Cyril de Commarque, My Eden Is A Lie.
My Eden Is A Lie, the polyhedron, a recurrent shape in Cyril de Commarque work, is a symbol of melancholia. One of the studies on Durer’s mentioned: the polyhedron was designed in such a way that its vertices lie on a sphere. The systematic study of polyhedra with vertices on a sphere started with the Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner (1796-1863) in the 19th century. In what sense is this polyhedron “round”? Cyril de Commarque plays with the idea of a perfect round world transformed by human evolutions. A symbol of our paradoxical progress system. A system in which the acceleration of progress implies at same the time the destruction of the fundamental living elements. Another ring to be added to the chain of being, the imperfect element which represents the fragility of our present world. The permanent quest of progress is an identification of a paradise on earth, the search for a better world. But, the indubitable technological evolution a pass towards a better world is also simply destroying the essential base for life. Within the platonic dialogue Timeo (origin the polyhedron), each element was associated with the four classical elements – earth, air, water and fire. The text my Eden Is a Lie refers to the evolution of our development and the optimism of offering a better world to future generations.
