Artist Statement

Screening

These are only prehistoric flints were considered as the very essence of the arrow and the spark and as such, they were venerated and piously conserved. The lightning stones are themselves forces full of magical, fetishistic, intrinsic power. At the very depths of the universe, in the land of erring souls, the stones are loaded with their spirituality. The budding soul freezes in them. The stones will cross the cosmos and will become a symbol of message and oracles. Then it is up to us, beings of dust, to transform them into objects of peace or violence.

• Francoise Petiot (France). After studies in Fine Arts, she went directly to media arts. She is presently producer of infographic 3D and 2D art. Since 1990, she has produced four films using synthetic 3D images.