Archives
Archives of Jean-Marc Philippe, arranged by field and by work: writings and catalogues (scans of the original editions and digital versions), documents, invitation cards, radio programmes, press articles, photos and film. Click on a row to expand it, then on a thumbnail to open it in the reader.
Jean-Marc Philippe
Text“Directed Sound Psycho-structures”197015 pages
Text“Science and Art: Towards a New Kind of Dialogue”19824 pages
Spirales. Journal de culture internationale, no. 20-21 (“La Deuxième Renaissance”), November-December 1982, pp. 58-60.
Text“Artistic Invention and its Metamorphosis”198513 pages
TextGilles Tordjman, “Portrait of the Artist on Video”19865 pages
RadioJean-Marc Philippe in his home townInterview, 20 December 1991
Radio Saint-Amand-Montrond
Recording © Radio Saint-Amand-Montrond, made available for documentary purposes.
Text“Does Work Still Have Meaning Today? (testimony)”19932 pages
Management & Conjoncture sociale, no. 410 (“Le travail a-t-il encore un sens aujourd'hui ?”), 19 April 1993, p. 20.
Text“What if Exercising ‘Full Responsibility’ Proved to Be Transdisciplinary in Nature, and if Ethical Reflection Should Henceforth Include Artistic Perception”19945 pages
Text“Cultural Matrix and Artistic Creation: From the Classical Practice of One's Art to Transdisciplinarity”199436 pages
in Michel Cazenave and Basarab Nicolescu (eds), L'Homme, la science et la nature : regards transdisciplinaires, Aix-en-Provence, Le Mail, “Science et conscience” series, 1994, pp. 232-264.
WebsiteHis Flash websitejmphilippe.chez-alice.fr, early 2000s, in English
Paintings
Exhibition“Trente toiles récentes”Cité internationale des arts, 19712 pages
Cité internationale des arts, Paris, 25 February – 13 March 1971 — exhibition page
Invitation card
Exhibition“Œuvres récentes”Galerie Attali, 197612 pages
Galerie Attali, Paris, 14 October – 14 November 1976 — exhibition page
Invitation card
Catalogue: Gilles Plazy, “Jean-Marc Philippe”, catalogue of the exhibition Œuvres récentes, Paris, Galerie Attali, 1976 (extract from the journal Cimaise).
RadioThe Protest Paintings, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Galerie AttaliLes après-midi de France Culture, by Pierre Descargues, 1st October 1976
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioInterview with the painterLe Pop-Club, by José Artur, October 1976
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioJean-Marc Philippe among the guestsProgramme on luxury, 30 December 1976
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
Exhibition“Dix-sept Regards”Galerie France, 1982
Galerie France, Bordeaux, with the participation of the Galerie Jacqueline Blanquet, November 1982 — exhibition page
Invitation card
Exhibition“L'Œuvre blanche, regards et sourires”Galerie Eolia, 198529 pages
Galerie Eolia, Paris, 2 – 18 May 1985 — exhibition page
Invitation card
Catalogue: Jean-Marc Philippe. Œuvres récentes 1976-1984 : l'Œuvre blanche, Paris, Galerie Eolia, “Les Cahiers Eolia” no. 2, 1985.
BibliographyBibliography8 references
Books, catalogues and journals
- Maximilien Gauthier, Jean-Marc Philippe, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff, 1967.
- Gilles Plazy, “Jean-Marc Philippe”, Cimaise, no. 128, September-December 1976, pp. 40-47.
- FIAC 76, catalogue, Paris, Foire internationale d'art contemporain, 1976, p. 32.
- Die Internationale Kunstmesse – Art 6'75 Basel, catalogue, Basel, 1975, p. 78.
- Françoise Armengaud, Titres, Paris, Klincksieck, 1988, chapter “Jean-Marc Philippe”, pp. 213-222.
- Jean-Marc Philippe. Œuvres récentes 1976-1984 : l'Œuvre blanche, Paris, Les Cahiers Eolia, 1985 (ISBN 2-905536-01-2).
Online resources
- Works by Jean-Marc Philippe in the collections of the Centre national des arts plastiques (Navigart).
- Entry “Jean-Marc Philippe”, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford University Press.
Variations
RadioAutopsy of a Mask and the Great Celestial WheelMusicomania, 9 May 1985
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
BibliographyBibliography2 references
Books, catalogues and journals
- Gilles Tordjman, “Portrait de l'artiste en vidéo”, Revue d'esthétique, no. 10 (“Vidéo-Vidéo”), Privat, 1986, pp. 155-158.
- Françoise Armengaud, Titres, Paris, Klincksieck, 1988, chapter “Jean-Marc Philippe”, pp. 213-222.
