prefiguring the Celestial Mechanics series presented on this website.
It was inspired by the 1961 science-fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.
Solaris 01 was designed at a pivotal moment, between November 2014 and 2015.
The artwork embodies the Paris–London energy.
Virginie Knysak used the technique of assemblage, deconstructing the movement. She refers to the constructivism & orphism artistic movements.
She nurtures the use of traditional techniques (sketches, drawings, hand painting, etc) whilst she includes into the craftmanship the newest technologies (CAO et DAO, laser cutting, digital milling machine, etc);
bringing together the notion of control and of random.

In 2014, when Virginie Knysak designed Solaris #RWA, she used the newest digital app to create one of the first GIF whilst Ethereum had been just launched on the blockchain.
Solaris embeds and embodies the creative heritage of these last 10th years, embracing a new form of community thanks to the ERC 1155 contract.
#History #Future #PerpetualMotion