors-of-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Miroirs des temps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cemetery La Mis\u00e9ricorde \u2013 nicknamed \u201cNantes\u2019 P\u00e8re-Lachaise\u201d \u2013 is home to the remains of Nantes\u2019 great families. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Pascal Convert describes his work as an \u201carchaeology of architecture, childhood, history, the body and time\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Convert accepted Le Voyage \u00e0 Nantes\u2019 invitation to create a permanent work that now exists amidst its time-worn tombs \u2013 an act that has never been yet been performed in a public cemetery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pascal Convert turned his attention to the oldest part of the cemetery, which is now overgrown with vegetation ever since the decision was made to no longer use pesticides in the soil a few years ago, and designed Miroirs des temps<\/em> \u2013 a protective and calming memento mori<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depicted in bas-relief on glass slabs created in collaboration with master glass maker Olivier Juteau, a series of animals are presented, each of which have a spectral presence that seems to follow passersby with silent, emotional insistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cIn Mis\u00e9ricorde, the coupling of nature and death opens up to the evanescent appearance \u2013 one that is always on the verge of disappearance \u2013 of these legendary beings: stags, deer, and roebucks. These messengers are suspended in the depths of the glass \u2013 cloudy, with streaks of gold \u2013 where their almond-shaped eyes open wide and their pupils sparkle. Like vigilant statues, they accompany us with their incredible ability to be still and yet in motion. Their merciful gazes mend us from our past accidents, our weaknesses, our forgetfulness \u2013 we, who continue to live. Like cracks in glass, the cracks in the stones of this cemetery remind us of the wounds we\u2019ve received, and the golden shards of engraved names mingle with other scars so that we may remember our own.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t

Pascal Convert was born in 1957. He now lives and works in Biarritz.<\/p>\n

This work was completed with the support of the Roc Eclerc Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\t

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