Shape-memory alloys
RadioThe shape-memory alloy sculpturesLa Science au naturel, 1st June 1988
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioThe shape-memory alloy sculpturesL'Oreille en coin, 5 June 1988
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
Text“From the Infinitely Small to the Infinitely Large: Matter / Memory / Interactivity / Cosmos”19897 pages
RadioShape-memory alloysMagazine, Espace 2 – Sciences, 12 March 1991
Radio suisse romande
Recording © Radio suisse romande, made available for documentary purposes.
Text“Sculpture and New Material”199424 pages
in Raymond Daudel and Nicole Lemaire d'Agaggio (eds), La science et la métamorphose des arts, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1994, pp. 103-123.
Press“Matériaux actifs : l'explosion de l'intelligence”Sciences et Avenir, no. 571, September 1994, p. 722 pages
BibliographyBibliography9 references
Books, catalogues and journals
- Philippe Poncet, “Art and Shape-Memory Alloys: Jean-Marc Philippe”, Leonardo, vol. 22, no. 1, MIT Press, January 1989, pp. 117-120.
- Christiane Galus, “Le mouvement qui déplace les lignes”, Le Monde, 25 May 1988, p. 23.
- Isabelle Lécuyer-Dujardin and Dimitra Markovitsi, “Les nouveaux matériaux – Sculpture à mémoire”, Théma, vol. 5 “Sciences et techniques”, Paris, Larousse, 1994, p. 349.
- Lionel Salem, La Science dans l'art, Paris, Odile Jacob, 2000, chapter “La science ‘mise en art’”, pp. 25-48.
- Frank Popper, L'art à l'âge électronique, Paris, Hazan, 1993, pp. 130-131.
- Jacqueline Brenot, “Totem du Futur”, in L'Europe des créateurs : Utopies 89, Paris, Association des entreprises pour le Bicentenaire, 1989, pp. 16-21 (record).
- Annick Bureaud, “L'art de l'ère spatiale”, Art Press, no. 269, June 2001.
Online resources
- Leonardo Awards Program: list of award winners, Leonardo / ISAST.
- Jean-Marc Philippe, ISEA Symposium Archives.
Space art
Exhibition“Space Art / Art Espace”Galerie Alain Oudin, 1985
Galerie Alain Oudin, Paris, with Pierre Comte, Joseph McShane and Tom Van Sant, 27 April – 2 June 1985 — exhibition page
Invitation card
DocumentWorld Space Art Committee: Working PaperMaison de l'UNESCO, 3 November 19867 pages
Text“When Art, Space and Dreams Meet… and When Reflection Becomes Necessary”198912 pages
Text“Space Art”199423 pages
in Raymond Daudel and Nicole Lemaire d'Agaggio (eds), La science et la métamorphose des arts, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1994, pp. 141-160.
The Great Celestial Wheel
RadioThe Great Celestial WheelMéridiennes, 1980s
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
Text“The Celestial Wheel”19846 pages
RadioJapan and the presentation of the Celestial Wheel in TokyoMéridiennes, 17 May 1984
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioThe Great Celestial Wheel and space artClair de nuit, 25 May 1987
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
BibliographyBibliography9 references
Books, catalogues and journals
- Alain Oudin, “L'Art spatial”, Autrement, no. 77 (“L'Espace super star”), February 1986, pp. 196-197.
- Pierre Poix, Ils ont rêvé l'espace. De Plutarque au Space Art, Paris, Hatier, “Regard sur l'espace” series, 1992, chapter “Les maîtres du Space Art”, pp. 153-163.
- Annick Bureaud, “L'art de l'ère spatiale”, Art Press, no. 269, June 2001.
- Adrien Goetz, “Les yeux dans les étoiles”, Le Journal des Arts, no. 551, 1st October 2003.
- Sophie Bruère and François Gauvin, “Terre || Lumière”, Figures de l'Art, no. 17, 2009, pp. 226-227 (DOI).
- Roger F. Malina, “Space Art As Public Art: The Artist As Space Researcher”, Delicate Balance: Technics, Culture and Consequences, IEEE, October 1989, pp. 260-266 (DOI).
- Roger F. Malina, “In Defense of Space Art: The Role of the Artist in Space Exploration”, International Astronomical Union Colloquium, vol. 112, January 1991, pp. 145-152.
Online resources
- “Space art”, Centre Pompidou.
- Festival @rt Outsiders 2003, “Space Art”, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris.
Messages from Humankind to the Universe
RadioLaunch of Messages from Humankind to the UniversePoussière d'étoiles, by Marie-Odile Monchicourt, 7 June 1986
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioMessages from Humankind to the UniverseL'Oreille en coin, 15 June 1986
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioMessages from Humankind to the UniverseMusicomania, by Françoise Malettra, 19 June 1986
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioMessages from Humankind to the UniverseAdrénaline, by Jacques Pradel, 16 July 1986
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioThe transmission of the messages towards the galaxy (26 January 1987)Magazine programme, 4 February 1987
France Culture
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
RadioMessages from Humankind to the UniversePoussière d'étoiles, by Marie-Odile Monchicourt, 1987
France Inter
Recording © Radio France / INA, made available for documentary purposes.
