TITLE: Exocoetidae

YEAR: 2024

MATERIALS: upcycled textiles, indigo, PVC tubing, bamboo

DIMENSIONS: 250x200cm

Composed with fabrics sourced from formerly functional purposes (tents, parachutes, fashion, advertising), Exocoetidae is a patchwork-type textile assemblage aiming to evoke an abstract creature, an alien-looking yet anthropomorphous entity, which could be roaming the skies and the seas.

BIO:

Lou Cocody-Valentino is a visual artist based between Brussels and Paris, whose practice spans various media, including installation, painting, sculpture, printmaking. Her process is a reflection on color, composition and the translucency of materials. She works with found textiles, seeking to find a connection between them through a variety of techniques : vegetal dyeing, screenprinting, layering, sewing… 

Her practice brings her to continuously experiment, following the whim of whichever materials she found, while trusting her hands and leaving a space to chance. Thematically, Lou’s work focuses on landscape as a character through its abstract representation.