Jean-Pierre Mot, Pop-Up Remnants
Franconia Sculpture Park
29836 St. Croix Trail, Shafer, MN 55074
Pop-Up Remnants is an ephemeral and transformative artwork that questions our imprints and traces in the world. The artwork is entirely made out of biodegradable picnic plates and straws and will erode through time and weather while leaving behind mullein seeds that will grow and dismantle the pieces further. As the seeded mullein grows only the plants will remain.
Jean-Pierre Mot is a conceptual and experimental artist based between Montreal and Brooklyn. He reclaims found and discarded items of everyday use, obsolete technology, fonts and branding that combine through subtle and layered multimedia installations and performances. He uses satire, discarded words, and cardboard boxes to activate my work like contemporary incantations that criticize institutions through the non-monumental and the banal – remnants of a consumerist-driven society or empty vessels of countless memories. He holds an MFA from Columbia University in New York and a BFA from University of Quebec in Montreal and has shown his work in Montreal, New York, California, Mexico, Reykjavik, Chiang Mai, Beijing and Singapore.
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The mission of Franconia Sculpture Park is to foster an inclusive community to create and contemplate contemporary art inspired by nature and our ever-evolving world. Founded in 1996, Franconia operates a 50-acre outdoor museum, active artist residency program, and a depth and breadth of arts programming for a diverse and engaged public.
Franconia Sculpture Park resides on the ancestral Dakota lands of the Wahpekute in Mni Sota Makoce, along the St. Croix River which also holds significance by the Ojibwe and other Native peoples. We recognize, support and advocate for all Native nations and will actively center Native voices in our work.