Hymn
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WHAT
The iris reveals the depth of a personal identity
The iris is a secret landscape never before unveiled
The iris is our ultimate intimate cosmic map
A star in itself
The door to our vision, to light and to our minds
Iris of Francis Giacobetti
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WHO
Over the last 30 years, the artist-photographer Francis Giacobetti has built up an exceptional collection of portraits of people of high intellect and strong spirit from the world of art, culture, science and politics - men and women who changed and enlightened our world and our lives.
Francis Giacobetti conceived a technical set up and a special device to capture the iris close up. For years, he toured the world to meet and photograph these personalities - a lifetime project for this artist.
Today, about 150 great figures of the turn of the millennium are assembled in this magnificent anthology. The sum of the parts of this long-term work shows the astonishing span of our times and reveals a stunning vision of human genius, intelligence and creativity.
A hymn is a chant for gods and heroes.
ABBÉ PIERRE - ACHACHE José-ADONIS - AGHA KHAN - ALDRIN Edwin Buzz - AMADO Jorge
AMAGATSU Ushio - ANDO Tadao - ALEXANDER Robertus Todd - ALLEN Woody
ALONSO Alicia - ANZIEU Didier - BACON Francis - BALDACCINI César - BALTIMORE David
BARYCHNIKOV Mikhail - BAUDRILLARD Jean - BEARD Peter - BÉJART Maur ice
BELMONDO Jean Paul - BINST Olivier - BOCUSE Paul - BOTERO Fernando - BOTTA Mario
BOUCHARA René - BOULEZ Pierre - BOUQUET Carole - BOURGEOIS Loui se
BOUTROS BOUTROS Ghali - BOVET Danie - BOWLES Paul - BRANDT Bill - BRANDT Willy
BRAVO Manuel Alvarez - BUREN Daniel - CARDIN Pierre - CARLSON Carolyn
CASTRO Fidel - CELA Camilo José - CHANGEUX Jean- Pierre - CHARLES Ray
CHAURASIA Pandit Hari Prasad - CHÉREAU Patrice - CHIVIAN - CHOMSKY Noam
CHRISTO ET JEANNE- CLAUDE - COPPOLA Francis Ford - COURRÈGES André
COUSTEAU Jacques-Yves - CRICK Francis - CUNNINGHAM Merce - DALAÏ LAMA
DE LUCIA Paco - DEPARDIEU Gérard - DUMAY Augustin - DURRELL Laurence
DUTILLEUX Henri - ECO Umberto - EDELMAN Gérald Maurice - ESQUIVEL Adolfo
FELLINI Frederico - FERRÉ Gianfranco - FERRÉ Léo - FLOREZ PEREZ Gerson
FORSYTHE William - FRACCI Carla - FRIEDMAN Jérôme Isaac - FUENTES Carlos
FUKUHARA Yoshiharu - GAINSBOURG Serge - GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel
GAROUSTE Gérard - GASSAN Sadaichi - GERZ Jochen - GIACOBETTI Francis
GINSBERG Allen - GOLDING William - GOUDE Jean- Paul - GOULD Stephen Ray
GUILLEM Sylvie - GUILLEMIN Roger - HAMPTON Lionel - HARSANY - HAWKING Stephen
HERZOG Maurice - HITCHINGS Georges Herbert - ICHIMURA Uzaemon - IZUKA Shokansai
ICHIMURA Uzaemon - I ZUKA Shokansai - KAPRISKI - KENDALL Henry - KIKUHARA Hatzuko
KRUK Reiko - KLOSSOWSKI - KUROSAWA Akira - LACROIX Christian - LAMMERHUBER Loïs
LEDERMAN Léon Max - LEHN Jean-Marie - LÉVI -MONTALCINI Rita - LÉVI - STRAUSS Claude
LICHTENSTEIN Roy - LINDE Andreî - MADGE Geoffrey Douglas - MAILER Norman
MARCEAU Marcel - MASTROIANNI Macello - MATSUI Kôsei - MATSUMOTO Shigeo - MEIER Richard
MENCHU Rigoberta - MENUHIN Yehudi - MESSIAEN Olivier - MICHEL - MILLER Arthur
MILLET Kate - MINSKY Marvin - MIYAKE Issey - MONTAGNIER Luc - MORETTI Nani
MORIGUSHI Kao - MORRISON Toni - MUTI Ricardo - MUTIS Alvaro - NAKAMURA Ganjiro
NASREEN Taslima - NELSON - NEUMEIER John - NOUVEL Jean - OE Kenzaburo
OHNO Kasuo - OLAH - OLIEVENSTEIN Claude - OTOMARU Kodo - PAVAROTTI Luciano
PEI Ieoh Ming - PERES Shimon - PEREZ DE CUELLAR Javier - PERRAULT Dominique
PERRI AND Charlotte - PHI LIPPE - PIANO Renzo - PIETRAGALA Marie- Claude
PI NAULT François - PLISSETSKAIA Maïa - POLANSKI Roman - POLLINI Maurizio
POPKOV Victor - POSTNI KOVA Viktoria - PREGER Jack - PRIGOGINE Ilya
RAMOS HORTA José - RAUSCHENBERG Robert - RAY Satyaji - RAYNAUD Jean- Pierre
