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ORB: UNDER THE SAME SUN

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:02:16 +0000

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Orb draws its inspiration from the ancient Egyptian heritage around it. The choice of form and materials in the piece is presented as a direct reference to elements of mathematics and symbolism present in ancient Egyptian culture and in the pyramids in particular.

The shape of the piece alludes to the ‘pi’ number concealed in the geometry of the pyramids and found when dividing the perimeter of a pyramid by twice its height. The sphere is an invisible part of the resulting geometry since a sphere with a radius as high as the pyramid would have a circumference very close in length to the pyramid’s perimeter. The surface of the artwork captures the pyramids, the sky, the surroundings and the viewers in a multiple fragmented reflection. It references the role of the circular mirror in historical Egyptian symbolism, where it was linked to the sun and conveyed notions of creation and rebirth.

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GUARDIANS OF THE WIND

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:55:50 +0000

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The Thirst series comprises works that are closely and directly related to water and air in addition to the stories that shape human connections to them from a local, global and cosmic perspective. The Guardians of the Wind is a figurine made from rusted water pipes used in the dried-up springs on rural farms which are transformed into an interactive musical instrument with air, animals, and people.

These pipes are covered with various branches of palm trees that make them look like futuristic fossils of mythical creatures making musical sounds as the wind moves through them while people walk between and under them. The parts of the palm trees and metal/plastic pipes are sourced from the Egyptian countryside. The work is in harmony with its context and the context of ancient Egypt, which was a marvel in irrigation and watering systems. It gazes deeply at space and the stars searching for that knowledge. The shape of the work and the locations of the figures will resemble the locations of the stars used as a guide for irrigation. It is installed on an iron base and covered with sand in order not to affect the archaeological site.

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SECRETS OF TIME

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:49:00 +0000

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The Great Pyramids of Giza are a symbol of permanence in a world where lives are short, a visual symbol of power in a world where power is transitory. For centuries, humankind has tried to explain the exact method used to build the Pyramids. It is still mysterious in these modern times of ours. Secrets of Time celebrates the greatness of the Pyramids of Giza and encompasses everything from the country’s ancient civilisation to a long list of Egyptian superlatives and achievements in culture, science and more.

Inspired by the words of Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour, time does not disclose its secrets to humankind. The sculpture’s striking colour will contrast with the monochrome beige of the Great Pyramids. The sculpture will stand as a testimony to the mystery of the Pyramids while offering the viewers an anamorphic experience from a certain focal point.

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INSIDE OUT GIZA

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:44:20 +0000

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Inside Out Giza is the first Inside Out Photobooth installation in Egypt—every participant will visit the pyramid-shaped interactive photobooth and receive a large-scale black and white portrait that will be pasted onto billboards in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza, making an ephemeral personal statement in front of this timeless monument.

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THE POWER IS YOURS

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:38:23 +0000

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The Power Is Yours is one of the most iconic rallying calls for the environment which began 30 years ago with Captain Planet, the first multi-racial environmental children’s series. Although it only aired for six seasons, this Saturday morning program deviated from the previous focus on a Western-centric hero and is still remembered as the first exposure to a generation of youth around the world about environmental issues. The upcoming conference on climate change shifts the perspective of climate issues, allowing voices from Africa, the Middle East and Asia to be able to be a greater part of the narrative.

This participative solar art installation comprises 1,200 lights built with sustainable materials, pottery and upcycled plastic bottles, assembled in collaboration with youth volunteers who will each have 30 minutes to make a solar light that lasts for five years. The lamps for the installation are being produced by a cooperative of 200 ceramic potters from the city of Safi, Morocco, which recently received recognition from UNESCO as a world city for the ceramics industry.

In this collaborative project with SHEMS for Lighting, we are hoping to produce multiple renditions of this human-powered billboard during Forever Is Now .02, as well as in cultural heritage sites around the region, creating a global link between UNESCO sites to amplify youth voices and express a collective hope for the future, a future where each person knows that they have the power to make a difference.

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DREAMS IN GIZA

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:33:22 +0000

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Dreams In Giza is a monumental artwork especially created for Forever Is Now .02 by Art D’Égypte and sponsored by GALLERIA CONTINUA. It’s a perfect union of the colorful and exuberant art of Pascale Marthine Tayou and the majestic and timeless history and culture of Egypt.

