Le bruit des fleurs
by Camille Rousseau
Over the course of a week, artist Camille Rousseau painted a site-responsive mural on the ceiling of the private dining room. Using pastels, paint, and pencil, she created an immersive interpretation of the sound of a flower while listening to opera and classical music associated with Nellie Melba and George Bridgetower, two of the hotel’s historic characters.
“My role is to help people dream. For me, an artist is someone who amazes you in a split second by using space and lines. I think it’s important to be surprised. I actually feel best when visual accidents happen in my work. It brings me back to the basics: emotions and decisions. These are powerful levers that I try to imitate in abstract paintings, looking for the unexpected with a sense of balance and beauty.”
Camille Rousseau is a French artist based in Amsterdam and Paris. She studied graphic design and then specialised in film and 3D animation in Arles, South of France, before completing an MA in communication and design at Central St Martins. She creates in various media and uses various materials. Her practice is based on the line. It is a constant search that informs all her work, from commercial commissions to personal research. Driven by the need to unravel the behaviour and meaning of the mother of all gestures, her work resembles a form of meditation, based on repetition and flow.
