Christophe Berdaguer et Marie Péjus, 7ème Continent, Lauréats du Prix Fondation d' Entreprise Ricard 2007

until monday february 02 2009
Centre Pompidou
T : +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33
Place Georges Pompidou
75004 Paris
France

press contact
Isabelle Danto
T : +33 (0)1 44 78 42 00
isabelle.danto@centrepompidou.fr
www.centrepompidou.fr

www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com

Every year since 2000, the Centre Pompidou has welcomed the Prix Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, in recognition of an artist representative of the young French art scene.

The 2007 prize was awarded by a jury of collectors to Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus for their work 7ème continent.

Since the mid-nineties, Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus have been exploring a dimension of the visual arts strongly associated with architecture and focused on an analysis of the environment and the production of projects in relation to housing or land use planning.

From 21 October 2008, they will be presenting 7ème continent, a light installation made up of a Perspex hemisphere equipped with an electronic programmer and fluorescent lamps that artificially generate the daily spectrum of light. The work, like the dazzling sun, offers an invitation to meditation and reflection. In the light of this luminous sphere that captures the attention, the boundaries between imagination and reality fade away.