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Endless Horizon. Kepler's Dream

2015

Endless Horizon is inspired by Kepler's book, the Mysterium Cosmographicum of 1596, in which the famous astronomer gives a model of the construction of the universe. In his diagram, the six planets known at the time, from Mercury to Saturn, are nested within each other, the space between them being successively occupied by the five polyhedra that are mathematically closest to the sphere.

The installation offers a rereading of this modeling of the universe using regular polyhedra. Surrounded by mirrors, a horizontally placed screen displays moving "planets" that the viewer is led to explore as he passes through them.

It is to an infinite journey in the dimensions of space and time that we are summoned. The space here is immeasurable and the image reflected in the mirrors projects into infinity, abolishing the notion of horizon. The endless time of a journey in multiple worlds turns on itself and imposes the eternal return to the same as a model.

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• Concept and artistic direction: Frédéric Curien, Jean-Marie Dallet, Hervé Jolly.

Production

• Contemporary art center Faux Mouvement.

Technical

• A 55" LED screen is placed horizontally and halfway up inside an empty cabinet. The vertical sides dressed with mirrors.

Exhibitions

• 2019 : Les rencontres ArTeC, organised by EUR ArTeC, Enghein-les-Bains Art Center, France. 3D Version with virtual reality helmet.

• 2017 : The Bio-Digital Art & Architecture, Seoul City Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

• 2016: Variations Media Art Fair, curator Dominique Moulon, Cité Internationale des arts, Paris, France.

• 2015-2016: SKYLINE, Center for Contemporary Art Faux Mouvement, Metz, France.

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