C.H.Z.: Philippe Parreno

By Phillippe Parrano and Philippe Parreno

In his latest project, Philippe Parreno (born 1964) used the mediums of landscape and film as a vehicle for playing with the conventions of time and space. According to NASA, any planet hospitable to life will likely orbit a pair of dwarf stars in a Continuously Habitable Zone (CHZ). The effect of orbiting multiple stars is black vegetation. With this in mind, Parreno, with the help of landscape architect Bas Smets, created a garden on a hillside in Porto, Portugal that is futuristic yet primordial: black plants grow where images fade, and we travel to a new fantastical world. Fashioned from earth, black minerals and vegetation, this real garden tells a topographical story that comes from the world of science fiction. C.H.Z. features the artist's dark, impasto ink drawings, which functioned as a storyboard for the cinematographer Darius Khondji, as well as stills of the seven stages of the film.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8862082533
• ISBN13: 9788862082532
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Damiani Ltd
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.8"