Created for the event "Aux bords des paysages" (At the Edges of the Landscape) organized in 2025 by the municipalities of Grand Pic Saint Loup in the Hérault region of France, Patchwork is a work made up of scraps of work clothes, typically blue, that wave like a medieval banner clinging to ancient walls. Materials, eras, cultures interact, playing in this ephemeral installation
The formal and material experimentation of Atelier Yok Yok enriches its collection of artistic installations with a new creation, this time textile: Patchwork, a 5 meters by 4 meters piece made of discarded work clothes or those resulting from overproduction that, cut in the shape of shingles, are mounted on an iron and wood structure leaning against the ancient wall between the church and the castle of Notre-Dame de Londres
The work connects materials of contrasting essence, the stone, hard, coming from remote epochs with a practically infinite life cycle, and the fabric, ephemeral, telling of a time of industrial work that produces more than necessary and what it creates lasts but a breath
Patchwork, with its three-dimensional and reactive surface to touch and wind, dresses historical architecture like a tent. It recalls tapestries, costumes, and medieval feasts; it moves like a living plumage, colored in an intense "bleu de travail" (blue work). The curvature of the supporting structure allows the patches to hang and sway, offering the sensation of ephemeral fragility and mutability: a lively and vibrant scenography in front of which passersby and visitors stage themselves
For its work, YokYok draws inspiration from textile art, fiber art, and, as the name suggests, the technique of patchwork. The result is a surface with high sensory impact created using simple and low-tech materials and techniques. Combined with research on the power of color as a means to interact with the context, the sources of inspiration for the creative team range from modern artists and Bauhaus figures like Annie Albers, to more "spatial" works such as those of Ernesto Neto or Chiharu, and extend to the contemporary creations of Magdalena Abakanowicz and Olga de Amaral
