Sarah Braeck
Currents of light
To 30 August
Les courants de lumière tells the story of the promising role played by brown algae in sequestering carbon for thousands of years on the ocean floor. Through plastic gestures – immersion, inks, superimpositions, varnishes – Sarah Braeck reveals the circulation of carbon between air and sea. Each image becomes a stratum, a fragment of a visual and biological narrative. Fucoidan, the key molecule in this cycle, becomes perceptible in the light. Each unique work deploys a pictorial aesthetic based on scientific study. This tale has been exhibited at the Photoclimat 2023 Biennial (Paris), the PhotoSaintGermain festival (Paris) and the Bremen House of Science (Germany).
This exhibition is presented as part of the Arts en Sèvre itinerary, with the support of the City of Niort.
Au gré de l’eau, the 2025 edition of Arts en Sèvre features exhibitions and installations at various locations in the city, with nature as a common thread.
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Biography
Sarah Braeck, born in 1986, is a photographer who graduated from the Penninghen School in Paris. At the crossroads of art and life sciences, her practice blends photography, painting, collage and organic materials. Attached to contemporary ecological issues, her work questions the resilience of plant life in the face of climate change. To this end, she collaborates with scientific institutions that provide her with the raw material (data, images, organic materials, etc.) she needs to conduct her own artistic experiments. Winner of the 2025 Art and Science call for proposals from the Ocean & Climate Priority Research Program, she is currently in residence at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. She lives and works in Paris.
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