Cyrielle Gulacsy

With the influence of modern sciences, the work of Cyrielle Gulacsy evolves towards the representation of an imperceptible reality close to abstraction, revealing the invisible laws of nature. Space-time, electromagnetism and light diffraction are her fields of research and experimentation, she explores our perception of light through space and time, trying to reveal the matter that composes it. Each point, whether it is the measure of a particle or a celestial object, gives substance to an inaccessible reality and offers a point of view at the same time intimate and dizzying of the world which surrounds us.

Since the emergence of the first particle, matter assembles itself thanks to light, forming increasingly complex objects, stars, galaxies. Light is what links us to the cosmos, bringing us informations, from the origin of the universe to the appearance of life. Life, itself, is among the most luminous objects the universe has produced. This idea, developed by the astrophysicist David Elbaz in “La plus belle ruse de la lumière” is at the origin of this series of photography, in which we can distinguish a multitude of bright dots like the constellations of a starry night. But these light sources are much closer to us, on earth. This is the thermal signature of bees. The heat they emit radiates as infrared light and is then captured by a thermal camera. Using the cyanotype technique developed by astronomer William Herschel in 1842, the invisible light from the bees' heat is made visible by the daylight needed for the cyanotype to reveal itself. This series marks a turning point in the work of Cyrielle Gulacsy, introducing living being, while keeping exploring light, this time, terrestrial light.

Depuis l'origine de l'univers la matière s'assemble grâce à la lumière, formant ainsi des objets de plus en plus complexes, des étoiles, des galaxies, engendrant ainsi toujours plus de lumière. La lumière est ce qui nous lie au cosmos, depuis l'origine de l'univers jusqu'à l'apparition de la vie. Il se trouve que la vie elle-même compte parmi les formes complexes les plus lumineuses que l'univers ait engendré. Cette idée, développée et calculée par l'astrophysicien David Elbaz dans son livre ”la plus belle ruse de la lumière” est à l'origine la série “lumière terrestre”. Dans cette série de photos, on peut distinguer une multitude de points lumineux répartis dans l'espace comme les constellations d'un ciel étoilé. Ces sources de lumière sont pourtant bien plus proches de nous, sur terre. Il s'agit de la signature thermique des abeilles. La chaleur qu'elles émettent rayonne en lumière infrarouge et est ensuite capturée par une caméra thermique. En utilisant la technique du cyanotype mise au point par l'astronome William Herschel en 1842 pour imprimer ces photos, la lumière invisible de la chaleur des abeilles est rendue visible par la lumière du jour, nécessaire au cyanotype pour se révéler.

Le génie humain envoie dans l'espace des télescopes de plus en plus perfectionnés dotés de caméras infrarouge pour observer dans l'infiniment lointain des objets célestes, souvent invisibles, qui s'éloignent de nous du fait de l'expansion de l'univers. Dans cette série, l'artiste utilise les mêmes caméras infrarouge pour regarder cette fois dans notre environnement proche des objets qui pourtant loin d'être invisible, disparaissent peu à peu du champ de notre attention collective. Cette série marque un tournant dans la recherche de l'artiste qui introduit pour la première fois le vivant dans son travail, tout en poursuivant son exploration de la lumière, mais cette fois, de la lumière terrestre.

Since the emergence of the first particle, matter assembles itself thanks to light, forming increasingly complex objects, stars, galaxies, thus generating ever more light. Light is what links us to the cosmos, bringing us informations, from the origin of the known universe to the appearance of life. It turns out that life itself is among the most luminous objects the universe has produced. This idea, developed and calculated by the astrophysicist David Elbaz in his book “La plus belle ruse de la lumière” (“The most beautiful trick of light”) is at the origin of the “terrestrial light” series. In this series of photography, we can distinguish a multitude of bright dots distributed in space like the constellations of a starry night. But these light sources are much closer to us, on earth. This is the thermal signature of bees. 
The heat they emit radiates as infrared light and is then captured by a thermal camera. Using the cyanotype technique developed by astronomer William Herschel in 1842 to print these photos, the invisible light from the bees' heat is made visible by the daylight needed for the cyanotype to reveal itself.

