The 12-hour time difference between these two points meant that the average was almost always the same as that between day and night, i.e. an average monochromatic blue. Cloud cover introduced nuances of grey, of clear blue sky and of dark blue.

Some 20,000 km separated us as we watched the rising and setting of the Australian sun. The installation prompted our consciousness into expanding its focus to a planetary scale.

Associated graphic works:

The day and the night. Drawing on blue millimeter.
Original. Format 29.7 x 21 cm. – 1995

The day and the night. Drawing on paper.
Original. Format 29.7 x 21 cm. – 1995

The day and the night. Variation I
Pastel drawings on blue.
Original. Format 70 x 100 cm. – 2008

The day and the night. Variation II
Drawing pastels on blue.
Original. Format 50 x 50 cm. – 2008