Stop and freeze a moment in time. The place where my grandparents arrived, immigrants who fled from an unnecessary war sometime in the past century, that exact same place is now refusing entry to new immigrants of another unnecessary war happening this very moment – people are on the run again, seeking food and refuge, a bed and blanket for their children, but the descendant of those who were once immigrants now dismiss the new ones, sending them off, perhaps even to their death. Why? Only God knows.
.
For the time being, all that’s left for us to do is continue on this journey of ours, across time, towards different days, to artists who immortalized a moment in time, in life, a moment that will never return.
.
Everything’s gone crazy, and all that’s left for us to do is just take a deep dive into these geniuses of the 18th century, to learn from them this art of how to immortalize an object, capture an atmosphere, talk with time, freeze a fleeting moment that will never return, use technology to time-travel, stop for a second… From our studio that operates out of a 13th-century chateau, what we do is go back to the future. We are humility seekers.
.
Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin was one of the greatest masters of Still Life in art history. He constructed a simple world of truth, of humility, and of so much calm that played out in just a few square inches on his vast canvas.
.
In each of our frames, we expose the interplay of movements happening all day long, on and around the kitchen’s countertop, reflecting how everything is interconnected. By placing the window as a central element, we inserted the presence of nature, linking the inside of the home with the outside world. Chardin’s 18th-century masterpieces leap into the 21st-century in our design & 4D motion studio that operates from an ancient Templar chateau.
.
We pray for better times in the world, for angels to fly.
