our team
Jérémy Gobé
Artist, Coral Artefact founder & General manager
The work of Jérémy Gobé reflects a vision of an art "in life". He goes to meet workers without works and materials without workers, objects without use and unshaped works. Through his exhibitions in France (Palais de Tokyo, CENTQUATRE-Paris, Bullukian Foundation, etc.) and internationally (Bass Museum Miami, Hangzu China Museum, Shanghai Yuz Museum, etc.), his works propose a reconnection with nature. Like the verbatim of Auguste Rodin: "an art that has life does not reproduce the past, it continues", Jérémy Gobé, inspired by ancient know-how, imagines global solutions to contemporary issues.
Elizabeth Caravella
Artistic collaborator
Élisabeth Caravella is an artist and filmmaker who graduated from the École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image, des Arts Décoratifs de Paris and du Fresnoy, Studio National. His work, exhibited in France and abroad, is on the border between contemporary art and cinema. She creates video installations as well as experimental fiction films inspired by cybernetics and new technologies. Since 2018, his work Howto has participated in the traveling exhibition Computer Grrrls initiated by the HMKV in Dortmund and the Gaité Lyrique in Paris.
Elizabeth Caravella
Artistic collaborator
Élisabeth Caravella is an artist and filmmaker who graduated from the École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image, des Arts Décoratifs de Paris and du Fresnoy, Studio National. His work, exhibited in France and abroad, is on the border between contemporary art and cinema. She creates video installations as well as experimental fiction films inspired by cybernetics and new technologies. Since 2018, his work Howto has participated in the traveling exhibition Computer Grrrls initiated by the HMKV in Dortmund and the Gaité Lyrique in Paris.
Claire Durand-Ruel
Patron and Director of Strategy and Development
A lawyer by training, Claire Durand-Ruel participated for around twenty years in managing coordination between political authorities and French industrialists, in the context of the sale of large capital goods in North America and the Middle East. A collector in addition, Claire now carries out her activity in the discovery and promotion of the young French contemporary art scene through her ATTITUDE platform which ensures, depending on the projects she supports, overall design, coherence of discourse, ethics and financial support.
Early 2010 ...
2010
to the left,
the work Resident by Jérémy Gobé, 2012 workshop desk, upholsterer's strap and nails, 110 * 80 * 100 cm In addition to this, you need to know more about it.
to the right,
Corail Restauration, 2013 Construction anchors, coral skeleton and salvage furniture. View of the "Meltem" exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo. Chasse-Spleen Collection.
In order to preserve know-how and industries doomed to disappear, the artist Jérémy Gobé creates works from materials offered by workers from closed and/or closing factories.
At the same time, he hunted at Emmaüs for objects from the past that he could highlight and connect to contemporary issues. He discovered corals there; immediately fascinated by these sculptures of nature, he decided to extend them with different materials such as ceramics, construction dowels, knitting etc., and studied these complex structures in an almost scientific way.
Following his spirit, a link is created between the disappearance of coral tissue , a vital element of the natural cycle of our planet and the impoverishment of the industrial fabric and know-how in France, very often a support for maintaining local life.
2017
Jérémy Gobé is invited by the Lyon association HS-Projets to participate in the 2018 Clermont edition of the International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles. On site, he chose to draw inspiration from traditional know-how from the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region: point d'esprit, a traditional bobbin lace pattern from Puy-en-Velay. This pattern, created more than 400 years ago, closely resembles the drawing of one of the coral skeletons he uses in his experiments.
What if this lace could help save corals?
An idea came to him: think about a lace support to stimulate coral regeneration. Scientists have long been looking for a support (or substrate) to capture more larvae, a support which they believe must have the following three characteristics: roughness, flexibility and transparency. Puy cotton lace meets these criteria; it is also biosourced, biodegradable and biomimetic.
Jérémy Gobé launches his first research protocol to test the compatibility between this lace and anemones, then cuttings and finally coral larvae.
2018 to 2019
Jérémy Gobé is developing a Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) program combining art, science, industry and education for a project he calls Corail Artefact.
This project includes the lace support, but also:
• Ecological concrete structures to recreate destroyed reefs. The existing artificial reefs are made largely with cellular concrete (not ecological). It is a mixture of water, cement and sand. The sand often comes from the bottom of the sea or from the litters, which favors the rise of the waters. In addition, cement production is the one that emits the most C02 in the world. By replacing the aforementioned sand and cement with materials that are both bio-based but also renewable, it is possible to create a purely ecological concrete.
• Aquariology tools to prevent the corals from being in the presence of toxic elements (plastics, glues, etc.) during the experiment (in the laboratory and in situ).
• Objects with an evocative design, useful, ecological and highlighting alternative materials to plastic, intended to demonstrate that it is possible to change our habits.
• A set of content and awareness-raising events for schools and the general public.
In May 2018, the first tests of the lace support in the laboratory were carried out.
2019 to 2020
Jérémy Gobé joins forces with Claire Durand-Ruel; they structure the project together and form a first team.
In May 2019, Jérémy Gobé made for the first time sculptures / structures with the brain coral motif of Neptune in ecological concrete. This test shows that these structures are conducive to the attachment, perennial fixation and reproduction of cnidarians (a family comprising corals, anemones, jellyfish, etc.), without releasing any toxic substance.
At the same time, the first tests of the lace support were completed.
2020 to 2022
In order to continue the development of Corail Artefact actions, the partners and service providers are renewed and the project is structured as follows:
● Corail Artefact Endowment Fund
Awareness-raising actions among schools and the general public (Exhibitions, educational kits, creative workshops, etc.) on the basis of concrete work / results and support for "research" activities of the two structures below:
▶ SAS Corail Artefact Art & Design
Development and marketing of art and design solutions (works, exhibitions, prototypes, etc.).
▶ SAS Corail Artefact Science and Technology
Development and marketing of solutions for the regeneration of coral reefs (lace support, ecological concrete structure, aquariology tools, etc.).
2022 to present
In order to continue the development of Corail Artefact actions, the partners and service providers are renewed and the project is structured as follows:
● Corail Artefact Endowment Fund
Awareness-raising actions among schools and the general public (Exhibitions, educational kits, creative workshops, etc.) on the basis of concrete work / results and support for "research" activities of the two structures below:
▶ SAS Corail Artefact Art & Design
Development and marketing of art and design solutions (works, exhibitions, prototypes, etc.).
▶ SAS Corail Artefact Science and Technology
Development and marketing of solutions for the regeneration of coral reefs (lace support, ecological concrete structure, aquariology tools, etc.).