A receation of the Petit Trianon in Versialle, complete with Boisery and parquet flooring. Hidden behind a boiserie panel is a couple- Bernadette (named after Bernadette Soubirous, a 19th century French woman who saw visions of the Virgin Mary) and Lourdes (named after the French city in which Bernadette saw the visions).The piece is interactive and kinetic: When the viewer toggles forward the Virgin Mary statue in the altar, it activates a mechanism that reveals the vintage photograph of Bernadette and Lourdes.
A receation of the Petit Trianon in Versialle, complete with Boisery and parquet flooring. Hidden behind a boiserie panel is a couple- Bernadette (named after Bernadette Soubirous, a 19th century French woman who saw visions of the Virgin Mary) and Lourdes (named after the French city in which Bernadette saw the visions).The piece is interactive and kinetic: When the viewer toggles forward the Virgin Mary statue in the altar, it activates a mechanism that reveals the vintage photograph of Bernadette and Lourdes.
