Eikasia is a light installation that delves into a cognitive, mindful dimension by creating a landscape of imaginary lines and layers of light. The void becomes the space to inhabit within this new scenery: a sensitive piece capable of awakening the senses, the home of the intimate.
An aerial sculpture designed by digital artist Dorian Rigal Minuit and achitectural studio ABACO.
The term eikasía (Ancient Greek: εἰκασία), meaning imagination in Greek, was used by Plato to refer to the way humans deal with appearances.
Eikasia is an aerial sculpture that captures a wandering line of light. This line reveals the complexity of its form, while disturbing the perception of its limits.
At night the visibility of the artwork becomes almost entirely dependent on this luminous light that scans it. Revealing a hidden form, an extract, a section of his fine and transparent material, that allows the light to cut through.
Eikasia is a light installation that delves into a cognitive, mindful dimension by creating a landscape of imaginary lines and layers of light. The void becomes the space to inhabit within this new scenery: a sensitive piece capable of awakening the senses, the home of the intimate.
The magnitude of the structure prompts the audience’s perception and sense of astonishment. inviting us to become aware of the true sensitive presence of the architectural object.
At each moment, a different topology emerges, erasing the previous one that has barely been revealed, allowing each spectator having its own vision.
The common thread is the poetry and wonder of the light at each moment. Eikasia proposes to explore one's own relationship to volume by occupying the space.
