http://www.nicolas-cilins.com Nicolas Cilins Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:00:53 +0000 http://www.nicolas-cilins.com en http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Untitled-Box http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Untitled-Box Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:00:53 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 522422 2009 wood, spy-hole, miniature trees, plexiglas <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box01.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box01_o.jpg" data-mid="2481258" border="0" align="left"/> The piece consists of a wooden rectangular box with handles on two sides, by help of which the viewer can maneuver the box horizontally, as well as a spy-hole in its front. Whilst lifting the box up to his eyes and looking in, the viewer suddenly finds himself gazing into a perfect miniature world that keeps drifting past before his eyes. The minor movements of his hands and body have set a hidden interior alive. What appears like the long and faraway train journeys of our childhood days is in fact a simple trompe l’oeil, made up of a landscape of decorative miniature trees as used in model railway building. Arranged around an axis, the hidden scenery inside begins to slowly spin before our eyes, going faster according to our own acceleration. The viewer is facing the perfect illusion of nature passing him by, helped by the trees installed at the rear that create an additional perspective effect. After a few seconds the model has come full circle and is repeating its round, thus creating a loop. At some point the repetition becomes noticeable, but it is one without clearly defined beginning or end. Like a revisited dream, the impression of a merry-go-round of unspoilt natural beauty becomes a déjà vu; a vague and distant memory. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box02.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box02_o.jpg" data-mid="2481259" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box03.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box03_o.jpg" data-mid="2481260" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box04.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box04_o.jpg" data-mid="2481261" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box05.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box05_o.jpg" data-mid="2481262" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box06.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box06_o.jpg" data-mid="2481264" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box07.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box07_o.jpg" data-mid="2481266" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box08.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522422/box08_o.jpg" data-mid="2481267" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Holy-Holes http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Holy-Holes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:25:04 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 520536 2009 In-situ installation : wood, lamps, glass fiber, props <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web01.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web01_o.jpg" data-mid="2408067" border="0" align="left"/> This installation enlights the hole as a fundamental element in architecture. These holes are the ones that we dig, hide, fill or walk around; the empty original space that makes the construction possible. In other words, the holy hole that contains the basic structure of things. Thus, the installation investigates holy spaces of our everyday life, such as contemporary ruins, construction sites, or show-house interiors. Oscillating between the ancient architectural artefacts and the modern mass design, these spaces are suspended between fantasized construction and future dilapidation. This weird and disconcerting structure evokes a space in-between the two. It requires the beholder to walk around it and limits one’s view on the familiar and unusual signs of residues, scraps and wastes. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web02.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web02_o.jpg" data-mid="2478519" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web03.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web03_o.jpg" data-mid="2478520" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web04.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web04_o.jpg" data-mid="2478521" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web05.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web05_o.jpg" data-mid="2478522" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web06.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web06_o.jpg" data-mid="2478523" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web07.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web07_o.jpg" data-mid="2478524" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web08.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web08_o.jpg" data-mid="2478697" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web09.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web09_o.jpg" data-mid="2478699" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web10.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web10_o.jpg" data-mid="2478701" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web11.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1280" height_o="852" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/520536/web11_o.jpg" data-mid="2478702" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Simulation http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Simulation Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:41:46 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 522424 2008 Plexiglas, neons, sound system <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul1.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1280" height_o="849" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul1_o.jpg" data-mid="2483072" border="0" align="left"/> ‘Simulation’ was conceived as site-specific installation. Light boxes were made to measure and inserted into the pre-existing windows and shutters of the room of a period stately home. The sound of the neon frequency emitted from the light boxes appeared amplified within the space. The house itself was built at the beginning of the 20th century in neoclassical style. The owner’s attempt to resemble a much earlier period whilst using contemporary materials makes it feel very much like a strange film set nowadays. When entering for the first time, I instantly got the feeling that there was ‘something wrong’ with it as if there had been a gap between imagined time and actual space. This feeling was heightened by the ornamental decorations of the house and its extremely low ceiling (about 2 metres only). The decorations often appear too dominant within the low space they have been made to fit into. Another factor that contributed to the ‘unreality’ of the space was that the room was initially supposed to be the living room of the house. Yet the ‘real’ living room was located downstairs. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul2.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1280" height_o="849" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul2_o.jpg" data-mid="2483073" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul3.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1280" height_o="849" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul3_o.jpg" data-mid="2483074" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul4.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1280" height_o="849" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/522424/simul4_o.jpg" data-mid="2483075" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Third-History http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Third-History Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:41:17 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 1618771 2010 Set of 8 frames, each 20*28 cm Found book pages and inkjet print <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1618771/thirdhistory_800.jpg" width="800" height="599" width_o="954" height_o="715" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1618771/thirdhistory_o.jpg" data-mid="7937157" border="0" align="left"/> "Africa's reality is scarcity that provokes violence." "What would you do, proud youth of Africa, with my pity?" http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/The-African-Star http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/The-African-Star Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:41:12 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 728727 2010 installation : wood, props, prints and collages <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT5.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT5_o.jpg" data-mid="3430137" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT1_o.jpg" data-mid="3430139" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT2.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT2_o.jpg" data-mid="3430147" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT4.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/728727/AT4_o.jpg" data-mid="3430150" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Moroccan-Archaeologies http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Moroccan-Archaeologies Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:41:03 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 1577150 2011 performance I documentation: 7 prints, 12' HD video, newspaper sculptures <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/01web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/01web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942614" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/02web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/02web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942619" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/03web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/03web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942629" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/04web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/04web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942634" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/05web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/05web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942638" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/06web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/06web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942640" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/07web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/07web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942642" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/08web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/08web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942644" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/09web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/09web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942649" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/10web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/10web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942652" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/11web.jpg" width="670" height="377" width_o="670" height_o="377" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/1577150/11web_o.jpg" data-mid="7942662" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Waiting-for-the-Barbarians-1 http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Waiting-for-the-Barbarians-1 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:40:54 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 2783429 2012 sculpture: wood, spy glass, plaster, sand, plastic characters Photographs by Dieter Kik @ La Quartier, Quimper <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB01_800.jpg" width="700" height="469" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB01_o.jpg" data-mid="15215847" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB02_800.jpg" width="700" height="469" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB02_o.jpg" data-mid="15215850" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB03_800.jpg" width="700" height="469" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB03_o.jpg" data-mid="15215852" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB04_800.jpg" width="700" height="469" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB04_o.jpg" data-mid="15215853" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB05_800.jpg" width="700" height="469" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB05_o.jpg" data-mid="15215855" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB06_800.jpg" width="700" height="469" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2783429/EALB06_o.jpg" data-mid="15215858" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/Dong-Xuan-Center http://www.nicolas-cilins.com/following/nicolas-cilins.com/Dong-Xuan-Center Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:27:12 +0000 Nicolas Cilins 2980624 - serie of photographs | variable dimensions <img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC01.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC01_o.jpg" data-mid="15183286" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC02.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC02_o.jpg" data-mid="15183288" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC03.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC03_o.jpg" data-mid="15183290" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC04.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC04_o.jpg" data-mid="15183291" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC05.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC05_o.jpg" data-mid="15183292" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC06.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC06_o.jpg" data-mid="15183293" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload34.cargocollective.com/1/1/43399/2980624/DXC07.jpg" width="500" height="500" width_o="500" 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