Novae

by Lab212 Collective and Béatrice Lartigue

2022

Novae

by Lab212 Collective and Béatrice Lartigue

2022

Immersive experience

Digital art

Sound experience

Installation

Visual arts

Environment

Science and technology

Music and live performance

Immersive experience

Digital art

Sound experience

Installation

Visual arts

Environment

Science and technology

Music and live performance

Between sky and earth, Novae explores cosmogonies - the formation of celestial objects in a constantly expanding universe.

Computer, Other

Suitable for all audiences

from 1 to 15 minute(s)

Without dialogue

Update : 27/06/2024

Novae, WAVELENGTH: A Momentary Spring, Times Art Museum, Beijing, CHN (WAVELENGTH)

Novae, WAVELENGTH: A Momentary Spring, Times Art Museum, Beijing, CHN

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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.