L'éclipse
For close to ten minutes, colours and shapes change on screen as the red shadow of the moon hides the yellow sun against the orange sky. This film, entirely made by computer using complex cinematographic technology, brings together two phenomena that cannot occur simultaneously in nature: a solar eclipse and a sunset. Laurent Grasso made L’éclipse after studying news reports documenting fake sightings of miraculous events such as UFO sightings. By artificially recreating an imaginary light event, he produces what he calls a “false miracle.” Through the fictitious vision of a sky, he aims to explore the imaginary of natural phenomena and to develop a poetics of the enigma that leads the viewer to doubt these images, but also to question their own beliefs. This exploration of the perception of sensations as well as the ambiguous line between the visible and the invisible is characteristic of Laurent Grasso’s work.
Text written by Franny Tachon as part of the partnership between the École du Louvre and Lafayette Anticipations – Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin.
Exhibitions
La Galerie des Galeries, Paris (France)
from 20 Oct 2009 to 09 Jan 2010
Musée départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart (France)
from 14 Jun to 22 Sep 2008
Institut d'art contemporain de Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes (IAC), Villeurbanne (France)
from 21 Jun to 19 Aug 2007
New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami (États-Unis)
from 07 Dec to 10 Dec 2006
MIT, The List Visual Art Center, Cambridge (États-Unis)
from 28 Aug to 10 Nov 2006
École des Beaux-arts de Valenciennes, Valenciennes (France)
from 22 Mar to 25 Apr 2006