Project

At the start of the project, fenders, that serve to protect the hull of the boat against shocks, friction and external contacts. In London, Jean-François lives on a canal boat, and this object which has become familiar to him evokes the idea of protection; he imagines and conceives it as a talisman. The artist uses different processes, including the technique of lost wax molded glass, to transcend this rope fender and make it out of glass.
The artist likes to use fluid materials in various forms (water, milk, secretions, resins, perfume) for his work. Thus, during his residency, he also initiated the design of a fountain, using his own body and his prints (back, hands, foot). Like a “blessing” ritual, with a magical liquid, but with a notion of danger and toxicity from the chosen glass, the aquatic installation invites you to touch. This inspiration stems among other things from his interest in landscape architecture and the therapeutic or toxic properties of plants and the substances they produce.

Jean-François Krebs
Jean-François Krebs was born in Metz, France, and lived in France and China as a child. His work has been exhibited in France, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Sweden. He currently lives on a canal boat in London and is a student in the MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London.
His current practice focuses on installation, performance art, video, ceramics and weaving.

In 2018 he was invited to be part of the 8th Biennale of Contemporary Art in Melle, France, and to the Edvo project in FIAC 2018, Paris. He was also part of the group show Désirer un coin de soi-même inconnu, in Galerie du Granit, Belfort, and did a solo show, Leite Ruim, in Azan space in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2019 he had a solo show, Défense tactile (robes) in Galerie du Granit, and was invited to show some work and perform for the launch of the 68th issue of Umbigo magazine in Lisbon. His work was featured in the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, during the event Garde-Rose. Jean-François was part of the MAUMAUS independent study program in Lisbon, and did a residency in Arteles Creative Center in Finland, and in Azan space, Lisbon, Portugal.
In 2016 he performed in and co-organised the event The Library is Open in the Scottish Poetry Library, a queer poetry night, which won the Edinburgh Creativity Award 2016. He studied landscape architecture in Edinburgh University and ENSP Versailles and did an exchange in Malmö Art Academy in Sweden. He also studied energetic healing, massage, horticulture and medicinal plants in Paris.

Jean-Charles Miot, glassblower, was born in Le Mans in 1988. After training at Cerfav in Vannes-le-Chatel, where he met Laetitia Andrighetto; the couple participated in their first joint exhibition at the Strasbourg Glass Biennale. In 2012, they set up their own studio in Mont-de-Marsan before joining the Fondation d’entreprise Martell in 2017. Jean-Charles set up the glass blowing studio there, where he collaborates and supports artists in residence programs.

Laetitia Andrighetto

Laetitia Andrighetto, glassblower, was born in Mont-de-Marsan in 1984. After training in visual arts;jewelleru and then at Cerfav in Vannes-le-Chatel, where she met Jean-Charles Miot; the couple participated in their first joint exhibition at the Strasbourg Glass Biennale. In 2012, they set up their own studio in Mont-de-Marsan before joining the Fondation d’entreprise Martell in 2017. They set up the glass blowing studio there, where they collaborate and support artists in residency programs.