Artis Facta
Lat. sing.
In English artefact, an item that has been altered, even subtly, by human action.
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LEHERPEURPARIS presents ARTIS FACTA, a series of reflection exploring the evolving role of the creative Object in a post-transition world. The new economic, ecological, and societal challenges are pushing us to naturally prioritize, starting with the essential and then moving to the useful.
In this context, what holds value? Every object that is designed, crafted, sold, and purchased has an impact, but it also carries meaning: it can be useful to its user, showcase craftsmanship, drive human progress, or even stir emotions. For the first phase of this journey, LeherpeurParis turns to artist and curator Sylvia Sanchez Montoya to showcase her works alongside three artists from Mallorca's new wave: Marta Armengol, Sara Regal, and Claire O'Keefe, in collaboration with ADÈLE Collections, a design studio for decorative materials.
Through their lens, the object becomes a manifesto: it reflects the materials, manufacturing techniques and the societal vision of its creators. It shifts from simply being a product of consumption to a "signal object."
Art à vivre
From design to sculpture
Viveiro, Lugo, Spain, 1989 fig.2
Sara Regal is an artist and designer specialized in material research and sustainable practices
applied to spaces and objects. She has developed an intuitive and experimental approach towards
the material qualities and production.
Her work flows in between industrial and artisanal techniques, synthetic and natural materials,
with the natural environment as the main lead.
After completing a Master's Degree at ECAL, Switzerland, and participating in an artistic
residence at the HKDI in Hong Kong, she began working as an interior and set designer for the
Spanish brand Camper.
Currently, she works as an independent creative in the countryside of Mallorca, where she experiments with local waste materials to create recycled craft objects, while continuing working as a set and interior designer. Her work has been shown at the New York Design Week, Salone del Mobile, and the Vitra House, among others.
A Window into Sara's World
An animal
A material
A colour
A book
A work of art
A piece of clothing
A place in the house
A sound
An object
A different profession than yours
Selected works for Artis Facta
A selection of pieces from the exhibition: 'Mezcla, Moldea, Lija, Mueve,' Barcelona, Oct 2023
Courtesy of Vasto and Mesura
PIEZA 5
Amalgam composed of recycled wood fiber insulation (sourced from local construction in Mallorca), lime, aggregate, cork particles, steel, and pigment. Color kneaded in water. Surface formworked, polished, and coated with lime and pigment. Protective finish with eco-friendly varnish.
PIEZA 15
Amalgam based on wood fiber insulation (from local construction in Mallorca), lime, aggregate, cork particles, steel and pigment. Manual molding in color layers. Formed and polished surface with aggregate and pigment. Protective finish in ecological varnish.
PIEZA 1
Amalgam composed of recycled wood fiber insulation (sourced from local construction in Mallorca), lime, aggregate, cork particles, steel, and pigment. Color kneaded in water. Surface formworked, polished, and coated with lime and pigment. Protective finish with eco-friendly varnish.
ESCULTURA 1
Deformed sheet based on wood fiber insulation (from local construction in Mallorca), lime, aggregate, cork particles, steel and pigment. Manual molding with color kneaded in layers. Protective finish in ecological varnish.
VASIJA 1
Volume based on wood fiber insulation (from local construction in Mallorca), lime, aggregate, cork particles, steel and pigment. Textured through manual extrusion. Surface created with layers of color. Protective finish in ecological varnish.
Palma, Mallorca, Spain, 1984
With a 15-year career spanning the worlds of art and fashion, Claire has explored her vision in various disciplines, excelling in styling and costume design, photography, and creative direction. Currently, she works as a photographer, art director, and is the co-founder of the ephemeral jewelry project Keef Palas.
Her clients include renowned brands such as Cortana, Camper, Comme des Garçons, Hereu, H&M, and Zara Home. Additionally, her work has been published in prestigious physical magazines such as A&D, Vogue Singapore, Cook In, and Vice.
Art à vivre
From photographies to objets
"I place great importance on the creative process. I realized a long time ago that the final goal wasn't what mattered most; what truly made me happiest was the process itself."
A Chinese (and Sound) Portrait of Claire
If you were an animal
If you were a sound
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your most treasured possession?
What is your favorite curse?
When and where were you the happiest?
What is your greatest extravagance?
What is your greatest regret?
If you could change one thing about
yourself, what would it be?
If heaven exists, what would you like to hear from God
when you arrive at the gates of Paradise?
Selected works for Artis Facta: 'Landscape Mistake'
Photographs printed on silk-like voile
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Error en S'Algar
148 cm x 300 cm
2.
Error en el Prat
148 cm x 300 cm
3.
Error en Alconasser
148 cm x 300 cm
4.
Error en Formenetera
148 cm x 300 cm
5.
Error del reflejo
148 cm x 300 cm
6.
Error de foco en Sa Ràpita
148 cm x 300 cm
San Cugat, Spain, 1988
Marta Armengol is an architect based in Mallorca and formed in ETSAB (Barcelona). In her work, through various disciplines such architecture, design, installations and sculpture, she plays with experimentation, and works in research and conceptualization of spaces and objects, using errors and material possibilities rather than searching for definitive solutions.
