Matthieu Martin

two thousand and eleven

Povera mobility

2011 – Present

Rocks, pivoting wheels, braking system
14 parts
, Dimensions variable

The series Povera Mobility turns rip-rap blocks used to delimitate and prohibit flows in urban spaces into sculptures on wheels. Matthieu Martin plays with in-betweens, temporal and territorial short circuits. These ones lead to a critical reading of the relation of the individual to its environment, of the signs and systems that build it, creating a disappearance, a displacement or a wandering where a fixed order or a planned mobility would like to stand.

« The rock, which is placed to prevent unauthorized parking
by some town councils, becomes mobile here: the critical reinterpretation of this urban practice results in an object which is not devoid of poetry. »
Jean Max Colard

 

Povera Mobility n°1, 2011
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
35 x 40 x 40 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°1, 2011
Boulder, pivoting wheels
15 x 15 x 15 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°3, 2012
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
60 x 40 x 40 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°4, 2013
Boulder, pivoting wheels
22 x 12 x 17 cm

Povera Mobility n°5, 2013
Boulder, pivoting wheels
15 x 17 x 23 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°6, 2013
Boulder, pivoting wheels
15 x 20 x 23 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°7, 2014
Boulder, pivoting wheels
20 x 21 x 30 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°8, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
50 x 60 x 55 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°9, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
48 x 55 x 61 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°10, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
70 x 49 x 42 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°16, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
80 x 75 x 70 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°17, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
63 x 72 x 56 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°18, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
73 x 68 x 88 x cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°19, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
60 x 67 x 58 cm
Private collection

Povera Mobility n°20, 2015
Boulder, pivoting wheels, braking system
52 x 48 x 50 cm
Private collection