{"id":53858,"date":"2017-01-17T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=53858"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:13:44","slug":"heart-in-a-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2017\/heart-in-a-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics and Poetry Meet with the Beating Heart in a Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leave it to the French to make physics seem…romantic. Artist Philippe Bouveret<\/a> truly marries science and poetry in our Beating Heart in a Bottle Sculpture<\/a>: two halves of a heart joining together again and again in a rhythm much like the beating of our own hearts. Thanks to the power of <\/span>capillary action<\/span><\/a>, the piece is almost like a living work of art. <\/span><\/p>\n

Never lacking in inventiveness and always eager to experiment, Philippe spent years (from the ages 13-18) building a real, 6m long boat. Eventually, after getting a technical degree, he traded his plans of becoming a naval architect for more artistic endeavors: assisting in the construction of Jean Tinguely\u2019s <\/span>Cyclops<\/span><\/i><\/a>, an enormous moving sculpture tucked away deep in the forest, creating massive pendulums<\/a> and fountains, and crafting “<\/span>hidden tableaus<\/a>“<\/span> that reveal unexpected objects simply by placing an aspirin tablet in a provided slot. Much of the work Philippe has created, either on his own or in collaboration with other artists, engages the viewer in a game of sorts. Now, you can find him continuing to follow his playful sensibilities, working in his \u201claboratory-studio,\u201d as he calls it, \u201caccidentally making little discoveries that arouse [his] curiosity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n