{"id":12896,"date":"2020-09-21T19:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dam.org\/wp\/?post_type=artists_ui&p=12896"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:30:48","slug":"sand-installation-1997-2020","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/hebert-jean-pierre\/sand-installation-1997-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand installation 1997-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”14600,14599,14598,14597,14596,14595″ img_size=”medium” css=”” hover_effect=”opacity”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Sand Installation 1997-2020″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”700″][vc_column_text]A sand installation \/ sculpture \/ medium concept created by Jean-Pierre H\u00e9bert. A ball etches the sand, pulled invisibly by concealed means. This quiet, interactive installation can create beautiful sand etchings for the beholder’s enjoyment and for spiritually inclined meditations.<\/p>\n

H\u00e9bert conceived this unique and original idea of adapting his very personal algorithmic process to draw in sand in 1997. He was inspired by Japanese Zen gardens and by a the book Designing the Earth: The Human Impulse to Shape Nature<\/em> by David Bourdon. He built several sand installations, in collaboration with David Bothman. Among them, Ulysses<\/em> was exhibited at Siggraph in 1999, and in 2005 with an interactive audio (in collaboration with Iannis Zannos).<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]More works<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drawings from the 2000s<\/a>
\nSand Installation 1997-2020
\nDrawings from the 1990s<\/a>
\nDrawings from the 1980s<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”14600,14599,14598,14597,14596,14595″ img_size=”medium” css=”” hover_effect=”opacity”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Sand Installation 1997-2020″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”700″][vc_column_text]A sand installation \/ sculpture \/ medium concept created by Jean-Pierre H\u00e9bert. A ball etches the sand, pulled invisibly by concealed means. This quiet, interactive installation can create beautiful sand etchings for the beholder’s enjoyment and for spiritually inclined meditations….<\/p>\n

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