that will take place
next Wednesday evening on the 4th November.
If there are sales it
would be « the cherry on the cake ».
An artist is someone
who always lives in reaction to his surrounding. At the beginning I intended to
just present previous works. This choice has also been done by some artists.
But in September I found the energy again to produce new images based on the
Geode, a rounded cinema of the "Cité Des Sciences". Plenty of ideas
came up during the shooting period of the photos. So I decided, to break a rule
and have learned to use partially the software «Photoshop». Why make such a
change? During the selection of the works I was confronted with the use of
photo composition in its diversity. The subject of the Geode itself forced me
into that direction because it was quite difficult to produce with that building
good « Panoroïds» using a single image, whereas just in employing the symmetry
of a mirror the possibilities became multiple. The other reason is that be in a
cage of a « No Photoshop User » had no important impact on the sales or my
fame. So I decided, to try an experience with this exhibition and see how the
public will react to my new creations. Of course the basis of my work remains
the « Panoroïds», but I will extend the variety of my photos with Photoshop.
This choice should also open gates to participate at many thematic exhibitions.
Finally, I conceived
how I would contribute: I would produce a small exhibition within the major
show. This was my way to express that between artist and their creative process
there are correspondences. In my case the sky, the architecture, Photoshop, the
use of software, street art, reversed symmetry, movement, digital photo are
things that could be also found in the work of the other exhibitors. There are
five pieces exhibited shown is the photo. The two on the right are single Panoroïds.
The first is called «
Bulb Bottle » and present a distortion of the building as I generally do, but
here the result is astonishing.
The second work is my
first « Installation » called Euréka. It illustrates the principle of reversed
symmetry obtained with a mirror. The resulting view presents an electric bulb.
This recalls me Edison, and the saying « Et la lumière fut » (And Light became
true). By extension it evokes my creativity and the new ideas that came up
during that period. The choice of making a package to present the mirror and
the photo was logical as there was a volume created initially and it needed to
be shaped. The packaging is a mixed of different papers which found an
application instead of being thrown to the litter. This reuse is compatible
with my present financial situation and the promotion of the COP 21 Conference
that will take place in a month in Paris. The result is like a box and the
visitor is obliged to look in it to see the bulb. I have written «Boite à idée
» (Box of an idea) which is a common expression in French, but usually with
idea written in plural form and not single. This box also was a reference to a
discussion I had with an other artist about her work which reproduced a «
camera obscura » my work being a «camara clara ». Finally, I want to show that
I am a Street Art artist so I tagged the packaging. So this box is the only «
dirty » 3D object that interacts with the visitor.
The two others photos are "Love Planet (2)" and a
"SelfPortrait" using reversed symmetry produced with a software.
The
last photo on the left is « Le Grand Totem » (The Big Totem) is a
complete photo composition using plenty of elements all taking their origin in
the Géode building. This is a more conceptual and esoteric approach.
All
the photos belong to a set called « La Géode en Folie » (When the
Géode got mad). « Folie » is the name of the different architectural
elements painted red that can be found in the Parc of La Villette.
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