Rocket Engines | 1998
Black and white film photographs mounted on aluminum, silhouetted
Contemplating
these superb abstract tondos, it is hard to imagine the roar of the Viking
engines used in Ariane rockets. Taken out of context, without subterfuge, they
have been transported into the calm universe of works of art.
Seen through their projection cone, they also belong to the corpus of work on the theme of passage, in this case, from earth to space.
If the Viking engines, photographed in this way, are reminiscent of the iris and pupil of an eye or the lens of a camera, the Vulcan engine opens onto a chasm, like a celestial black hole or that of the cave of the blacksmith god.
Seen through their projection cone, they also belong to the corpus of work on the theme of passage, in this case, from earth to space.
If the Viking engines, photographed in this way, are reminiscent of the iris and pupil of an eye or the lens of a camera, the Vulcan engine opens onto a chasm, like a celestial black hole or that of the cave of the blacksmith god.
1. Viking Engine n°1, Ariane IV rocket – 1998
Ø 100 cm
2. Viking Engine n°2, Ariane IV rocket – 1998
Ø 100 cm
3. Viking Engine n°3, Ariane IV rocket – 1998
Ø 100 cm
4. Viking Engine n°4, Ariane IV rocket – 1998
Ø 100 cm
5. Vulcain Engine, Ariane V rocket – 1998
Ø 120 cm
