"Stacks of flattened cardboard and bags of clothing are compressed into ceramic cubes, their bulging surfaces recording the tension of containment. Glass bubble-wrap sculptures from Hivert's Demi-Jour series line shelves-fragile objects posing as protective shells for absent contents. A bronze cast of work gloves rests nearby, monumentalizing gestures of past labor. In the background, torn collages evoke the weathered palimpsests of wheatpaste advertisements caught between removal and renewal."
"In Ninon Hivert 's multimedia work, an object's afterlife is an unfolding story-discarded items retaining the memory of a body, its gestures, and its relationship to its environment. She works like an archaeologist, observing with patient attention before translating a found object anew, capturing the textures of contemporary urban life in the process. Hivert's study of the forgotten object began by documenting in photographs, then later in clay sculpture, the uncertain gestures of cast-off clothing."
Multimedia pieces document discarded objects' afterlives, capturing memories of bodies, gestures, and relationships to environments. Photographs began the study, followed by clay sculptures that translate uncertain gestures of cast-off clothing. The focus expanded to everyday discarded items isolated at moments of abandonment to clarify contours of remaining presence. Exhibited pieces compress cardboard and clothing into ceramic cubes, produce glass bubble-wrap sculptures resembling protective shells, and include bronze casts of work gloves alongside torn collages evoking weathered wheatpaste palimpsests. Working across clay, bronze, and pâte de verre with photography and collage, the practice treats dialogues between material and environment, distilling enduring qualities from transient states.
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