Single Pieces

From drawing to painting, discover uniques pieces from Cécile Massart.

Indélébile

Indélébile I, 2024, Terre vernissée incrustée dans plaque de plâtre, 45 × 35,2 × 2,5 cm

Accrochage face 1.

Indélébile I, 2024, Terre vernissée incrustée dans plaque de plâtre, 45 × 35,2 × 2,5 cm

Face 2, lisible après manipulation.

Tchernobyl

Tchernobyl, 2023, Plâtre et plomb, 15 x 34 × 24 cm

Nuclear Archive Enveloppe

Nuclear Archive Enveloppe n.13, 2011-2023, technique mixte sur bâche, 107x79cm

Nuclear Archive Enveloppe n.9, 2011-2023, technique mixte sur bâche, 107x79cm

Monitoring Kamers

Inspiré du plan de la structure industrielle qui contiendra les déchets faiblement radioactifs du prochain site belge de Dessel, Belgique

Monitoring Kamers, 2020, Peinture sur plomb, 38 x 100 cm

Monitoring Kamers, 2020, Peinture sur plomb, 38 x 30 cm

Marking Project

Impressions sur plan du futur site de stockage de déchets faiblement radioactifs à Dessel, Belgique

Marqueur I, 2020, Impression sur plan, 42 × 30 cm

Marquer VI, 2020, Impression sur plan, 42 × 30 cm

Demi-vie

Demi-vie 285, 2021, linogravure sur papier millimétré, 40 x 40 cm

Demi-vie, sérigraphie sur papier millimétré d’après des documents sur l’identification des déchets radioactifs reçus en 1999 de ENRESA (Agence espagnole pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs), 38 x 45 cm, 2001

Laboratory

The radioactive waste sites require a multidisciplinary research to work on nuclear issues in the world of tomorrow.
Places called 'laboratories', more accurately designed as conceptual proposals, are located within the perimeter of the storage site. They contribute to the design of markers in the landscape and their update in order to pass on memory. Through experimentations, new ideas come to light for the safety of the living world.
The drawings presented here relate to archaeological sites and other specific places that I visited and photographed and reflect the maintained connection with past civilizations.

Artificial Hill, From the series ‘Laboratories’, 2013, Limited edition (20 copies), 63 × 90 cm

An artificial hill is built. A tunnel and several pathways lead to laboratories. These are cone-shaped structures located beside a metal structured pyramid open to the landscape.
Cylindrical markers surrounded by concentric paths evoke waves on the grass cover.
In these laboratories, composers, videographers, engineers and dancers take turns to coordinate their discoveries.

Colours of Danger, From the series ‘Laboratories’, 2013, Limited edition (20 copies), 63 × 90 cm

On the surface of the site, a point of view allows to discover eight colourful circles.
Concrete or glazed earthen esplanades reveal the intersections of underground galleries housing the waste. Pathways link them.
At the location of one of the circles, a laboratory surmounted by a colourful glass dome is erected, symbolizing waste degradation over time. This memorial welcomes researchers who study the image or the most appropriate marker to echo, to reflect what is moving in the shadow, and so giving it a visibility to the landscape.

Metallic Defensive Cones, From the series ‘Laboratories, 2013, Limited edition (20 copies), 63 × 90 cm

These are large areas, like spots in the landscape that will need to be secured.
Cones with rods drawn to a point simulate spaces that will become dangerous in a very distant time. Metal captures the sunlight and the moon.
Nearby, in this laboratory, the human, in front of this show, will make every effort, using science and one’s imagination, to open a new era.

BÂT/LAB

Le BÂT/LAB s’inscrit dans le laboratoire, lieu d’étude, d’information, de recherche. C’est dans ce bâtiment à l’architecture spécifique que s’expérimentent les modes de transmission de la mémoire dans le temps long.

