{"id":7807,"title":"Philippe Morvan: \u201cMy project is not telling you everything\u201d","featured_image":"https:\/\/staroriga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/H-copy.jpg","number":"","address":"","address-text":"","lat":"","lng":"","working_hours":"","object_type":"","object_color":"#000000","content_old":"

The vivid scenic design artist Philippe Morvan<\/a> is part of the Staro R\u012bga 2014<\/a> light festival, which starts at the 14th<\/sup> of November. It is his first time in Riga and he really likes the atmosphere of the European Capital of Culture. The historic city appears to him as a calm and wonderful urban area with nice and peaceful inhabitants. He is going to tell us about Riga and his own fascinating project.<\/p>\n

Riga is doing well<\/b><\/p>\n

Monsieur Morvan is honoured to be part of the first Latvian ECoC although he didn\u2019t except Riga 2014 to be that amazing and comfortable. In Philippe\u2019s opinion every organizer is doing as best as they can to make the artist feel homelike and contented. Moreover he thinks Riga 2014 puts the Latvian capital more into the centre of the European Union. Philippe says that this \u201cis a nice and positive outcome\u201d.<\/p>\n

Art that speaks to everyone<\/b><\/p>\n

The Staro Riga 2014 light festival starts today and the preparation of the cities light infrastructure is promising four great nights. Not for nothing the Staro Riga 2014 light festival is the biggest light festival in the region.<\/p>\n

During the festival, the facades of buildings, bridges, monuments and parks become light and video technology installations. These constructions are accompanied by music and theatre elements. In the context of the light festival, the urban environment becomes a living contemporary art space that speaks to everyone who is currently in Riga.<\/p>\n

Intention is no intention<\/b><\/p>\n

Philippe\u2019s artwork Cosmogole has already been build up in Lyon, Amiens, Helsinki, Leipzig and Jerusalem and there were no two interpretations the same. \u201cThe name of the project Cosmogole is actually a joke\u201d, Philippe Morvan explains. He took the project\u2019s name from a French cartoon from the 1970s century called Shadoks<\/a>. It is originally an older animated television series that was produced by the French cartoonist Jacques Rouxel. It was first broadcasted in 1968 and a sensation back then in France. In Philippe\u2019s opinion the projects name Cosmogole provides a huge amount of energy. Therefore there could be a relation to the French words cosmologie or cosmopolite.\u00a0 As free as the projects name is as free is the idea behind that project. Because there \u201cis no particular idea behind it\u201d, Monsieur Morvane clarifies. That is why he assumes his work as work with \u201cfree brains\u201d. He also sees his art as a political act because his artistic scenario is to catch people who normally do not leave the house. Simultaneously Cosmogole is trying to fight against mass media and advertising.<\/p>\n

\u201cC\u2019est tr\u00e8s emotional\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Still his projects intention is very polite and friendly because he wants to give something new to the public. He says himself, that he doesn\u2019t like every mapping project. \u201dThey tell you anything without leaving space for personal interpretation. My project is different. It is not telling you everything\u201d. But there is one thing all participants should bring to his project \u2013 the power of imagination. Once there you will view an orchestra of vivid light instruments with over 100 light objects combining in a fabulous symphony of light and sound. The music and light score creates a mood and atmosphere that can only be felt by being there.<\/p>\n

<\/b>By <\/b>Tobias Grimm\/Connecting Cities<\/p>","contentt":"The vivid scenic design artist Philippe Morvan is part of the Staro R\u012bga 2014 light festival, which starts at the 14th of November. It is his first time in Riga and he really likes the atmosphere of the European Capital of Culture. The historic city appears to him as a calm and wonderful urban area with nice and peaceful inhabitants. He is going to tell us about Riga and his own fascinating project.\nRiga is doing well\nMonsieur Morvan is honoured to be part of the first Latvian ECoC although he didn\u2019t except Riga 2014 to be that amazing and comfortable. In Philippe\u2019s opinion every organizer is doing as best as they can to make the artist feel homelike and contented. Moreover he thinks Riga 2014 puts the Latvian capital more into the centre of the European Union. Philippe says that this \u201cis a nice and positive outcome\u201d.\nArt that speaks to everyone\nThe Staro Riga 2014 light festival starts today and the preparation of the cities light infrastructure is promising four great nights. Not for nothing the Staro Riga 2014 light festival is the biggest light festival in the region.\nDuring the festival, the facades of buildings, bridges, monuments and parks become light and video technology installations. These constructions are accompanied by music and theatre elements. In the context of the light festival, the urban environment becomes a living contemporary art space that speaks to everyone who is currently in Riga.\nIntention is no intention\nPhilippe\u2019s artwork Cosmogole has already been build up in Lyon, Amiens, Helsinki, Leipzig and Jerusalem and there were no two interpretations the same. \u201cThe name of the project Cosmogole is actually a joke\u201d, Philippe Morvan explains. He took the project\u2019s name from a French cartoon from the 1970s century called Shadoks. It is originally an older animated television series that was produced by the French cartoonist Jacques Rouxel. It was first broadcasted in 1968 and a sensation back then in France. In Philippe\u2019s opinion the projects name Cosmogole provides a huge amount of energy. Therefore there could be a relation to the French words cosmologie or cosmopolite.\u00a0 As free as the projects name is as free is the idea behind that project. Because there \u201cis no particular idea behind it\u201d, Monsieur Morvane clarifies. That is why he assumes his work as work with \u201cfree brains\u201d. He also sees his art as a political act because his artistic scenario is to catch people who normally do not leave the house. Simultaneously Cosmogole is trying to fight against mass media and advertising.\n\u201cC\u2019est tr\u00e8s emotional\u201d\nStill his projects intention is very polite and friendly because he wants to give something new to the public. He says himself, that he doesn\u2019t like every mapping project. \u201dThey tell you anything without leaving space for personal interpretation. My project is different. It is not telling you everything\u201d. But there is one thing all participants should bring to his project \u2013 the power of imagination. Once there you will view an orchestra of vivid light instruments with over 100 light objects combining in a fabulous symphony of light and sound. The music and light score creates a mood and atmosphere that can only be felt by being there.\nBy Tobias Grimm\/Connecting Cities","content":"

