Submission
Nicolas Sassoon, Rick Silva

SUBTERRANEA

LOCATION Galerie Charlot, 47 Rue Charlot, Paris, France
DATE29/10/2020 — 28/02/2021
CURATOR Valentina Peri, Valerie Hasson-Benillouche
AUTHOR Valentina Peri
PHOTOGRAPHY Nicolas Sassoon

SUBTERRANEA - Nicolas Sassoon's first solo show at Galerie Charlot Paris - includes tree of his latest projects : THE PROPHETS, a series of sculptures as poetic interfaces between computer technology and geological forces. CORES (in collaboration with Rick Silva, artist and Professor at the University of Oregon) a series of digital animations based on high resolution 3D scans of mineral specimens. INDEX, AVENUE, SKYLIGHT, a series of monumental animations and prints referencing underground venues in Vancouver BC, Canada. A publication with texts by Elise Hunchuck (researcher and designer) & Jussi Parikka (media theorist and author of Geology of Media, 2015), Nora O Murchú (director of Trasnmediale), Valentina Peri (director of Galerie Charlot) and Nicolas Sassoon accompanies the exhibition. Editions Galerie Charlot.


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Nicolas Sassoon, SUBTERRANEA, 2020, exhibition view (right to left, The Prophets, CORES)
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Nicolas Sassoon, SUBTERRANEA, 2020, exhibition detail (right to left, The Prophets, CORES)
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (Koalea), 2020, LCD screens, Volcanic rocks, electronics, aluminum, ABS, 90x92x32cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (Lantern #3), 2020, LCD screens, Volcanic rocks, Manzanita wood, electronics, aluminum, ABS, 48x40x112cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (Lantern #3), 2020, LCD screens, Volcanic rocks, Manzanita wood, electronics, aluminum, ABS, 48x40x112cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (Lantern #3), 2020, detail
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (left to right: SANYGA, SURYA, TENA), 2020, LCD screens, Volcanic rocks, electronics, aluminum, ABS, variable dimensions
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (left to right: SURYA, TENA), 2020, LCD screens, Volcanic rocks, electronics, aluminum, ABS, variable dimensions
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (TENA), 2020, LCD screen, Volcanic rock, electronics, aluminum, ABS, 50x32x122cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (SANYGA), 2020, LCD screen, Volcanic rock, electronics, aluminum, ABS, 48x32x140cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (ISLE), 2020, LCD screen, Volcanic rock, electronics, aluminum, ABS, 60x38x80cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, The Prophets (ISLE), 2020, detail
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Nicolas Sassoon, SUBTERRANEA, 2020, exhibition view (INDEX, AVENUE, SKYLIGHT))
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Nicolas Sassoon, TEXTURES, 2020, floor projection, digital animation, variable dimensions
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Nicolas Sassoon, SKYLIGHT, 2018, Digital animation, multi-channel, screens, variable dimensions
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Nicolas Sassoon, POSTER, 2020, laser engraving on durablack aluminum, 47x57cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, FRAME, 2020, laser engraving on durablack aluminum, 52x62cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, SPEAKER, 2020, laser engraving on durablack aluminum, 47x57cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, GEAR, 2020, laser engraving on durablack aluminum, 100x52cm
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Nicolas Sassoon, EXIT SIGN, 2020, laser engraving on durablack aluminum, 47x39cm

Password for video: holding
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CORES
Nicolas Sassoon & Rick Silva
8 Digital animations, 4K, 15minutes 8 seconds, 2020-ongoing
No sound

CORES is an ongoing collaborative project initiated in 2019 by artists Nicolas Sassoon (Vancouver, BC) and
Rick Silva (Eugene, OR) that focuses on 3D renderings of altered geological specimens. Sassoon and Silva
share an ongoing theme in their individual practices; the depiction of wilderness and natural forms through
computer imaging. Created by merging their respective fields of visual research, CORES features different
types of high-resolution 3D scanned rocks inhabited by unnatural substances and enigmatic structures. The
project draws from various sources ranging from climate studies to science-fiction to create 3D generated
video works reflecting on contamination, mutation and future ecologies.
Additionally, the project is complemented with an essay written by researchers and writers Elise Hunchuck
& Jussi Parikka, titled “Eight fragments on Eight Stones” – published in the publication accompanying the
exhibition SUBTERRANEA.