SOCKS

An online magazine of Art, Architecture, Media, Culture, Sounds, Territories, Technology)

  • Media
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Culture
  • Sounds
  • Territories
  • Visual Atlas

When Geometry Comes to Life: “Somnium” by Laurent Millet (2014)

November 12, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Laurent Millet is a French artist, whose work we already wrote about, who combines sculpture and drawing with the medium of photography. His 2014 series “Somnium” revolves around the artist’s work with translucent sculptures composed by several geometrical shapes juxtaposed. The imaginary behind the pictures merges a scientific experiment with kids constructions in the shape of simple forms with a mysterious aftertaste. The artist appears like a fascinating figure between a magician and a scientist as his sculptures seem to take their own life: sometimes levitating, sometimes growing. The images also look like a symbolic representation of how science, play, experimentation and wonder come together to shape the cosmogony of the artist.

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-07

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-09

Laurent-millet-somnium-08

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-12

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-01

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-02

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-03

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-11

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-04

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-05

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-06

 

 

Laurent-millet-somnium-10

 

Laurent Millet’s pictures are on show at Paris Photo 2015, exhibited by La Galerie Particuliere.

Another work by Laurent Millet on SOCKS: “Je croyais voir un piège”

All images © Laurent Millet

Related Posts

  • A life well wasted

    "An internet radio show about videogames and the people who love them." Of course: don't…

  • Geometry of the Venetian Gondola

    Developed in the mid-19th-century, the sections of the boat are asymmetric, in order to balance…

  • The pain of everyday life

    A Gordan Savicic's "old" (2007) work "Costraint City - The Pain of Everyday life", which…

  • A day in the life of a warehouse robot

    A look into how automized warehouses have got and how unnecessary manufactorial human labor could…

  • The Everyday Life of the Bourgeoisie: Watercolours by Josabeth Sjöberg

    After the death of her parents, wealthy Josabeth Sjöberg (1812-1882), formerly daughter of a clerk…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr

Socks is a non-linear journey through distant territories of human imagination.

About | Visual Atlas | Topics

We are Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli from Microcities. Ask us anything

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr


SOCKS is a project by Fosco Lucarelli and Mariabruna Fabrizi of MICROCITIES, Architecture Cityscape, Landscape.
Except where otherwise noted, the content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
Whenever possible we try to attribute content (images, videos, and quotes) to their creators and original sources. Please feel free to write us if you notice misattributions or wish something to be removed.
SOCKS is powered by WordPress.