Fondation Vasarely
The Architectonic Centre in Aix-en-Provence is the core of Vasarely’s scientific and cultural project: this 5,000 m² lumino-kinetic building is the result of 16 hexagonal modules interlinked in a gigantic construction set. It was labelled “Musée de France” in 2020.
The Architectonic Centre in Aix-en-Provence is the core of Vasarely’s scientific and cultural project: this 5,000 m² lumino-kinetic building is the result of 16 hexagonal modules interlinked in a gigantic construction set. It was labelled “Musée de France” in 2020.
Programme
Variations in Variations, Damien Bénéteau
For the past ten years, Damien Bénéteau has been developing a series of sculptures, Variations, which make tangible the ordinarily imperceptible forces that govern our universe. Each one consists of a mechanical, kinetic and optical device that allows human perception to grasp the flow of time and the cyclical structure of the universe in a form of sensitive evidence. Thrown in a pendulum movement, a ball crosses at regular intervals a pierced plate, perpendicular to its plane of oscillation. The minimalism of the volumes, the abstraction of the geometric forms, the coldness of the metal and the slowness of the rhythm form together a microcosm reduced to its minimum meaning, like a star reduced to its most elementary physical dimension.
For his project at the Vasarely Foundation, Damien Bénéteau takes up the form of the pendulum, thought of on the scale of a building, in the image of Foucault's pendulum at the Pantheon. In this installation, the interaction between movement, volume and light creates an environment marked by depth, mystery and a certain solemnity.
Access
Fondation Vasarely
1, avenue Marcel-Pagnol
13090 Aix-en-Provence
+33 (0)4 42 20 01 09
fondationvasarely.org
Every day : 10am - 6pm.
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CULTURE & HERITAGE
• Le Pavillon de Vendôme: museum and sumptuous French gardens. (Aix-en-Provence)
WALKS
• Promenade de la Torse: a riverside park ideal for a country walk. (Aix-en-Provence)
PLACES TO STAY
• La Maison du Collectionneur: a confidential and intimate address to sleep in the heart of the Mazarin district. (Aix-en-Provence)
PLACES TO EAT & DRINK
• Mademoiselle Wine: a wine cellar specialising in local champagnes, just a stone's throw from the magnificent Place Richelme market. (Aix-en-Provence)
• La Méduse: a bar where the welcome is as good as the quality of the wines and the small plates to share. (Aix-en-Provence)
• Gallifet Kitchen: restaurant in the garden of the Hôtel de Gallifet from June to October, tea room from October to May. (Aix-en-Provence)
