Commissariat pour un arbre #5

More than 100 nesting boxes by artists, designers and architects on display throughout the village of Piacé and in Fernand Chatelain's garden in Fyé.

Since the start of his career, Mathieu Mercier has been reflecting on the de nition of the place of the object, both in the consumer industry and in the field of art. His research is reflected in his constant questioning of the symbolic and utilitarian functions of objects.

In 2012, Mathieu Mercier launched an event entitled "Commissariat pour un arbre", inviting artists, architects and designers to design birdhouses. This form of free expression is a singular, no-holds-barred way of hijacking this shelter from the sky with humour and poetry, aesthetics and lightness.