She believes that it is by mixing the boundaries between architecture, design, and scenography; between installations and sculpture or between the practice and research of architecture itself; that new ideas and innovation flourishes.
She has exhibited her work at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Matadero de Madrid, and the Dutch Design Festival in Eindhoven. She has also worked with the musician Rosalía and collaborated with a range of international brands, including the creation of the Four Folds series and other glass works for MANIERA Brussels or the interior design for CAMPER's brand-new concept store in Valencia and created a different range of objects for fashion brands as Lowe, Paloma Wool or Dion Lee.
She recently received the 'Rising Talent Award 2023' from Maison & Objet Paris and the 'Avenir 2023' award from Room Design magazine.
"I don't see inspiration as something that simply happens by chance, but as something that requires perseverance to emerge."
A Window into Marta's World
An animal
A poem
A place in the house
A material
An artistic movement
A garment
A color
A sound
A film
Selected works for Artis Facta: The Wine Glass, Wine glasses
THE GLASS
The world of everyday things only knows transformation.
We are the existence that brings things together and gives them meaning. They contribute to our
identification process. What surrounds us, helps us identify ourselves.
Objects such as a bowl or a spoon, which are used to deposit food and come from the concavity of the hands (the first bowl); a vase or a glass, which allows us to hydrate ourselves; a coat or a blanket, that collect the existence, tenderness and care of the host; a bed, which is related to motherhood or mother's hugs; or the fireplace which is the fire, the well-being and the home.
Delve into those objects and their symbolism, focus on what is not understandable or pure about
them, their forms, utilities and materials; in order to create new readings.
As a continuation of this research, I decide to focus on one material: the glass, creating
objects as containers for liquids & food, which helps us to hydrate and take care of ourselves.
WINE GLASSES
“The Wine Glasses” are 24 unique mouth blown glasses that due to their shape and form, make the user more conscious of the act of drinking.
Concept & Design : Marta Armengol
Year : 2020 - On going
Materials : Borosilicate Glass (non blown & blown)
Photos : Nacho Alegre, courtesy of the artist
Bogotá, Colombia, 1977
Colombian multidisciplinary artist rooted in Majorca, Sylvia is trained as a designer and works as an art director and curator, navigating the intersections of Art + Design + Craft.
Her approach is deeply focused on sensitivity and perception, the intrinsic value of material culture, and the non-verbal expression of ideas. Over the past 20 years, working in art direction for luxury and creative industries across Paris, Bogotá, and Barcelona, she has explored what has always been the core of her practice: the silent language of objects.
With her Moiras project, Sylvia embarks on a new phase in her exploration of design, positioning objects at the crossroads of art and experiences that can also be performative and spiritual.
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"I'm a materialist, drawn to the study of material culture. I'm intrigued by how its value is created, how we form emotional connections with the world, and how the physical can also connect us to the spiritual."
A Window into Sylvia's World
A colour
Your idea of perfect happiness
Your most treasured possession
A film
A place in a house
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
An artistic movement
What noise do you hate?
A place in the world
A geometric shape
A scent
Selected works for Artis Facta : 'Moiras Series'
Moira Cosmos I
Mixed media weaving
Merino wool from transhumant flocks
Organic cotton
Metal structure by 2 Monos
Moira petite
Mixed media weaving
Merino wool from transhumant flocks
Organic cotton
MOIRA nudo 2024
Mixed technique weaving
Cotton cords
Metalic structure by 2monos
The Moiras were the weaver goddesses of the fate of mortals in Greek mythology embodied by three sisters. clotho spun the strand of the newborn's life; láquesis turned the spindle, tying and winding the threads and distributing the fate; finally atropos, the oldest of the three, cut with her scissors the thread determining the end of life and the beginning of the next.
The Moiras are woven sculptures with an irregular warp of noble threads: living matter that is transformed through contact with the environment reminding us of the evanescence of things.
The foundation of each Moira is made with a wick of the previous one, drawing an interconnection between the whole series. Its weave without weft and without closure generates a vertical movement that connects the above with the below,—the celestial with the terrestrial. Its volumes create spaces within space, as dialogues between the inside and the outside —the personal and the universal.
The Moiras are both witnesses and bearers of time; they invite us to touch them, to move across them, to inhabit them; it is through that interaction that they are finally completed. So they breathe, they swell, they curl, they tangle, they fray, they degrade; and as they get older, they become more beautiful and even more alive.
The Moiras can be crafted in situ anywhere in the world, using local materials.
Series 1 was created on the island of Majorca, using hand-spun Majorcan wool, cotton from traditional Catalan mills, and Merino wool from transhumant flocks. Series 2, Edition Colombia, incorporated silk thread and banana fiber.
MOIRA nudo 2024
Mixed technique weaving
Cotton cords
Metalic structure by 2monos