PHARES

Artist| Milène Guermont
Year| 2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Medium| golden aluminium and light
Website| www.sculpturephares.com

Phares (stylized PHARES) is a monumental interactive sculpture[1] by Milène Guermont.[2]

This monument made of golden aluminium and light can be considered as a “beacon of headlights” (“phare de phares” in French).[3]

The first location of this 97-foot-high[4] artwork was next to the Obelisk on Place de la Concorde in Paris (from October 2015 till April 2016)[5] where the first public test of electric lighting in the world happened in 1843.[6]

Passers-by can transmit their heart rhythms directly into PHARES via a built-in sensor, and then see it sparkle as it replicates the heart beats in real-time.[7]

In February 2016, PHARES also interacted with the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse Tower that illuminate at the rhythm of the same heartbeat.[8]

It is labelled “COP21 / CMP11“ (21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change),[9][10] “PARIS FOR THE CLIMATE”[11] and by the international jury of “2015 international year of light“ launched by UNESCO.[12][13]

## References

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1. ^ "Fonds Culturel de l’Ermitage partners with Art Paris Art Fair to support Art in Anthropocene" [1] Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, AMA, 2016
2. ^ Aude Lavigne, "Milène Guermont, artist" [2], FRANCE CULTURE, 2016
3. ^ Julie Cateau, "La Manchoise Milène Guermont allume la Concorde"[3], OUEST FRANCE, 2015
4. ^ "PHARES (2015)". Milène GUERMONT. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
5. ^ Cristina Biordi, "L’insostenibile leggerezza del cemento: Le opere di Milène Guermont al Museo di Mineralogia di Parigi" [4][permanent dead link], AGRPRESS, 2016
6. ^ "Phares, de l'artiste Milène Guermont" [5], QUE FAIRE À PARIS, 2015
7. ^ "COP 21 : Phares, une sculpture qui a du cœur" [6], official website of the Région Île-de-France, 2015
8. ^ "Phares, la Tour Eiffel et la Tour Montparnasse pour la Saint Valentin" [7], SORTIR À PARIS, 2016
9. ^ Marie-Anne Kleiber, "Baleine géante et bulles volantes : l'art au service de la Terre pour la COP21" [8], LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE, 2015
10. ^ "Tous les rendez-vous de la COP21" [9] Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the city of Paris, 2015
11. ^ Pauline Forgue, "Paris se met au vert pour soutenir la COP21"[10] Archived 2016-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, ARTCTUALITÉ, 2015
12. ^ "PHARES" [11], official website of the International Year of Light, 2015
13. ^ "Le Paris créatif artistique et engagé de la COP21" [12], official website of the UNRIC, 2015

## External links

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Official website of Milène Guermont

Official website of PHARES