Novae
2022
7.5x7.5x6m
Automated light, haze machine, ultra-directional speakers, loud speakers, computer.
Nicolas Guichard & Béatrice Lartigue - Lab212
Astronomy is a science of observation, it cannot act on the environment it studies, but is restricted to observing it from the outside. That explains why the progress of astronomy depends on the development of observation instruments.
Until now, stars have only been observed through their electromagnetic radiation, and more specifically through their luminous radiation.
Thousands of years ago, observation of stars was used to mark stages in the unfolding of time: the alternation of days and nights, the phases of the Moon and the changes in the position of the planets… And for a long time, mankind attributed to the stars a surnatural influence on its very existence. By 1930, astronomers demonstrated that stars are born and evolve. Novae sketches an endless space, inhabited by hundreds of stars. Light slowly evolves like pulses and draws trajectories in the darkness. As time passes, the wind blows gently to the ears. The intensity of the light diminishes further, raindrops are heard, time seems suspended. A feeling of well-being and eternity overwhelms us, the firmament now contemplates us. Considering the speed of light and the distance at which they are, stars visible from earth today are perhaps extinct for millions of years. By looking at the sky, we contemplate the past. The installation reflects on that to create a timeless landscape.
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