Like Robert Smithson, Cyprien Gaillard’s work deals with the notion of entropy, a movement of transformation irreversibly aiming towards chaos. In the short-lived Land Art works of the series Real Remnants of Fictive Wars, he activates industrial fire extinguishers in carefully chosen landscapes (amongst which Smithson’s iconic Spiral Jetty), releasing a thick white powder that creates a vaporous cloud as well as a veiled threat.
Cyprien Gaillard [Real Remnants of Fictive Wars IV]