BÂT/LAB for Artificial Hill, 2020, Technique mixte sur papier marouflé sur bois, 41 × 31 cm

BÂT/LAB for Colours of Danger, 2020, Technique mixte sur papier marouflé sur bois, 41 × 31 cm

BÂT/LAB for Metallic Defensive Cones, 2020, Technique mixte sur papier marouflé sur bois, 41 × 31 cm

Sketch for long-term high-level radioactive waste at WIPP Site

Arch Out Loud Competition Project for Waste Isolation Pilot Plan, Nouveau-Mexique, USA, 2017

Arch Out Loud Competition Project for Waste Isolation Pilot Plan, Nouveau-Mexique, USA, 2017, (detail)

Jeux Dangereux

Jeux Dangereux - Piscine Tihange, n°VII, technique mixte sur papier, bois graphité, verre plombé, colsons, 27 x 41 cm, 2020.

Jeux Dangereux - Bâtiment 151, n°I, photographie argentique, bois graphité, verre plombé, colsons, 27 x 41 cm, 2020.

Détail Jeux Dangereux

Images Fantômes

Images Fantômes, 2002-2015, Sérigraphie, transfert sur papier et marouflage sur plaque de plâtre coulée, 15 pièces, divers formats de 8,50 x 8,50 cm à 30 x 35 cm

Image Fantôme n°3, 2002–2015, Sérigraphie, transfert sur papier et marouflage sur plaque de plâtre coulée, 35.2 x 30 cm

Image Fantôme n°4, 2002–2015, Sérigraphie, transfert sur papier et marouflage sur plaque de plâtre coulée, 10.5 x 10.8 cm

Fragments of a Monument

Piece No.3: detail of a terracotta ensemble that was scanned to produce the video Fragments of a Monuments, 2024

Cover

These offset plates were all salvaged and served to print many books. They are reworked. They raise the question of transforming the memory of low-level radioactive waste site and their possible rupture: organised or involuntary amnesia, destruction in the wake of a natural disaster, the breakdown of the intended transmission chain, curiosity for the stars at the expense of our Blue Planet. The texts engraved on the original frame have vanished, leaving room for the play of forms that suggests a new interpretation. The first information has disappeared, and uncertainity is raised concerning the data on the sites of high-level radioactive waste. The broadest possible range of memory transmission methods is therefore imperative.

COVER n°2, 2008, Scratching and polishing on aluminium, 75 × 60 cm

COVER n°3, 2008, Scratching and polishing on aluminium, 75 × 60 cm

COVER n°4, 2008, Scratching and polishing on aluminium, 75 × 60 cm

COVER n°5, 2008, Scratching and polishing on aluminium, 75 × 60 cm

COVER n°9, 2008, Scratching and polishing on aluminium, 75 × 60 cm

Le tabou du méandre à Huy

Nuage vert - sculpture commémorant l’emplacement des centrales de Tihange après démantèlement

Le tabou du méandre à Huy, 2018 Technique mixte du papier, 38x72 cm

Shelter Studio

Shelter Studio, 2016, dessin, carbone, 29,7 x 42 cm

Shelter Studio, 2016, Impression sur papier, 75 × 120 cm

Yucca Mountain Site

Yucca Mountain Site, 2013, Dessin sur parois murale, photo, métal, porcelaine, 180 x 130 × 45 cm

Sketch for Laboratory I, 2013, mixed media on paper, 93x58 cm

Sketch for Laboratory II, 2013, mixed media on paper, 93x58 cm

Sketch for Laboratory IV, 2013, mixed media on paper, 93x58 cm

Sketch for Laboratory V, 2013, mixed media on paper, 93x58 cm

The Safety Case (event)

Mémoire du futur

Intégration dans le BAP à Soulaines-Dhuys, France.
Mémoire du futur est un appel à la réflexion sur la durée de vie de déchets radioactifs. Disque en plomb imprimé, 1m50 de diamètre, 2011.
Elle interpelle sur la nécessaire inscription de cette préoccupation dans la conscience collective.