Josse Pyl

CA NTS EE MY TO NGU E is an installation consisting of broken walls that are engraved with signs and symbols, forming a sentence of reliefs. The reliefs reflect Pyl's fascination for documenting and arranging reality. Like his drawings that are made using the technique of frottage, the engravings in this installation appear from the objects they represent. On the one hand, they document the images on the stone surface, yet they also become objects themselves. Just like signs and symbols, the molded images do not depict but represent something. The message of these images is at once transcribed and distorted, a familiar technique within Pyl's practice. By converting a shape into its negative, Pyl frames and makes tangible memories in the way in which spoken language engraves and leaves its traces on teeth.