"The installation forms a giant three-dimensional constellation, composed of tubular, star-shaped loops that interlock to create a circular, airy volume. The reflective silver skin amplifies the play of daylight and mirrors the surrounding architecture, stone arcades, pitched roofs, and the sky, dissolving the boundary between the artwork and its context. The site-specific installation occupies the center of the library's cloister garden, framing the historic statue and establishing a dialogue between contemporary inflatable technology and centuries-old masonry."
"For Cyril Lancelin, the project extends his ongoing investigation into volumetric drawings in space, ephemeral yet architectural. The star motif symbolizes guidance and imagination; the circle speaks of continuity and unity. Together, they create a kind of accessible monument that is both playful and meditative, inviting visitors to walk around and under it, to witness how the mirrored tubes catch sunlight, clouds, or night illumination. As the day progresses, the surface behaves like a living lens, absorbing and redistributing the landscape."
Circle Stars occupies the cloister garden of Étrépagny's media library in northern France, forming a giant three-dimensional constellation of tubular, star-shaped loops that interlock into a circular, airy volume. The reflective silver skin amplifies daylight and mirrors stone arcades, pitched roofs, and sky, dissolving boundaries between sculpture and context. The installation frames a historic statue and contrasts inflatable, contemporary technology with centuries-old masonry. The mirrored tubes catch sunlight, clouds, and night illumination, behaving as a living lens that absorbs and redistributes the landscape, appearing liquid under overcast skies and fragmenting the courtyard into flashes of light in bright sun.
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