LINES (TRAITS)
1989
SteLphan Barron and Sylvia Hansmann followed the Greenwich Meridian by car from the English Channel to the Mediterranean Sea and from Villers-sur-Mer to Castillon de la Plana.
With their car fax they regularly sent images and texts about their trip to other faxes located in 8 different European locations (among them was Ars Electronica).
The straight line drawn by the two artists was materialised by fax Transmissions in the 8 exhibition spaces and in the spectator's mind by imaginary lines, projections of the original meridian.
SteLphan Barron and Sylvia Hansmann thus created a new representation of line, one of the first symbols of humanity, a mental representation that integrated space, time and the human imagination. Pierre Restany talks about the "fractalisation of the meridian".
Pause sur le meLridien · Le meLridien à Villers-sur-Mer · Les 848 teLleLcopies de Traits
Extract of the video Lines
This video is distributed by Heure Exquise!
The catalogue of LINES, including texts by Pierre Restany, Markus Müller, and Mario Costa is an art edition designed by SteLphan Barron and edited by Rien de SpeLcial.
Texts on Lines project :
HATTINGER Gottfried , "Linien von SteLphan Barron und Sylvia Hansmann", Ars Electronica Festival Programm, Im Netz der System, sept. 1989, Linz, p.30
"El centre Espais entra en un viatge artistic a traves del telecopiador", Avui, 6 Sept. 89, Barcelona
BARBU TheLo, "The fax a new medium arouses new concepts", Artspeak, Novembre 1989 Vol XI n°5, New York
COSTA Mario, "Il viaggio di SteLphan e Sylvia ", in catalogue du projet Traits, Ed. Rien de SpeLcial, Secqueville-en-Bessin, 1990
French translation, "Le voyage de SteLphan et Sylvia"
ENGEL Jürgen, Ein Salto..., Artist Kunstmagazin, feLvrier 1991 n°8, Brême, pp.10-11
CAPELLA Anna, "Installacio del projecte Linies", Catalogue Espais Activitats 1989, Ed. Espais, Girona, 1990, p.159
CHABERT Ghilaine, "Un support artistique inattendu : La teLleLcopie", Le journal du teLleLphone, Avril 1990 n°7, pp. 51 à 55
"Linien", Kunstforum International n°101, Juin 1989, p. 432
BARRON SteLphan," Lines: A project by SteLphan Barron and Sylvia Hansmann ", Connectivity : Art and interactive Telecommunications, Leonardo, Vol 24 n°2, 1991, Berkeley, pp.185-186
MÜLLER Markus,"Linien", in catalogue du projet Traits, Ed. Rien de SpeLcial, Secqueville-en-Bessin, 1990
French translation : "Traits"
POPPER Frank, L'art à l'age eLlectronique, Ed. Hazan, Paris, 1993, p.133
FALGAS Jordi, "SteLphan Barron i Sylvia Hansmann", Punt Diari, n°3295, 24 Sept. 1989, GeLrone
RESTANY Pierre,"The meridian or the fractalized line", in catalogue du projet Traits, Ed. Rien de SpeLcial, Secqueville-en-Bessin, 1990
