AGATHE SIMON
Ex Nihilo
Video
Photogram of filming in Salta province, Argentina (July-August 2023)
© Agathe Simon
In north-western Argentina, at an altitude of 16,400 feet, QUBIC has just arrived: it’s a revolutionary telescope that aims to observe the very first moments of the universe. These high desert plateaus are also home to the Kollas, an Amerindian people who perpetuate their own cosmogony. The “Cosmos” multimedia cycle explores this territory where two visions of the world origin coexist.
The video Ex Nihilo is part of the Cosmos multimedia cycle. It has received the support of ADAGP, the first french visual artists’ rights management organisation. It will be released in late 2025.
The Cosmos cycle is developed in partnership with the AstroParticule & Cosmologie (APC) laboratory under the leadership of the University of Paris, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the Paris Observatory, and the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) in France, as well as, in Argentina, the Technology in Detection and Astroparticles Institute (ITeDA), affiliated with the National Commission of Atomic Energy (CNEA), the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), and the University of San Martín (UNSAM).
