Out of a bubble of glass placed in front of the visitor's face runs a sand flow witch falls on a screen placed at the Ki level. On this screen, an image of the head of the visitor captured live on witch the sand gives a virtual massage. When it has covered him/her completely, the screen is unbalanced by the weight of the sand and rocks to let sand spread itself on the ground.
The experiment of impermanance can then be lived again. "The Sand glass" takes the form of an anthropomorphic video sculpture to evoke the experiment of the dissolution of the Ego: the ego empties itself unceasingly, and if the image of oneself catches it a moment, it inevitably falls, leaving on the ground the traces of what was.
Technical support: Thierry Sablon