CEREMONY S.L.
“ S.elf L.ess ”
01 CONCEPTUALIZATION
S. + L. = S.L.
Inside the Archiepiscopal Palace of Tau the Treasure room houses the royal treasures of the Cathedral Notre-Dame as well as other remarkable objects associated with the coronation of the French Kings such as the Talisman of Charlemagne the Reliquary of the Holy Thorn, the Coronation Chalice the Reliquary of Sixte and the Reliquary of the Resurrection
Combined with the Treasure, three sculptures framed between two pieces of glass conceptualize Salvador Lia's creative formula: S. + L. = S.L.
02 INSTALLATION I
L.ARCHE DU S.IEL
translated as " S.ky’s Arch "
Banqueting Hall
Inside the biggest room of the Palace where a banquet was held by the king right after the coronation ceremony in the Cathedral
Fleur-de-lys tapestries merge with the floral installation of the creators. Suspended to the nine masts of the wooden frame with silk yarns, ten thousand of roses and butterflies float in the air « L.arche du S.iel » is an installation in suspension an invitation to a sensation, an upside down S.ail boat to travel the exhibition
03 INSTALLATION II
LE S.ENS DE L.AUTRE
translated as " S.ense "
Palatine Chapel
Adorned with the altar trapping ordered in 1809 by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for his wedding with Marie Louise Duchess of Parma, the Palatine Chapel still holds its medieval aspect and architecture from the 13th century. Composed with a series of art pieces in couture, design and sculpture, the installation « le S.ens de L.autre » evokes a direction, an upward motion shaped in a S.piritual dimension
04 COUTURE
L. ÉVATION DE S.OIE
translated as " S.elf L.ift "
As an extension of the six golden candlesticks of the altar trapping Salvador Lia imagines a series of six black silk tunics of seven meters long. Facing each other on each side of the Chapel the complementary masculine and feminine couture creations surround two black wooden consoles positioned at the center
05 DESIGN
S.piral en L.évitation
the consoles exhibited inside the Palatine Chapel
Shaped in a S.piral in front of the altar two wooden black lacquered consoles offer to the candlesticks and the cross a throne in L.evitation
06 SCULPTURE
LE S.ENS DE LA L.UMIÈRE
translated as " S.ense L.ight "
Series of two S.culptures in bas-relief framed between two pieces of glass Dimensions : 50 x 70 x 5 cm Unique art pieces created by S.L.
07 INSTALLATION III
S.IX DONS DE L.AUTRE EN S.OI
translated as “ S.ix gifts from one L.se to one S.elf ”
Lower room - Archiepiscopal Palace of Tau
Under the lower room’s groined vaults, Salvador Lia positions S.ix black cubic shaped metallic S.tructures to conceptualize a series of gifts. The interaction between the edifice and the S.tructures redefine the L.ines between the Palace’s gothic architecture and its interior S.pace
The installation « S.ix dons de L.autre en S.oi » invites the spectator to penetrate the S.tructures to experience a spatial fusion between one S.elf and one S.pace. Hanged at the summits of the S.tructures a series of S.culptures symbolize gifts inside their boxes and crystallize S.ix L.inks :
Naissance — L.ien maternel
Enfance — L.ien émotionnel
Transcendance — L.ien personnel
Descendance — L.ien éternel
Ascendance — L.ien paternel
Alliance — L.ien S.L.
08 S.IEL
translated as S.ky
S.ign of cross on S.kies S.eries of S.ix photographs
09 L.EAU
translated as L.ight
L.ighted water S.ource S.eries of S.ixteen photographs