Stellogénèse Mirrors the Cosmos, Activating Sight, Sound, and Smell

“The confrontation of the two pieces should create an impression of temporal distortion, between the almost imperceptible light emitted by the steel cube and the concentric reflections of Jeremy's piece,” stated d'Orves. In a magnificent golden arch formation, Matter Sunrise Terminal G12 is made up of 50 mirrored blown glass cylinders for a poetic and metaphysical examination of our world’s creation. Wintrebert likens the formation of a star in the sky, where gaseous molecules are attracted to a fierce center of gravitational force, to his meticulous process of blowing glass, in which molten glass crystallizes around a pipe’s axis, producing spellbinding circular shapes. 

Alongside d'Orves’ Soleil, a multi-layered experience ensues. Wintrebert described the marriage of the two inspired works as, “an effect that pays homage to the dizzying power of these creative phenomena of everything, and therefore of us, and which would evoke in the viewer a mirror of their beginning, forged in infinite space.” 

Taking the investigation further, olfactory artist Bonneville’s bespoke Le Parfum du Soleil (The Perfume of the Sun) was infused throughout the space, mirroring the artworks both in the process of fragrance crystallization and its intense reaction to gravity and time. Combined with the Hyper Pop undulations of Owlle, the result is purely primal, whisking viewers away on a journey that interrogates and celebrates the mystical fate of past, present, and future. “My participation in this immersive and poetic experience around the sun is a way for me to reconnect with my journey as a visual artist but also to nourish my imagination,” added Owlle. “Glass is a material that has fascinated me for a long time, so my encounter with Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert was almost inevitable.”