Chauvet Cave

This version of the project translates the positions of the moon and the sun by a set of gradients of the chromatic circle in real time for a place chosen by the artist.

These exceptional places all have a close relationship to the observation of the sky from prehistoric times to the present day, a history linked to the understanding of celestial mechanics If for some of us they will remain forever inaccessible, they are like so many observation posts of our stars, spaces offered to the imaginary and to the color.

Our civilizations were born under the stars and the contemplation of space has nourished the imagination of mankind for thousands of years. Astronomy plays a major role in human evolution, and this project, "The Observatory", is a hymn to the observation of the sky. This digital work reproduces the positions of the sun and the moon through a play of colors. Each spectator is considered as the center of a reference point for which a series of astronomical calculations determine the coordinates of our stars. These coordinates are then transferred to a chromatic circle and create a gradient that evolves very slowly throughout the day. One of the particularities of this work is its infinite character: the program carries out the calculations in real time and proposes a unique and non-reproducible play of color to the spectators outside their own space-time.

The decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, more commonly known as the "grotte Chauvet", is a Palaeolithic decorated cave located in the Ardèche department of southeastern France. The site contains a thousand paintings and engravings, including 447 figures of animals of 14 different species. Certain palaeontologists have suggested that the animal representations in the decorated caves corresponded to maps of the sky. (44.3881), (4.4161)

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