Twenty stainless steel tubes rise from the hot sand. Like flutes, ancient witnesses of the banquets and celebrations of the pharaohs, these new totems whistle and play with the wind. They are adorned with colored wooden eggs, symbols of good omen, of rebirth, a key element in the works of Tayou but also a reference to ancient Egyptian mythology, where the Cosmic Egg held a central place as a primordial symbol of birth and creation, generating the sun god Ra.

In Tayou’s words, “This project is an inspired poem from the verses of the gods because… Last night I dreamed that I was a baby pharaoh… Lying in a golden egg-shaped cradle delicately placed in the heart of the treasures of Giza.”

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A Pyramid In Other Vocabularies

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:29:11 +0000

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“When you are fascinated by something, you see it in everything. My fascination with the many civilisations of Egypt has made me see them as one entity, each reflecting the other. From another visual dimension, I see them completely intertwined, no matter how different their details are. This project represents the merging between the ancient Egyptian and the civilisations that followed it in a contemporary rendering that interprets what I see.”

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SPIRIT OF HATHOR

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:24:33 +0000

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he beloved Goddess Hathor embodies all that is universally feminine—beauty, love, fertility, music, dancing and pleasure. Loved equally by all women and men, she was the counterpart of the Sun God Ra and the Sky God Horus and honoured as the symbolic mother of the pharaohs. Strong of spirit, a protector of women in body and soul, for rich and poor alike, Hathor maintained order and harmony, balanced the light and the dark and was worshipped as the Goddess of the Afterlife.

In the Spirit of Hathor, the sensuously curved interlocking horns reach up to the heavens balancing the implied masculinity of the bold steel in a harmonious union, holding the marble sun on high for all to see while echoing the sacred geometrical lines of the Great Pyramids.

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CAMOULFLAGE 1.618: THE UNFINISHED OBELISK

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:19:55 +0000

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Camoulflage is a portmanteau, a combination of the words ‘camel’ and ‘camouflage’, inspired by the history and legacy of the camel in the region and the way the animals blend with the desert dunes. The installation strikes the audience as a desert scene from which an abstract camel silhouette emerges. Just as the animal’s natural colouring and form enable it to blend in with its surroundings, so too does the installation meld with its desert backdrop, almost mimicking ancient Egyptian artefacts. In this work, the camels have transformed into an obelisk, revisiting the story of the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan.

In Egyptian mythology, the obelisk symbolised the sun god Ra. The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of Aswan. The body of this obelisk is in shades of natural camel hair from different carefully selected camel breeds. Reinforced metal rods, used in all modern construction, are used in mesh form in the obelisk, reflecting a scene we witness every day in our modern lives and cities, that of half-done buildings and skeletons of future landscapes.

Camoulflage 1.618 is part of the Camoulflage series and is named after the golden ratio, a special number approximately equal to 1.618 that appears many times in mathematics, geometry, art, architecture and especially in nature. The Great Pyramid of Giza reveals that the positions and relative sizes of the pyramids may be based on the golden ratio. Evidence of the Golden Ratio in the Great Pyramid has been a complex mystery, hence the title Camoulflage 1.618.

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PANTHEONS OF DEITIES

ArtDegypte-AD — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:14:26 +0000

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There is a strong relationship at the Giza Plateau between the human body and the space itself, where human beings stand in connection to nature and the cosmos—and it is TIME that connects everything at this specific location. I designed the layout of a space represented by a circular plan that refers to a sundial, an instrument used in the past to indicate time by using a light spot or shadow cast by the position of the sun on a reference scale. Taking the concept of the sundial for my installation as a metaphor, I link between the sun, the earth and the passage of time.

By creating five vertical columns influenced by the ancient obelisk—one at the centre of the circular shape and four at the edge of the outline—I reference the principal points indicating time and the cardinal directions (compass). Only three different shapes are repeated, symbolizing the number of the Great Pyramids of Giza. Those columns represent several significant deities of the Old Kingdom. The first is Ra, the king of the deities, the father of all creation, and the patron of the sun; hence, I chose that the main column be symbolised by the sun disk. The second is Maat, the goddess of truth and the representation of the stability of the universe. Her symbol is the ostrich feather. The third is Osiris, the god of the underworld and of resurrection, symbolised by his Atef crown. Next comes Isis, the queen of gods and the goddess of maternity and birth, symbolised by the throne. And finally, there is Horus, the god of heaven and protection represented by the double crown.

By producing a repetitive production of each form and by showcasing them in an unsystematic and unorganised way, I created a dynamic composition which will help in designing a layout of a new dimension of the space and in building an interactive environment between the audience and the space itself. —Therese Antoine

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