Pays'Âges - Laïta River tapestry-testimony

Laïta River tapestry-testimony
47° 48’ 17’’ N - 3° 31’ 29’’ W
Clohars-Carnoët, Brittany
View from 21/05/2022 at 11:20am
Scale 1/600

Pays'Âges is a collection of artworks that reveals the identity of endangered territories from an unusual artistic angle : the sky. This project, winner of the Mondes Nouveaux call, is supported by the French Ministry of Culture and the Coastal Conservatory.

Dorian Etienne creates several "tapestry-testimonies" in large format and volume, through this local and itinerant project. They present the singularities of the region, its topography and its biodiversity. They are made on site with local and natural materials (plant fibers, animal fibers, dye plants mainly invasive). These monumental works testify of a "state of the place" at this crucial moment of ecological disruption.

Pays'Âges is also a participative project: the inhabitants are invited to learn with the artist the techniques of tufting and plant dyeing, then to participate daily in the highlighting of their territory by the realization of the artwork.

These creations will be reproduced a few decades later. Exhibited alongside the first ones, the diptychs will artistically testify to the evolution of the region as well as to the ecological and societal issues at stake.

The Pays'Âges collection, growing year after year, will thus support the work of local structures in their mission of protection and enhancement of the environment, biodiversity and landscapes.

Residency at Saint-Maurice Abbey (Clohars-Carnoët)
15 local participants
450h of tufting / 850h of total achievement
18kg of local wool (Monts d'Arrée) = 55km of yarn
13 colored shades of Breton dye plants

Materials : wool from the Monts d'Arrée, Breton-Norman linen, local dye plants (dyer's knotweed, madder, reseda, chestnut tree, rubarbe, ...)
Dimensions : 3770 x 2370 x 80 mm
Note: the materials used are natural, the plant colors and dimensions may change over time.