Ann Veronica Janssens
THE EXHIBITION FEATURES FILMS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT REFLECT ON THE QUALITIES OF LIGHT, TIME AND SPACE
Font-Romeu, 2008
1′ 25″ loop
super 8mm transfered to video projection, no sound, 4:3
Images of Font-Romeu, a village close to Odeillo that hosts the prototype that served to create Odeillo’s solar furnace.
Nowadays, the prototype is used by the inhabitants of Font-Romeu in order to bake bread and make ceramics.
Jaiprakash Yantra, 2008
1′ 28″ loop
video projection, colour, no sound, 4:3
Jantar Mantar is an extraordinary observatory from the 18th century located in Jaipur. The observatory consists of fourteen major geometric devices for measuring time, predicting eclipses, tracking stars in their orbits, ascertaining the declinations of planets, and determining the celestial altitudes and related ephemerides.
Crépuscule à Jantar Mantar (Vénus), 2008
5′ 13″
single monitor installation, colour, no sound, 4:3
Jantar Mantar is an extraordinary observatory from the 18th century located in Jaipur. The observatory consists of fourteen major geometric devices for measuring time, predicting eclipses, tracking stars in their orbits, ascertaining the declinations of planets, and determining the celestial altitudes and related ephemerides.
Odeillo, 2008
2′ 4″
super 8mm transfered to single monitor installation, colour, no sound, 4:3
Odeillo, is the name of a village in the French Pyrenees that hosts an exceptionnal solar furnace. A ‘solar furnace’ is a structure used to harness the rays of the sun in order to produce high temperatures, usually for industry purposes. This is achieved by using a curved mirror (or an array of mirrors) that acts as a parabolic reflector, concentrating light onto a focal point. The solar furnace of Odeillo employs an array of plane mirrors to gather the rays of light from the sun, reflecting them onto a larger curved mirror. The rays are then focused onto an area that has the size of a cooking pot that can reach 3000°C.
Ann Veronica Janssens
THE EXHIBITION FEATURES FILMS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT REFLECT ON THE QUALITIES OF LIGHT, TIME AND SPACE