{"id":1646,"date":"2017-05-18T22:36:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T21:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/elegies\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T20:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:59:50","slug":"elegies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/en\/elegies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9l\u00e9gies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The starting point of the \u00c9l\u00e9gies series is a dead bird that I discovered outside the Kohler factory in Wisconsin, where the work was made. The dead bird was wrapped in packing tape and then molded. The wrapping process reveals the bird&#8217;s presence without exposing its details. Fixed within the wrapping material and petrified through the firing process, the bird evokes a suspended moment in time, as well as tensions between the organic and inorganic, as has been a common theme in my work in recent years.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Vitreous china, glaze, 10 x 5 x 2,5 in.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-6 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_aab95777.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"538\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_aab95777.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_aab95777.jpg 512w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/01_aab95777-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_aab95779.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"539\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_aab95779.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_aab95779.jpg 512w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/02_aab95779-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_aab95781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/03_aab95781.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-540\" 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src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/13_aab95774.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/13_aab95774.jpg 512w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/13_aab95774-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_aab95783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"551\" src=\"http:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_aab95783.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_aab95783.jpg 512w, https:\/\/amelieproulx.com\/wordpress2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/14_aab95783-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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