ROACH Max - ROBBINS Jérôme - RODBELL - ROJDESTVENSKI Guennadi
ROSTROPOVITCH Mstislav - ROTBLAT Joseph - RUSHDIE Salman - SAGAN Françoise
SALGADO Sebastiao - SARAMAGO José - SÉVIGNÉ Fabienne - SHANKAR Ravi - SHARP Philipp
SHULL - SIMON Claude - SOLTI Georg - SONG KOSANG - SOTO Jesus Rafaël
SOTTSASS Ettore - SOULAGES Pierre - STARCK Philippe - STÉPHANE - STOCKHAUSEN Karl heinz
STREHLER Giorgio - STYRON William - SUUKYI Aung San - SWAMINATHAN Monkombu
TABARLY Er ic - TANGE Kenzo - TAPIES Antoni - TELLER Edouard - TESHI GAHARA Hiroshi
TESSMAN Ruth - THARP Twyla - TILLION Germaine - TOLEDO Fr ancisco - TURRELL James
VANE - VASQUEZ Pedro - VATELOT Etienne - VENET Bernard - VI CTOR Paul Emile
WALSER Martin - WATSON James - WAVE Sir John - WEISS Cor a - WIESEL Elie
WI LLI AMS Jody - WI LMOTTE Jean Marie - WILSON Robert - OSDHIDA Tamao
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HOW
Hymn is a complete multimedia project
in which the breathtaking works are displayed in various forms
exhibitions
books
films
Scenography by Renzo Piano
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EXHIBITIONS
Hymn is set as a large international exhibition.
Through its impressive scope the public can encounter remarkable people
in a contemporary pantheon of 150 faces, eyes, ideas and life stories
The concept of the Hymn exhibition mixes the classical technique of large-scale prints with modern forms of display such as holograms, digital projections and sound design.
The size and format of each exhibition is adapted according to the site, indoor or outdoor
as the layout and use of the space is part of the whole installation.
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BOOKS
HYMN
(exhibition catalogue)
Introduction to the project and the artist
150 portraits (face / iris + one page of text for each portrait)
The text recounts a basic history and the essential contribution of each subject
360 pages
size 25cm x 32cm
HYMN
(the book)
Introduction to the project and the artist
The full collection of 200 portraits (face / iris + texts, and hands, which the artist also photographed during the sessions)
The work of a lifetime with riveting stories behind the
shooting by Francis Giacobetti
530 pages
size 32cm x 40cm
HYMN
(limited editions)
Various limited editions in book form according to the development of the project, the partnerships and the exhibition itinerary
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VIDEO
Hymn is also a short series of 150 x 1’ films
The concept is a 1 minute sequence for each character
with both face and iris photos, a musical score and a voice over recounting who they are and what they did or do.
With its cross-platform formats and multilingual versions
the Hymn series can be viewed on
television, Internet, telephone, dvd
WEB
The Hymn website introduces the project in its various multimedia forms and provides information on the exhibitions.
It is a commercial platform as well, providing access to the books and films as well as booking for tickets to the exhibitions
The website content is enhanced by information gathered on each subject through links and partnerships with other related websites and social networks.
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DEVELOPMENT
Hymn’s development is based on the exhibition’s international roadmap.
The books are published in different countries along with the exhibitions.
The films are broadcasted by local television and telecom operators at the same time as the book releases and the exhibition openings.
Hymn is a process in evolution, with portraits of new subjects in the present and the years to come.
Paris . London . Monaco . Moscow . Shangaï . Beijing. Los Angeles .
San Francisco . Miami. New York . Tokyo . Seoul . Sidney . Mexico . Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi . Dubaï . Bombay…
Starting 2010
