In Parfume, Sculpture of the invisible, the work Transparent Vision focuses on vision, not as a simple act of contemplation, but as an exploration of how to expand the experience of space and light. The piece is composed of thirty-two transparent glass tubes arranged in a circle, like a radiant crown, and a suspended central ring that seems to pulse at the heart of the void. Each tube, gilded with gold leaf at its outer edge, captures and reflects light in subtle glimmers, becoming suspended particles that engage in a silent dialogue with the viewer’s gaze. The glass, fragile and almost immaterial, creates a tension between the visible and the elusive, between presence and disappearance.
The circular arrangement is not arbitrary: it evokes both a cosmic geometry and an intimate ritual of gathering multiplicity into a shared center. This constellation of suspended forms delineates an interior space, a transparent chamber where light and movement become living matter. The discreet and secret “stained-glass dance” that moves through the tubes introduces a subtle sense of time into the work: it is not merely about seeing, but about perceiving how the inanimate becomes animate, how air itself turns into choreography. The sculpture does not assert itself, it suggests. It inhabits the in-between — between appearance and vanishing.
Throughout his career, Elias Crespin has explored the tension between geometric rigor and the poetry of movement. This piece, within the multisensory context envisioned by Francis Kurkdjian, extends that exploration in dialogue with the invisible. In relation to scent, sound, touch, or taste, the work offers a vision that does not fix but frees, a vision that reveals matter in transition, a glimmer that escapes and invites us to perceive emptiness as a constitutive element of form. It is along this boundary, where the visible opens onto the invisible, that this work resonates most profoundly.
Photos 1 et 2 : © Elephant
Photos 3 a 8 : Photographe: Loris Artisson © Atelier Elias Crespin
