Florans Féliks
Born in 1971
Lives and works in
With Florans Féliks, there is more sense in talking about a cultivation of creative ecosystems than about static artworks. As much a planter of trees as an educator and storyteller, her ecosystems are rooted in contact with the land — specifically that of Kazkabar in Saint-Paul de La Réunion. A community hub that encourages learning and creating, it was founded in 2004 and stands at a crossroads, at once making it a space symbolically charged with presences and stories. It is in this shifting geography, split in half by a gully, that her assemblages, huts and collective finery are born, durably anchoring the bodies that produced them into the territory they inhabit.
The artist is part of a long tradition of artists who merge art and life. However, in Féliks’ case, art is the expression of an ecumenical relationship. It is rooted in the living, is passed down through the body, and relived as a collective. Each form it takes opens up an entire swath of memory and history, and offers a space for care. It is not about mending the past, but about creating the conditions for a life-saving shared journey.
Daisy Lambert
Translated by Lucy Pons
Biographical notes translated with the support of the Centre national des arts plastiques - Cnap.