On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Art,” local artists share insights into their influences, processes, and experiences in town. This edition features French-American photographer and photo editor Virgine Drujon-Kippelen.
“My personal work focuses on the human connection to the natural world … investigating themes which include the sense of place, the notion of wilderness, and the visualization of climate change.” Drujon-Kippelen said.
The artist engages with these questions through the practice of both documentary and conceptual fine artwork.
More questions that interest Drujon-Kippelen are: “What does it mean to belong to a place?” and “How do we redefine our place within nature today?” Drujon-Kippelen calls this the 3 “P’s”: Places, People and Poetics of Nature.
“I like to show places that are neglected by most people even though they are present and waiting to be seen,” Drujon-Kippelen said. “I like places that are marginal and minor.” Her last project is about alien and invasive plants in the Southern landscape, such as vines, bamboo, English Ivy, wisteria, and magnolias in the Pinewood forest.
