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‘Vous êtes ici (capsule spatio-temporelle)’
'당신은 여기에 있다 (시공간 캡슐)’
‘You are here (a spacetime capsule)’
will be featured at the exhibition
"ARCHÉOLOGIE DU PRÉSENT 현재의 고고학"
Exposition pluridisciplinaire 그룹전시회
Nuances - collectif d'artistes francophones
@nuancesartistes
2026.8.6-30 @franceartspace_busan
2026.10.1-14 Seoul @kote.kr
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For Stephane MOT, cities are works of fiction utterly real that elude their authors, scars that humans leave on the surface of Earth to signify that they once roamed it. In his work, Seoul plays an elusive, shapeshifting character. And in this ‘spacetime capsule’, the visitor is confronted with a mirror and fragments of reality and fiction, invited to question his own presence and present in the city: ‘you are here… but you’re already gone’.
For Stephane MOT, cities are works of fiction utterly real that elude their authors, scars that humans leave on the surface of Earth to signify that they once roamed it. In his work, Seoul plays an elusive, shapeshifting character. And in this ‘spacetime capsule’, the visitor is confronted with a mirror and fragments of reality and fiction, invited to question his own presence and present in the city: ‘you are here… but you’re already gone’.
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스테판 모에게 도시는 창조자의 손을 떠나 스스로 살아가는 ‘실재하는 허구’이다. 그것은 인간이 한때 이곳을 지나갔음을 새겨놓은 지구 표면의 흔적이자 상흔이다. 그의 작품 세계에서 서울은 끊임없이 변모하며 좀처럼 잡히지 않는 수수께끼 같은 등장인물이다 - 손에 잡힐 듯 잡히지 않고, 이해한 듯하면 또 다른 얼굴을 드러내는 존재. 이 ‘시공간 캡슐’에서 관람객은 거울과 현실, 상상의 파편들을 마주하며 도시 속 자신의 존재와 현재를 되묻게 된다. “당신은 여기에 있다. 그러나 당신은 이미 사라졌다
스테판 모에게 도시는 창조자의 손을 떠나 스스로 살아가는 ‘실재하는 허구’이다. 그것은 인간이 한때 이곳을 지나갔음을 새겨놓은 지구 표면의 흔적이자 상흔이다. 그의 작품 세계에서 서울은 끊임없이 변모하며 좀처럼 잡히지 않는 수수께끼 같은 등장인물이다 - 손에 잡힐 듯 잡히지 않고, 이해한 듯하면 또 다른 얼굴을 드러내는 존재. 이 ‘시공간 캡슐’에서 관람객은 거울과 현실, 상상의 파편들을 마주하며 도시 속 자신의 존재와 현재를 되묻게 된다. “당신은 여기에 있다. 그러나 당신은 이미 사라졌다
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Pour Stéphane MOT, les villes sont des fictions bien réelles qui échappent à leurs auteurs, des cicatrices que les humains laissent à la surface de la planète pour signifier qu’il l’ont foulée par le passé. Dans son oeuvre, Séoul tient un rôle de métamorphe élusif. Et dans cette ‘capsule spatio-temporelle’, le visiteur est confronté à un miroir et à des fragments de réalité et d’imaginaire, invité à s’interroger sur sa présence et son présent dans la cité : ‘Vous êtes ici... mais vous avez déjà disparu’
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From the author / De la part de l'auteur:
We are all passersby. Humanity as a whole is but a brief, magical interlude in a vast, uncertain space-time continuum and this space-time capsule represents an infinitesimal fraction of that continuum. I have placed a few fragments of reality and fiction within it, but what difference does it make? You will pass by without even noticing it.
If, by chance, you catch your own reflection in the mirror placed at the center of the capsule, you will be reassured of your presence, your present in the city, but also notified of what follows: "You are here... but you are already gone."
Mirrors evoke vanity, and in painting, every vanitas must depict a human skull. Here, each visitor is invited to deposit their own skull in the capsule.
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"Nous ne faisons que passer, et l'humanité toute entière n'est qu'une brève parenthèse enchantée dans un vaste espace-temps lui-même incertain. Cette capsule spatio-temporelle représente une fraction infinitésimale de ce continuum. J'y ai déposé quelques fragments de réalité et de fiction, mais quelle différence? Vous allez passer devant sans la voir.
Si d'aventure vous croisez votre propre regard dans le miroir placé au centre de la capsule, vous serez rassuré sur votre présence, votre présent dans la cité, mais également notifié de la suite: "vous êtes ici... mais vous avez déjà disparu".
Qui dit miroir dit vanité, et en peinture toute vanité se doit de représenter un crane humain. Ici, chaque visiteur est invité à déposer le sien dans la capsule. "
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