“Celeste Boursier-Mougenot’s clinamen consists of a circular pool carrying ceramic bowls on its currents, forming a perpetual and unpredictable choreography. Ceaseless collision creates a symphony of the given moment, a sound composition that is accidental and arising from the unexpected.”
I first happened upon clinamen in 2017 at the SFMOMA, and the poetry of its constant movement touched me. 8 years later, I stumbled upon clinamen again – this time halfway around the world in Paris’s beautiful Bourse de Commerce. So much had happened in the intervening 8 years – and yet, still those bowls sang in a meditation of constant motion…