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interview

Nathalie Chikhi — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:05:02 +0000

I am so excited to share with you an interview about my work for Pikaland. About one month ago, Amy, the founder of Pikaland, a blog focusing on art & illustration, invited me for an interview. It was a really interesting experience to answer all her questions. It helped me to sit back and thought about my works. It was the perfect time to write about it. I love her introduction, it is so sweet and she is right, I experiment with various materials. I cannot choose only one. As my work is still growing, I am interested to see what it will become in the upcoming years. Here it is: http://pikaland.com/2010/07/29/artist-interview-nathalie-chikhi

This drawing: stripes_2009_11x8.5inches_graphite permanent markers on paper

The expressives, contemplatives

Nathalie Chikhi — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:37:09 +0000

This week, I have been working on a video. The expressives, contemplatives is an experimental video using abstract shapes and random color’s association. Each screen apparition is accentuated with a sound. The story board is sober, based on contrast and colors rhythmic. Sometimes, some textured or gradients backgrounds disrupt the thread. This motion can be seen as hypnotic and meditative. Some feelings of quietness and peacefulness can submerge the viewer. Each color has its own strength, with a low or high degree of presence. Some color combination reinforces the effect on the viewer. The whole group is given to be observed with an intimate attention.
You can watch it on YouTube: The expressives, contemplatives.

pixels #8

Nathalie Chikhi — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:22:01 +0000

I want to show you my new series titled pixels ( I am not only into pyramids).
This one is the #8. I am attracted by colors. I love the process of mixing colors to find some various tone. I wanted to play with symetrical effect and regular shapes using some stuffs already existing. The wood sticks were perfect. I did my color and composition using a vector software and printed each project. I decline the process to make 2D and 3D subjects. Paint a wood stick and juxtapoze it with another leads to build some pixelled images.

~the white thing~ textile sculpture

Nathalie Chikhi — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:57:03 +0000

~the white thing~ is completed. I have been sewing more than 250 white feathers during 3 days. A faster process than expected. The white thing is like a metaphor to the bird migration. Go one point to another without anything else that yourself.

~feathers~

Nathalie Chikhi — Sat, 01 May 2010 19:52:43 +0000

During the past 2 days, I have been sewing more than 250 white feathers on the circular base. I did that by hand. I would love to invite the public to touch it. The completion of this artwork is coming to this end; I am so excited to finish it.

See you Monday for the end.

~the white thing~

Nathalie Chikhi — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:29:14 +0000

It is the first time, that I am sharing the process of creating an artwork. Until now, I have been quite shy to do it. Anyway, for the next few days, I will post the evolution of a new artwork that I am creating. What is it? I decided to answer for a competition title ‘nomadic’. I felt instantly attract by the word, so much descriptive of my way of life. Since, I decided to create a strong body of work, back in 2005, I practice art wherever I live, from temporary domestic space to hotel rooms. Create artwork out of my art space studio is now part of the process. It helps me to be more independent of things. I mean, travelling with a minimum of stuffs like clothes and beauty products, including art supplies. Some of my work used objects that you can buy at your local supermarket. For this one, it is what I did. The included picture is a white fabric that I just cut out. At the beginning, I was thinking tents to answer to the project. It was too obvious and the pictures that I have in my mind will take weeks to do it without my sewing-machine. So, one morning, as I was doing my shopping at the groceries store, I got this idea ~the white thing~.

See you tomorrow, as I am working on it!