Between sky and earthArtists TSOEG, Georges Petitjean from Fondation Opale, Observatoire François-Xavier Bagnoud
Fondation Opale, Lens / OFXB, Tignousa
Sun. 20 August 2023
16:00 — 18:00 / 19:00 — 22:00
Exhibition, Conversation, Observation, ApéroPROGRAM

16:00 – 18:00
Meeting point at the Fondation Opale in Lens.
Exhibition / Conversation
Guided tour of selected works linked to the work of TSOEG artists by Georges Petitjean, Fondation Opale curator.
Intervention by TSOEG artists: François Leo Benner, Luce Choules, E. Jackson, and Carlo Rizzo.

18:00 – 19:00
Estimated time to reach the bottom of the Funicular in St Luc from the Fondation Opale.

19:00
Meet at the bottom of the Funicular in St Luc.

19:15
Excursion / Observation
Visit to the François-Xavier Bagnoud Observatory (OFXB).

19:30 – 20:00
Picnic / Aperitif on the OFXB terrace

20:00 – 21:30
Observation / Conversation
Set-up of the 5 individual Dobson telescopes, and observation of the sky with the Dobson 600 and the 5 Dobson 200.

21:30 – 22:00
Observation / Projection
Use of the automatic dome and projection in the conference room with steaming coffee/tea.

22:00
Closing of the event and descent by funicular.


PRACTICAL INFORMATION

The event takes place in two parts:
The first part takes place at the Fondation Opale in Lens, and the second part at the François-Xavier Bagnoud Observatory in St Luc, Val d’Anniviers.
 
A WORD FROM THE PARTICIPANTS

Interstellar
The INTERSTELLAIRE exhibition invites us to explore the unknown and push back the limits of our imagination. Bringing together some sixty works by contemporary Aboriginal and international artists (installations, paintings, sculptures, photographs and videos), the exhibition offers a perspective on our relationship with the universe and leads us to question the meaning of our place in our galaxy.
_ Opale Foundation

During the event Jackson will share The Constellation and The Cloud – two ongoing works that explore celestial, indistinct and nebulous phenomena.
The Constellation is an ever-expanding painting of deep space. A single painting made from a multitude of parts, each part contains an image of a star forming.
The Cloud is an incomplete painting of atmospheric space – the painting aims to occupy a vast space of unfixed dimensions – existing in a state of partial obscurity – geographically dispersed yet interrelated.
TSOEG artists will then open a discussion around their current fieldwork for ‘We are the Weathers’ – with a focus on their experiences, discoveries and navigation of the cultural frameworks that shape our visions and experiences of place.
_ Artists TSOEG

CO-ORGANIZER AND PARTNER OF THE EVENT

Fondation Opale
Observatoire François-Xavier Bagnoud