Marie CÔTé
As a ceramist and sculptor, I am interested in space and matter. I am also interested in sound and
music. Over the last fifteen years I have worked with musicians and multidisciplinary artists.
I draw inspiration from a fundamental experience: that all forms emerge from a void. Just as all pots
want to be filled, my work seeks to make us aware of the complex experience that links an object to
space. One can easily imagine an empty space, but one cannot envision an object without space.
The interior space of a porcelain bowl – the sonic space within – where one can hear throat singing, or
resonating drum beats, or the whole surface of a wall painted with raw clay that captures the essence
of the landscape it was sourced from, or fired bowls made of clay dating back to presence of the Champlain Sea 10,000 years ago. All are concepts that kindle my imagination, nourish my reflections of the world. They sing back to us. When brought together these objects translate the permeability and the interaction between those different and sometimes opposing forces.
