The poetic force that is released from certain works is the only means I know to evacuate what separates the physical from the mental, to attempt to bring together this body-mind reality.  In my view, the soul is within the body, which is why I work on pieces that are addressed at the spectator’s whole body, hence also the objects of experience. For example, the Sablier (the Hourglass) or the saucepan in There is No Spoon are not autonomous works; they only exist through the relationship that the visitor will weave with them, by confronting their body with the object (placing one’s head in the saucepan or looking at oneself in the tray of the hourglass). They are not necessarily communicating objects, but have been created so that the visitor has an experience by means of them. Not only is there the object of experience, but also the space: in my boxes, I reduce “LA MéMOIRE DU CORPS Entretien avec Philippe Franck