The vivid scenic design artist Philippe Morvan<\/a> is part of the Staro R\u012bga 2014<\/a> light festival, which starts at the 14th<\/sup> of November. It is his first time in Riga and he really likes the atmosphere of the European Capital of Culture. The historic city appears to him as a calm and wonderful urban area with nice and peaceful inhabitants. He is going to tell us about Riga and his own fascinating project.<\/p>\n

Riga is doing well<\/b><\/p>\n

Monsieur Morvan is honoured to be part of the first Latvian ECoC although he didn\u2019t except Riga 2014 to be that amazing and comfortable. In Philippe\u2019s opinion every organizer is doing as best as they can to make the artist feel homelike and contented. Moreover he thinks Riga 2014 puts the Latvian capital more into the centre of the European Union. Philippe says that this \u201cis a nice and positive outcome\u201d.<\/p>\n

Art that speaks to everyone<\/b><\/p>\n

The Staro Riga 2014 light festival starts today and the preparation of the cities light infrastructure is promising four great nights. Not for nothing the Staro Riga 2014 light festival is the biggest light festival in the region.<\/p>\n

During the festival, the facades of buildings, bridges, monuments and parks become light and video technology installations. These constructions are accompanied by music and theatre elements. In the context of the light festival, the urban environment becomes a living contemporary art space that speaks to everyone who is currently in Riga.<\/p>\n

Intention is no intention<\/b><\/p>\n

Philippe\u2019s artwork Cosmogole has already been build up in Lyon, Amiens, Helsinki, Leipzig and Jerusalem and there were no two interpretations the same. \u201cThe name of the project Cosmogole is actually a joke\u201d, Philippe Morvan explains. He took the project\u2019s name from a French cartoon from the 1970s century called Shadoks<\/a>. It is originally an older animated television series that was produced by the French cartoonist Jacques Rouxel. It was first broadcasted in 1968 and a sensation back then in France. In Philippe\u2019s opinion the projects name Cosmogole provides a huge amount of energy. Therefore there could be a relation to the French words cosmologie or cosmopolite.\u00a0 As free as the projects name is as free is the idea behind that project. Because there \u201cis no particular idea behind it\u201d, Monsieur Morvane clarifies. That is why he assumes his work as work with \u201cfree brains\u201d. He also sees his art as a political act because his artistic scenario is to catch people who normally do not leave the house. Simultaneously Cosmogole is trying to fight against mass media and advertising.<\/p>\n

\u201cC\u2019est tr\u00e8s emotional\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Still his projects intention is very polite and friendly because he wants to give something new to the public. He says himself, that he doesn\u2019t like every mapping project. \u201dThey tell you anything without leaving space for personal interpretation. My project is different. It is not telling you everything\u201d. But there is one thing all participants should bring to his project \u2013 the power of imagination. Once there you will view an orchestra of vivid light instruments with over 100 light objects combining in a fabulous symphony of light and sound. The music and light score creates a mood and atmosphere that can only be felt by being there.<\/p>\n

<\/b>By <\/b>Tobias Grimm\/Connecting Cities<\/p>","excerpt":"

The vivid scenic design artist Philippe Morvan is part of the Staro R\u012bga 2014 light festival, which starts at the 14th of November. It is his first time in Riga and he really likes the atmosphere of the European Capital of Culture. The historic city appears to him as a calm and wonderful urban area […]<\/p>\n","link":"https:\/\/staroriga.lv\/en\/jaunumi\/english-philippe-morvan-my-project-is-not-telling-you-everything\/"}