{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Arteaporte","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.arteaporte.com\/en","author_name":"Jessica Bonfiglio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.arteaporte.com\/en\/author\/kelly\/","title":"Plus lourd que l\u2019air | Arteaporte","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"buRzDYmly9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteaporte.com\/en\/product\/plus-lourd-que-lair\/\">Plus lourd que l\u2019air<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arteaporte.com\/en\/product\/plus-lourd-que-lair\/embed\/#?secret=buRzDYmly9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Plus lourd que l\u2019air&#8221; &#8212; Arteaporte\" data-secret=\"buRzDYmly9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.arteaporte.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.arteaporte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/plus.jpg","thumbnail_width":800,"thumbnail_height":800,"description":"Laura Skehan  Tecnica: Photo  Anno: 2021  Dimensione: 75cm x 50cm  Descrizione: is a photograph I took while reflecting on the geological relationship between Iceland and the Moon. I was particularly drawn to identifying rocks such as basalt and breccia\u2014materials that are present on both bodies. Iceland, with its sparse and silent terrain, feels otherworldly. It\u2019s no coincidence that its landscape was used to train Apollo astronauts, offering a striking analogue for the lunar surface. The title,\u00a0Plus lourd que l\u2019air\u00a0(\u201cheavier than air\u201d), is inspired by 19th-century French photographer F\u00e9lix Nadar, who took the first aerial photograph. Fascinated by air travel, Nadar commissioned\u00a0Le G\u00e9ant, a giant hot air balloon that influenced Jules Verne\u2019s novels\u00a0Five Weeks in a Balloon\u00a0and\u00a0From the Earth to the Moon. Together, Nadar and Verne founded\u00a0La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019encouragement de la locomotion a\u00e9rienne au moyen du plus lourd que l\u2019air\u2014The Society for the Encouragement of Air Travel by Means of Machines Heavier than Air. In thinking about Iceland\u2019s fiery origins and its geological connection to the Moon, I\u2019m drawn to this uncanny material bond: the Moon, a \u2018floating\u2019 rock tethered to Earth by gravity, shaping our tides and, in turn, the formation of basalt. This work explores a mysterious, unknowable relationship\u2014one we can never fully grasp through observation alone. There\u2019s something profound in that not-knowing, in the vast timeline of geological and hydrological forces that shape both worlds beyond our experience."}