{"id":12277,"date":"2022-09-06T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/oeuvre\/eight-minutes-ago\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:50:47","slug":"eight-minutes-ago","status":"publish","type":"oeuvre","link":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/oeuvre\/eight-minutes-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Minutes Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group oeuvreTopRow is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"noMarginBottom caps edge wp-block-heading\">Eight Minutes Ago<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"caps is-style-noMarginBottom wp-block-heading\">Am\u00e9lie Bouvier<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>It takes approximately eight minutes for the light of the sun to reach our retinas. Am\u00e9lie Bouvier\u2019s diptych video Eight Minutes Ago grapples with this distance between us and the stars. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one screen, NASA sound recordings of planets in our solar system and glass sound effects accompany imagery drawn from or inspired by Harvard\u2019s collection of astrological photographic plates. Shots of dust settling in the air, dark shadows emerging on weathered glass, or an archivist wiping clean notations made by hand all convey the tenuousness of our personal and collective heritage. In a scrolling text on the pendant screen, Bouvier\u2019s ninety-three-year-old father shares memories of growing up and aging refracted through ruminations on the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together the work expresses the belatedness and fragility of the human experience. As an inscription on Johannes Kepler\u2019s tombstone reads, \u201cI used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of the earth. Although my soul was from heaven, the shadow of my body lies here\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_Eight_Minutes_Ago_Installation-View_Aomori-Contemporary-Art_Centre_Aomori_Japan_2020_photo_credit_Kuniya-Oyamada_courtesy_AB_and_HLP-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12274\" width=\"606\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_Eight_Minutes_Ago_Installation-View_Aomori-Contemporary-Art_Centre_Aomori_Japan_2020_photo_credit_Kuniya-Oyamada_courtesy_AB_and_HLP-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_Eight_Minutes_Ago_Installation-View_Aomori-Contemporary-Art_Centre_Aomori_Japan_2020_photo_credit_Kuniya-Oyamada_courtesy_AB_and_HLP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_Eight_Minutes_Ago_Installation-View_Aomori-Contemporary-Art_Centre_Aomori_Japan_2020_photo_credit_Kuniya-Oyamada_courtesy_AB_and_HLP-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_Eight_Minutes_Ago_Installation-View_Aomori-Contemporary-Art_Centre_Aomori_Japan_2020_photo_credit_Kuniya-Oyamada_courtesy_AB_and_HLP-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/01_Eight_Minutes_Ago_Installation-View_Aomori-Contemporary-Art_Centre_Aomori_Japan_2020_photo_credit_Kuniya-Oyamada_courtesy_AB_and_HLP-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption><meta charset=\"utf-8\">\u00a9 Kuniya Oyamada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Partagez cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"socialLinks socialShare\"><ul><li><script>function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/eight-minutes-ago\/&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436'); return false; }<\/script><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=<;url>\" onclick=\"return fbs_click()\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"facebookLink\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/eight-minutes-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" ><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Eight+Minutes+Ago&amp;url=https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/eight-minutes-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"twitterLink\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artistes<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"artisteBlock  \"><div class=\"artisteBlockLeft\"><\/div><div class=\"artisteBlockRight\"><h2>Am\u00e9lie Bouvier <sup>(BE)<\/sup><\/h2><div class=\"artistContactLine\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ameliebouvier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ameliebouvier.com\/<\/a><\/div><div class=\"artisteContent\"><p>The artistic practice of Amelie Bouvier builds from historical research in the field of astronomy to question issues related to cultural memory and collective heritage. Astronomers in particular, and scientists in general, don\u2019t only explain the world, they also represent it through the construction of diagrams, illustrations, photographs or equations. For Bouvier, scientific imagery is an extension of knowledge that reveals ideological and ethical frameworks, which risk cloaking aspects of the reality they aim to represent. She is particularly interested in the sky and stars as a landscape that expose current socio-political contradictions and knowledge gaps. While her work is based on historical facts, data and visuals, she consistently mixes this with speculative imagery, adapting tools and techniques to present alternative potentialities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Cr\u00e9dits &amp; mentions<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>Courtesy Am\u00e9lie Bouvier and Harlan Levey Projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image: Installation view at Aomori Contemporary Art Center (ACAC), Aomori, Japan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-noMarginBottom\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12275,"menu_order":0,"template":"","edition":[66],"type_oeuvre":[100],"class_list":["post-12277","oeuvre","type-oeuvre","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre\/12277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oeuvre"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oeuvre"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=12277"},{"taxonomy":"type_oeuvre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chroniques-biennale.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_oeuvre?post=12277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}