{"id":1082,"date":"2025-05-16T16:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2025.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:21:17","slug":"les-alienes-du-mobilier-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/projet\/les-alienes-du-mobilier-national\/","title":{"rendered":"The &quot;Insane&quot; of the National Furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An unprecedented approach: to rehabilitate some of the decommissioned furniture ordered by the institution.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/alienes-mobilier-national-video-cover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIDEO-Alienes-du-Mobilier-National.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These pieces of furniture, copies of period models, no longer held any heritage value. Nicolas Aubagnac was approached by several artists to choose a piece, given free rein to transform it and give it a new life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicolas Aubagnac set his sights on a simple chest of drawers that he wanted to be as &quot;ordinary&quot; as possible... Thus was born OBLIVION \u2013 which means &quot;forgetfulness&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-9.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" data-id=\"1129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6-450x297.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6-1536x1015.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-6.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To embody the process of forgetting, the designer covered the piece of furniture with a shell of silver nails that seem to literally invade the chest of drawers like a colony of shimmering insects or a vibrant mold! He also sculpted new handles and a key to lock the drawers, casting bronze pebbles collected during his solitary walks. For Nicolas Aubagnac, the pebbles evoke those forgotten stones of the sea, which we tread upon without a second thought, which we may or may not even notice\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-8-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-8-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-8-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-8-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-8-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-8.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OBLIVION-Mobilier-National-Nicolas-Aubagnac-10.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each handle bears a letter from the name OBLIVION.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chest of drawers is thus transfigured and becomes a unique piece questioning the increasingly porous boundaries between art and decorative art.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une d\u00e9marche in\u00e9dite : r\u00e9habiliter une partie du mobilier d\u00e9class\u00e9 command\u00e9 par l\u2019institution. Ces pi\u00e8ces de mobilier, copies de mod\u00e8les de style ne pr\u00e9sentaient plus d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat patrimonial. Nicolas Aubagnac a \u00e9t\u00e9 sollicit\u00e9 parmi plusieurs artistes, pour choisir une pi\u00e8ce, avec carte blanche pour la transformer et lui redonner une existence\u2026 Nicolas Aubagnac a jet\u00e9 son [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-projets","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7104,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions\/7104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolas-aubagnac.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}