Human genius is sending increasingly sophisticated telescopes equipped with infrared cameras into deep space to observe extremely distant celestial objects, often invisible, moving away from us due to the expansion of the universe. In this series, the same infrared cameras are used to look this time in our close environment, objects which far from being invisible are however gradually disappearing from the field of our collective attention. This series marks a turning point in the work I was doing until now by introducing living being, while keeping exploring light. But this time, terrestrial light.

Dans cette série, on distingue une multitude de points lumineux répartis dans l'espace comme les constellations d'un ciel étoilé. Ces sources de lumière sont pourtant bien plus proches de nous, sur terre. Il s'agit de la signature thermique des abeilles. La chaleur qu'elles émettent rayonne en lumière infrarouge et est ensuite capturée par une caméra thermique. En utilisant la technique du cyanotype mise au point par l'astronome William Herschel en 1842 pour imprimer ces photos, la lumière invisible de la chaleur des abeilles est rendue visible par la lumière du jour, nécessaire au cyanotype pour se révéler.

Spacetime Warp is a set of wooden sculptures, which offer a metaphor of general relativity. The trees contain within them a very particular testimony of the passage of time. The distance formed between each ring during a specific lapse of time symbolizes a form of materialized space-time. By sculpting each piece of wood in the same way that stars bend space-time by their mass, Spacetime Warp operates a symbolic inversion between visible and invisible. The act of carving makes matter disappear and gives shape to emptiness. Space-time, through the patterns left by the rings becomes palpable and visible, as the star is guessed by the light that can be seen at the end of the cavity.

Spacetime Warp is a set of wooden sculptures, which offer a metaphor of general relativity. The trees contain within them a very particular testimony of the passage of time. The distance formed between each ring during a specific lapse of time symbolizes a form of materialized space-time. By sculpting each piece of wood in the same way that stars bend space-time by their mass, Spacetime Warp operates a symbolic inversion between visible and invisible. The act of carving makes matter disappear and gives shape to emptiness. Space-time, through the patterns left by the rings becomes palpable and visible, as the star is guessed by the light that can be seen at the end of the cavity.

Time Warp is a set of wooden sculptures, which offer a metaphor of general relativity. The trees contain within them a very particular testimony of the passage of time. The distance formed between each ring during a specific lapse of time symbolizes a form of materialized space-time. By sculpting each piece of wood in the same way that stars bend space-time by their mass, Time Warp operates a symbolic inversion between visible and invisible. The act of carving makes matter disappear and gives shape to emptiness. Space-time, through the patterns left by the rings becomes palpable and visible, as the star is guessed by the light that can be seen at the end of the cavity.

Time Warp is a set of wooden sculptures, which offer a metaphor of general relativity. The trees contain within them a very particular testimony of the passage of time. The distance formed between each ring during a specific lapse of time symbolizes a form of materialized space-time. By sculpting each piece of wood in the same way that stars bend space-time by their mass, Time Warp operates a symbolic inversion between visible and invisible. The act of carving makes matter disappear and gives shape to emptiness. Space-time, through the patterns left by the rings becomes palpable and visible, as the star is guessed by the light that can be seen at the end of the cavity.

The Solar dynamics series is a representation of the sun, through an hydrogen filter (H-Alpha) applied on a telescope by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It allows to observe with great precision the details of the chromosphere, a thin but very active layer of the solar atmosphere.
The 24 drawings composing this series correspond to the decomposition of the sun's rotational movement over 24 hours. The dot becomes a tool of mise en abyme where the big white circle of the sun is itself a composition of an infinity of points.

The Solar dynamics series is a representation of the sun, through an hydrogen filter (H-Alpha) applied on a telescope by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It allows to observe with great precision the details of the chromosphere, a thin but very active layer of the solar atmosphere.
The 24 drawings composing this series correspond to the decomposition of the sun's rotational movement over 24 hours. The dot becomes a tool of mise en abyme where the big white circle of the sun is itself a composition of an infinity of points.