BookMessages from Humankind to the UniverseMock-up of the book, 2016286 pages
239 messages selected and arranged by theme by Jean-Marc Philippe from among the 10,500 messages collected in 1986, rediscovered in his archives in 2009. Introduction taken from his text published in Phréatique (1989).
BibliographyBibliography3 references
Books, catalogues and journals
- Annick Bureaud (co-author), All Aliens. Cabaret de curiosités, Subjectile / Le Phénix / Les Solitaires intempestifs, 2014, p. 61.
- Annick Bureaud, “Art télématique. Cartographie pour un média mort”, MCD – Magazine des cultures digitales, no. 75, September-November 2014.
- Françoise Armengaud, Titres, Paris, Klincksieck, 1988, chapter “Jean-Marc Philippe”, pp. 213-222.
KEO
VideoKEO, presentation filmKEO Programme association, c. 20035 min
DocumentThe Commission nationale française pour l'UNESCO confirms the patronageLetter from Jean-Pierre Boyer, 18 March 2005
DocumentFederico Mayor, “KEO: The Memory of the Future and the Past”Tribute to Jean-Marc Philippe, 20 January 20092 pages
BibliographyPress and resources20 references
Books, catalogues and journals
- Jacques Mousseau, “Kéo, l'oiseau communicant”, Communication & Langages, no. 122, 1999, pp. 4-10 (Persée).
KEO press
- Declan Butler, “Space 'time capsule' could send a message to the future”, Nature, no. 391, 8 January 1998 (online).
- Véronique Maurus, “Retour vers le futur”, Le Monde, 16 August 1998 (online).
- Jean-Marie Decorse, “Avec Keo, rendez-vous dans 50.000 ans”, La Dépêche du Midi, 15 May 1999 (online).
- “Keo en route pour le futur”, L'Humanité, 18 March 2000 (online).
- Pierre Barthélémy, “Le satellite KEO attend vos messages pour les Terriens du DXXIe siècle”, Le Monde, 12 July 2002 (online).
- John Lichfield, “Time capsule to orbit planet earth for 50,000 years”, Irish Independent, 12 July 2002 (online).
- Karishma Upadhyay, “Around the universe in 50,000 years”, The Times of India, 17 September 2002 (online).
- Marie-Julie Gagnon, “Retour vers le futur”, La Presse (Montreal), 20 February 2004.
- Elisabeth Chardon, “La Bâtie sert de relais à KEO, une œuvre planétaire qui attend encore la participation des Suisses”, Le Temps, 4 September 2004 (online).
- “Iran: KEO Initiator Expected”, Iran Daily, 16 February 2005 (online).
- “Near-Art Object”, Wired, 1st May 2006 (online).
- “Capsules temporelles, bouteilles à la mer et messages au cosmos”, Le Figaro, 10 October 2006 (online).
- Marc Vandermeir, “KEO, le satellite de vos espoirs”, La Libre Belgique, 6 April 2007 (online).
- “México en cápsula del tiempo que atestiguará el hoy”, Cuarto Poder (Chiapas) (online).
- Millie Servant, “10 ambitieuses capsules temporelles destinées aux générations futures”, Usbek & Rica, 17 June 2023 (online).
- Santiago Vargas, “Satélite KEO: el proyecto para enviarle un mensaje a la humanidad del año 52.000”, El Tiempo, 22 January 2024 (online).
- Claire L. Evans, “If We Want Anyone to Remember Humanity, We Need to Talk About Time Capsules”, Vice (online).
Online resources
- Prix Ars Electronica 1999, Ars Electronica archives.
- “KEO (satellite)” article, Wikipedia (French).
The radio recordings are made available for documentary purposes; rights reserved by their producers (Radio France / INA, Radio suisse romande, Radio Saint-Amand-Montrond).





































































































































































































































































