ESPACE FONDATION EDF
Paris, FRANCE
Curator : Nathalie Bazoche
2013, Solo exhibition
+ Part of Nuit Blanche & Parcours FIAC
Two blocks of light in complementary colours turn horizontally throughout the entire space. The two chromatic areas appear in succession, swathing the ground floor and mezzanine; the movement seems to pass through the floors and ceilings.
The throbbing, moving light immerses the space, taking hold of all its surfaces. When the pure, intense colours reach their peak of intensity, the wavelengths are repeated; a new colour pairing similar to the previous one appears, bringing a radical change in its wake.
The space floats between a sense of transparency and a feeling that the outlines of its constituent parts have become colours; the eye seems unable to apprehend it. The instability of the outlines in this continuous perpetual movement of light flooding the space effectively makes visual reference points disappear. The place splits into two but also forms a single whole; its depth changes according to the chromatic variations.
The space joins in with the movement and appears to set itself in motion. It is no longer vertical and horizontal: it moves perceptibly.
The place is lined with a luminous skin of powerful wavelengths, setting a chronology of light in motion.
LED light projectors, metal structure, programming system, fluorescent tube
This light installation was commissioned by the Fondation EDF for its museum space.
Catalogue « L’Épaisseur de la lumière »,
Texts by Matthieu Poirier, Damien Schöeväert-Brossault
Artist interview by Isabelle de Maison Rouge
Photos by Laurent Lecat
Design : Anne Martiréné
Edition : Fondation EDF