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morphē

Exhibition in Paris

Exhibition
hosted by studio elínalans, member of Atelier Néerlandais
curated by fvtvrist magazine
Clément Justin-Hannin
Elina Lans
Constantin Schlachter
Céline Shen

9–10 October 2025

Atelier Néerlandais, 22 Av.Victoria 75001 Paris

In ancient myth, morphē meant “form” , a shape that could change, dissolve, or be reborn. In Greek mythology, gods and mortals alike assumed morphē to shift identities, traverse boundaries, or manifest hidden powers, reflecting the fluidity of life itself. This exhibition follows that thread. Our lives, too, unfold in layers that escape measure: in the tremor of a voice, in the faint memory carried by touch, in the hidden movements of light or time. The works assembled here give shape to these invisible strata, rendering them perceptible, if
only for a moment.

Elina Lans crafts moons, blossoms, and vessels in metal and stone. Her jewelry carries histories, myths, and traces of transformation. Each surface bears the marks of touch and
gesture, becoming a living form that rests on the body, holding presence and memory in its very shape.


In his recent body of work, Shadows of our Constellations, Constantin Schlachter cultivates images with living bacteria. Fed by light, these organisms spread across plates, forming patterns that shift and dissolve over time. Photography here is no longer a frozen instant but an evolving process, where growth, transformation, and decay become the image itself. Schlachter reveals a hidden scale of life in which form is never fixed but always in flux—constellations that are alive, fragile, and endlessly changing.

In Des vies à partager, Clément J-Hannin invites participants to read aloud fragments of text in English and French. Voices overlap in polyphony until the artist begins to dance, entering into dialogue with the chorus. The performance ends when the voices fade, though it can be rekindled by those present. In this weaving of language and movement, private thoughts become communal, intangible experience takes form.


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Céline Shen constructs hybrid spaces, part physical, part digital, revealing the invisible architectures of identity, heritage, and environment. Her installations allow unseen rules and rhythms to be felt, emphasizing the porous boundaries between inside and outside, visible and imperceptible, stable and mutable.


Art becomes an act of giving shape to what resists language, lingering in transitions where forms slip from one state to another and meaning remains in motion.

FIN

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