Bernard Moninot's Wind Drawings at Mac/Val
The Mac/Val in Vitry-sur-Seine presents Bernard Moninot's 'éolethèque'—a collection of wind drawings created using a custom device with a Petri dish coated in soot. On August 11, 1999, during a total eclipse, Moninot first captured wind traces as grasses and leaves moved across the soot surface. The exhibition features ten enlarged wind drawings projected onto the floor, selected from his collection. Locations include forests in France, the Jardin de Fin in Kashan (Iran), the Chellah garden (Morocco), and the Huasteca desert (Mexico). Moninot previously synthesized images from sound waves (Ondes claires, 1989) and storms (Précurseurs sombres, 2003). The show runs from September 18 to December 27, 2009.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Mac/Val from September 18 to December 27, 2009
- Moninot created wind drawings using a soot-coated Petri dish
- First wind drawing made on August 11, 1999 during a total eclipse
- Ten enlarged wind drawings projected onto the floor
- Locations include France, Iran, Morocco, and Mexico
- Earlier works include Ondes claires (1989) and Précurseurs sombres (2003)
- Moninot also exhibited silk drawings at Galerie Baudoin Lebon in Paris earlier in 2009
- Inspired by Étienne-Jules Marey's sphygmograph from 1860
Entities
Artists
- Bernard Moninot
- Étienne-Jules Marey
Institutions
- Mac/Val
- Galerie Baudoin Lebon
Locations
- Vitry-sur-Seine
- France
- Paris
- Kashan
- Iran
- Chellah
- Morocco
- Huasteca
- Mexico
Sources
- artpress —