Peau du Temps, Hideyuki Ishibashi x Maison Tempsens
I first saw this black mountain from a train window, just after arriving in France. In winter I went to find it — the air cold, the ground breathing moldy earth mixed with the sharp smell of exhaust gas. When I returned in summer, the heat was intense, the soil dry, sweat running down my body. Some parts of the slope were veiled in pale grey- green lichen, as if the mountain had grown a new skin. Birch spread through the forested parts, while on the ridge pioneer plants released a mossy, green scent, dry soil warmed by the sun. Sea poppies carried a bitter, earthy note, and the lichen its faint, ghostly breath. This place spoke of time in layers: coal to soil, absence to bloom, movement to stillness.
Inspired by Terril 87 and 92 Dourges / Fosse 2 - 2bis des mines de Dourges
Ingredients for incense : Cedar, Basil, Patchouli, Pine Needles, Camphorwood, Dahurian Angelica, Australian Sandalwood, Maple Resin
Box : 12 x 16 x 2.8 cm, plywood and UV print
Inkjet print : 9 x 13.5 cm (paper), 8.06 x 10.65 cm (image), on Awagami Bamboo 250g, inkjet pigment print, signed and numbered on envelope 9 x 14 cm
Edition of 90 with inkjet print
Peau du Temps, Hideyuki Ishibashi x Maison Tempsens
I first saw this black mountain from a train window, just after arriving in France. In winter I went to find it — the air cold, the ground breathing moldy earth mixed with the sharp smell of exhaust gas. When I returned in summer, the heat was intense, the soil dry, sweat running down my body. Some parts of the slope were veiled in pale grey- green lichen, as if the mountain had grown a new skin. Birch spread through the forested parts, while on the ridge pioneer plants released a mossy, green scent, dry soil warmed by the sun. Sea poppies carried a bitter, earthy note, and the lichen its faint, ghostly breath. This place spoke of time in layers: coal to soil, absence to bloom, movement to stillness.
Inspired by Terril 87 and 92 Dourges / Fosse 2 - 2bis des mines de Dourges
Ingredients for incense : Cedar, Basil, Patchouli, Pine Needles, Camphorwood, Dahurian Angelica, Australian Sandalwood, Maple Resin
Box : 12 x 16 x 2.8 cm, plywood and UV print
Inkjet print : 9 x 13.5 cm (paper), 8.06 x 10.65 cm (image), on Awagami Bamboo 250g, inkjet pigment print, signed and numbered on envelope 9 x 14 cm
Edition of 90 with inkjet print
