Pascal Convert Explores Light and Memory Through Glass Installations

Pascal Convert employs glass in his artistic practice to manipulate transparency and reflection. By focusing solely on the transparency and luminosity of elements borrowed from reality, the artist creates residual images shaped by time, memory, and forgetting. Didier Arnaudet questions Convert about the operational principles behind his installations and the necessities driving the transcendence of the object in his work. The discussion explores how Convert's use of glass allows him to work with light's properties, producing images that linger in perception. Arnaudet's interrogation delves into the functional mechanisms of these installations and the artistic imperatives that compel Convert to move beyond conventional objecthood. Convert's approach results in visual experiences that are processed through temporal and mnemonic filters, emphasizing ephemeral qualities over solid form. The conversation examines the reasons why surpassing the object becomes essential within Convert's creative framework.