2024
Spherographia — seeing the world through data to see the whole world?
The exhibition offers a scientific and artistic exploration of representations of the planet through the history of virtual globes. It invites us to deconstruct them in order to better imagine alternative geographical representations of the world.
The scientific project, launched in 2023 by the CNRS, focuses on images of the global environment and is based in particular on a research-creation initiative that brings together artists, scientists, and local residents in a traveling exhibition that will journey from Mana in French Guiana (2024) to Val d’Or in Quebec (2025) and then to Bordeaux (2026).
The scenography features elliptical-shaped furniture (full circles or partial forms) that illustrates this diversity of planetary representations through a wealth of visuals and text. Visitors can walk around these structures, in an orbital metaphor, and discover content open to multiple interpretations. Multiple colors and variable typographic elements explore the richness of representations and the elasticity of forms, unique to this theme of globes, which can be explored endlessly.
Curated by — Véronique André-Lamat, Matthieu Noucher, Olivier Pissoat (spherographia.cnrs.fr) Design
team — Fadil Elmansour, Maren Hollmann, Benjamin Ribeau, David Thoumazeau
2024 Edition — Carma, Mana, French Guiana