The Solar dynamics series is a representation of the sun, through an hydrogen filter (H-Alpha) applied on a telescope by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It allows to observe with great precision the details of the chromosphere, a thin but very active layer of the solar atmosphere.
The 24 drawings composing this series correspond to the decomposition of the sun's rotational movement over 24 hours. The dot becomes a tool of mise en abyme where the big white circle of the sun is itself a composition of an infinity of points.

The Composantes spectrales (spectral components) series follows from on the previous artist’s research on the light’s diffraction using coloured dots. Cyrielle Gulascy evolves in her work of light representing. In this series, the scale of each dot is widened to emphasize on the propagation phenomenon. It allows to show even more all the colors that the eyes cannot see naturally.

The Composantes spectrales (spectral components) series follows from on the previous artist's research on the light's diffraction using coloured dots. Cyrielle Gulascy evolves in her work of light representing. In this series, the scale of each dot is widened to emphasize on the propagation phenomenon. It allows to show even more all the colors that the eyes cannot see naturally.

The Composantes spectrales (spectral components) series follows from on the previous artist’s research on the light’s diffraction using coloured dots. Cyrielle Gulascy evolves in her work of light representing. In this series, the scale of each dot is widened to emphasize on the propagation phenomenon. It allows to show even more all the colors that the eyes cannot see naturally.

The Composantes spectrales (spectral components) series follows from on the previous artist's research on the light's diffraction using coloured dots. Cyrielle Gulascy evolves in her work of light representing. In this series, the scale of each dot is widened to emphasize on the propagation phenomenon. It allows to show even more all the colors that the eyes cannot see naturally.

Light Diffusion is a series of paintings that makes the link between white Light and visible light.
Through the articulation of color and brush dots, the artist tries to interpret of the passage of white light through the earth’s atmosphere. The particularity of this phenomenon is that it diffuses the light in such a way that it appears primarily blue.

In the Exosphère series Cyrielle Gulacsy continues her pictural exploration based on natural phenomenon, especially on the very essence of light.
The "Exosphere" refers to the most external layer of the atmosphere, which reaches the void of interstellar space. Despite the black appearance of the canvas' surface, it is indeed the light that the artist focuses on, by painting these different dots. The lack of atmosphere in this stratum prevents the light from releasing, which explains the dark, almost black aspect.

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The Solar dynamics series is a representation of the sun, through an hydrogen filter (H-Alpha) applied on a telescope by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It allows to observe with great precision the details of the chromosphere, a thin but very active layer of the solar atmosphere.
The 24 drawings composing this series correspond to the decomposition of the sun's rotational movement over 24 hours. The dot becomes a tool of mise en abyme where the big white circle of the sun is itself a composition of an infinity of points.

The Solar dynamics series is a representation of the sun, through an hydrogen filter (H-Alpha) applied on a telescope by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It allows to observe with great precision the details of the chromosphere, a thin but very active layer of the solar atmosphere.
The 24 drawings composing this series correspond to the decomposition of the sun's rotational movement over 24 hours. The dot becomes a tool of mise en abyme where the big white circle of the sun is itself a composition of an infinity of points.

The Solar dynamics series is a representation of the sun, through an hydrogen filter (H-Alpha) applied on a telescope by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It allows to observe with great precision the details of the chromosphere, a thin but very active layer of the solar atmosphere.
The 24 drawings composing this series correspond to the decomposition of the sun's rotational movement over 24 hours. The dot becomes a tool of mise en abyme where the big white circle of the sun is itself a composition of an infinity of points.

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The Composantes spectrales (spectral components) series follows from on the previous artist's research on the light's diffraction using coloured dots. Cyrielle Gulascy evolves in her work of light representing. In this series, the scale of each dot is widened to emphasize on the propagation phenomenon. It allows to show even more all the colors that the eyes cannot see naturally.