Jérémy Gobé — Cac La Traverse, Alfortville — Point de vue — Slash Paris

Jérémy Gobé — Où nous allons @ CAC La Traverse, Centre d'art contemporain d'Alfortville from September 27 to December 7. Learn more As a reflection of the urgent need to preserve and anchor our presence in a time that surpasses us, the art center’s anniversary also serves as a marker for the creations still to come. Grounded in experimentation, practice, and invention, Jérémy Gobé’s work here finds an opportunity for breath, for a space of reflection that unfolds into a high-quality synthesis where form mirrors the potential of substance. From its beginnings, Gobé embraced the idea of creating artifacts inspired by nature to amplify its vitality. In the case of coral, this translates into providing it with a growth-enabling shell, within which it can develop to counter its progressive decline.

Through a process that incorporates observation and the history of artisanal traditions, he draws from the art of lace-making — a craft that intriguingly mirrors coral structures — a weaving method that enhances its regenerative abilities. This interplay of forms, animated by the artist’s dedication, reveals a fruitful inspiration, making visible the unseen, magnifying common elements, and highlighting points of aesthetic convergence with nature.

Thus, one witnesses a dance of materials, each bearing its own motifs and creating a myriad of colors in space which, though borrowing from industrial language, actually subvert its logic, transforming their function from ends to means.

The exhibition—featuring installations, documents, and work samples—highlights a creative journey whose undeniable effectiveness constantly underscores the captivating interplay between human effort and natural development. No longer a matter of opposition, the path of Where We Are Going has a particular capacity to question the artist’s role in a pursuit that goes beyond pure functionality (even if it demonstrates this). The array of isolated studies and forms also contributes to creating a map of nature that enriches both the imagination and future invention, while actively advancing human interests.

In all cases, these works activate our need to understand and offer a moving mirror of an artistic creation that acts and inspires action, granting its objects the status of true subjects and offering its viewers an essential crutch: hope.