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All!We!Ever!See!o f! Star s!Are!Their!Old!Photographs! 6!octobre!–!10!novembre!2007! ! Isabelle!Cornaro! Mark!Geffriaud! Benoît!Maire! Raphaël!Zarka! ! ! The!photograph!is!in!my!hand.!It!is!the!photograph!of!a!man!and!a!woman.! They!are!at!an!amusement!park!in!1959.! In!twelve!seconds!time,!I’ll!drop!the!photograph!to!the!sand!at!my!feet,!walking!away.! It's!already!lying!there,!twelve!seconds!into!the!future.!! Ten!seconds!now.!! The!photograph!is!in!my!hand.!I!found!it!in!a!derelict! bar!twenty!seven!hours!ago.!It's!still!there,! twenty!seven!hours!into!the!past,!in!its!frame,!in!the!darkened!bar.!I'm!still!there!looking!at!it.!! The! photograph! is! in! my! hand.! The! woman! takes! a! piece! of! popcorn! between! thumb! and! forefinger.! The!ferris!wheel!pauses.!! Seven!seconds!now.!! It's!July!1959.!I'm!in!New!Jersey,!at!the!Palisades!Amusement!Park!.!! Four!seconds...!three...!! I'm!tired!of!looking!at!the!photograph!now.!I!open!my!fingers.!It!falls!to!the!sand!at!my!feet.!I!am! going!to!look!at!the!stars.!They!are!so!far!away,!and!their!light!takes!so!long!to!reach!us...!all!we! ever!see!of!stars!are!their!old!photographs.!! I! am! two! hundred! and! twenty! seven! million! kilometers! from! the! Sun.! Its! light! is! already! ten! minutes!old.!It!will!not!reach!Pluto!before!maybe!two!hours.!! Two! hours!into! my! future,! I! observe!meteorites! from! a! glass! balcony,! thinking! about! my! father.! Twelve!seconds!into!my!past,!I!open!my!fingers.!The!photograph!is!falling.!! I!am!watching!the!stars.!My!father!admired!the!sky!for!its!precision.!He!repaired!watches.!! It's!1945.!I!sit!in!a!Brooklyn!kitchen,!fascinated!by!an!arrangement!of!clocks!on!black!velvet.! I!am!sixteen!years!old.!! It!is!1985.!I!am!fifty-six!years!old.!! The!photograph!lies!at!my!feet,!falls!from!my!fingers,!is!in!my!hand.!! I!am!watching!the!stars,!admiring!their!complex!trajectories!through!space,!through!time.!! ! Excerpts!from!The!Watchmen !by!Alan!Moore!
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220!jours! est!un!espace!d’exposition!se!définissant!par!sa!durée,!du!8!septembre!2007!au!15!avril!2008.!En! collaboration! avec! quatre! artistes! invités! à! y! être! des! «!résidents!»,! ces! 220! jours! seront! également! l’occasion! d’invitations! ponctuelles! faites! à! d’autres! artistes.! Des! projets! et! des! expositions! seront! ainsi! présentés!selon!des!temporalités!variables.!
220!jours! !
All!We!Ever!See!o f! Star s!Are!Their!Old!Photographs! 6!octobre!–!10!novembre!2007! ! ! Checkl i st! ! I sabe ll e!Cornar o ! All!We!Ever!See!of!Stars,!2002!-!2006! Diaporama!filmé! Couleur,!son! 3’! Edition!de!5!+!2!A.P.! ! ! Mark!Geff r iaud! Les!Renseignements!Généraux!vol.!II,!2006! Dix!fascicules! Pièce!unique! ! ! Be n o ît!Mai r e! Tiresias!Ouverte!#4!(la!vision),!2007! Tirage!baryté! 36!x!36!cm! Edition!de!3!+!2!A.P.! ! L’Objet!de!Singe,!2007! Perspex,!cailloux!blancs! Pièce!unique! ! ! Raphaël!Zar ka! Mystery!Board!#2,!2007! Dessin!Illustrator! Tirage!lambda!contrecollé!et!encadré! 36!x!36!cm! Edition!de!5! ! Tautochrone,!2007! (Réplique!#3,!Objet!scientifique!de!Galilée)! Contre-plaqué!bakélisé,!marbre!de!Carrare! 130!x!30!x!70!cm! Pièce!unique!
Vues!de!l’exposition!«!All!We!Ever!See!of!Stars!Are!Their!Old!Photographs!»! 6!octobre!–!10!novembre!2007! !
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! RaphaĂŤl!Zarka! 1er!plan!:!Tautochrone,!2007! 2nd!plan!:!Mystery!Board!#2,!2007! !
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Raphaël!Zarka,!Mystery!Board!#2,!2007! !
Raphaël!Zarka,!Tautochrone,!2007!
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Benoît!Maire,!L’Objet!de!Singe,!2007! !
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Mark!Geffriaud,!Les!Renseignements!Généraux!vol.!II,!2006!
Isabelle!Cornaro,!All!We!Ever!See!of!Stars,!2002!–!2006,!vue!de!l’installation!
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Isabelle!Cornaro,!All!We!Ever!See!of!Stars,!2002!–!2006,!fllm!stills!
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Isabelle!Cornaro,!All!We!Ever!See!of!Stars,!2002!–!2006,!fllm!stills!
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