Author: Wanda

ARIANESPACE, GUIANA SPACE CENTER

Vincent Fournier is a French artist who explores significant mythologies of the future such as space exploration, utopian architecture, artificial intelligence, living transformation…  In his imaginary archives, one’s memory works both ways, in the past but also in the future. A world where you can remember things before they happen.

THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, BRASILIA

KJELL HENRIKSEN OBSERVATORY, NORWAY

SPACEPORT AMERICA, NEW MEXICO

TOKYO STORM SEWER SYSTEM, JAPAN

After being awarded a diploma in both sociology and visual arts, he studied at the National School of Photography in Arles, worked several years as creative director and photographer in the advertising and movie industry before leaving for a great trip around the world.

PORTRAIT

SHATI SADAN HOUSE, AHMEDABAD, INDIA

PORTRAIT

ADVERTISING, BEIJING, CHINA

He realized then his first series, TOUR OPERATOR, which put the bases of his photographic style: contrasts of scale, sharp architectural composition, precision of the aestheticism, mastery of natural light, interest in paradoxical situations embodying tension and irony…

WHITE SAND DESERT, PICNIC AREA, NEW MEXICO

SNOWSCAPE, SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO, NORWAY

NOOR, OUARZAZATE, MOROCCO

MENDENHALL GLACIER, JUNEAU, ALASKA

SPACE PROJECT is his founding project, a genuine world tour of the most emblematic space research centers. ⁣“My work is very freely inspired by the dream and mystery that scientific and technological utopias resonate in the collective imagination”

SOUSY SVALBARD RADAR,  NORWAY

REVERBERANT ACOUSTIC TEST FACILITY, OHIO

SPACE HELMET, NASA, FLORIDA

MARS DESERT RESEARCH  STATION, UTAH

GENERAL BORIS, YURI GARGARIN C.TC., RUSSIA

SPACE UTOPIA, published by RIZZOLI,  is a journey through the history of  space  exploration… from the memories of the Apollo program that followed the first steps of man on the moon, to the future NASA SLS rocket destined for Mars.

Artificial intelligence and robotics will become his other playground with THE MAN MACHINE series. This project is a reflection on how artificial creatures such as robots or other avatars can evolve in our day-to-day life. 

INMOOV, OPEN SOURCE,3D-PRINTED ROBOT

MURATA BOY, NAGAOKAKYO-100 SHI, KYOTO,  JAPAN

REEM B, BARCELONA, SPAIN

KOBIAN ROBOT, WASEDA UNIVERSITY, TOKYO

KOSMIC MEMORIES reveals extraordinary architectures, veritable totems of civilization of the future erected as so many signs of a possible elsewhere.

OSTRA, KOSMIC MEMORIES

KADINJACA, KOSMIC MEMORIES

BUZLUDZHA, KOSMIC MEMORIES

BRASILIA, A TIME CAPSULE – The Brazilian capital designed by Oscar Niemeyer and built in the middle of a desert, embodies the vision of the future of the 60s. The horizontality of the city contributes to attracting our gaze to the infinite.

NATIONAL CONGRESS OF BRASIL, BRASILIA

THE ITAMARATY PALACE,  PANEL BY ATHOS BULCAO

THE ITAMARATY PALACE, SPIRAL STAIRS

FACADE OF THE CLAUDIO SANTORO NATIONAL THEATER

POST NATURAL HISTORY raises the question of the possible mutations of living organisms by technology and in particular biological engineering.

DRAGONFLY, VOLATILE INORGANIC-SENSITIVE ANIMAL

THE FLESH FLOWERS, ASTERAE

SCORPION USED FOR SEMI AUTOMATED SURGERY

THE UNBREAKABLE HEART – RUBIS COMPOSITE

If the photography remains his medium of preference, 3D printing, video or installations can accompany his projects.
His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum New York, LVMH Foundation Paris, Centre Pompidou Paris, and the Mori Art Museum Tokyo.

ROBOTIC JELLY FISH DRONE, MORI ART MUSEUM, TOKYO

SPACE PROJECT, THE MET, NEW YORK