PHARES

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| title = PHARES

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| artist = Milène Guermont

| year = {{start date and age|2015}}

| material = golden aluminium and light

| url = www.sculpturephares.com

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Phares (stylized PHARES) is a monumental interactive sculpture"Fonds Culturel de l’Ermitage partners with Art Paris Art Fair to support Art in Anthropocene" [http://en.artmediaagency.com/118350/fonds-culturel-de-lermitage-partners-with-art-paris-art-fair-to-support-art-in-anthropocene/], AMA, 2016 by Milène Guermont.Aude Lavigne, "Milène Guermont, artist" [http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-carnets-de-la-creation/milene-guermont-plasticienne], FRANCE CULTURE, 2016

This monument made of golden aluminium and light can be considered as a “beacon of headlights” (“phare de phares” in French).Julie Cateau, "La Manchoise Milène Guermont allume la Concorde"[http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/la-manchoise-milene-guermont-allume-la-concorde-3857527], OUEST FRANCE, 2015

The first location of this 97-foot-high{{Cite web|title=PHARES (2015)|url=http://www.mileneguermont.com/en/artworks/phares.html?amp;utm_content=%F0%9F%8C%9E%20Distinctions%20%26%20performance&utm_medium=Emailing%20via%20Message%20Business&|access-date=2021-10-02|website=Milène GUERMONT|language=en-gb}} artwork was next to the Obelisk on Place de la Concorde in Paris (from October 2015 till April 2016)Cristina Biordi, "L’insostenibile leggerezza del cemento: Le opere di Milène Guermont al Museo di Mineralogia di Parigi" [http://agrpress.it/arte/l-insostenibile-leggerezza-del-cemento-le-opere-di-milene-guermont-al-museo-di-mineralogia-di-parigi-4838], AGRPRESS, 2016 where the first public test of electric lighting in the world happened in 1843."Phares, de l'artiste Milène Guermont" [https://quefaire.paris.fr/fiche/129912__phares_de_l_artiste_milene_guermont_], QUE FAIRE À PARIS, 2015

Passers-by can transmit their heart rhythms directly into PHARES via a built-in sensor, and then see it sparkle as it replicates the heart beats in real-time."COP 21 : Phares, une sculpture qui a du cœur" [https://www.iledefrance.fr/fil-actus-region/cop-21-phares-sculpture-qui-du-coeur], official website of the Région Île-de-France, 2015

In February 2016, PHARES also interacted with the Eiffel Tower and the Montparnasse Tower that illuminate at the rhythm of the same heartbeat."Phares, la Tour Eiffel et la Tour Montparnasse pour la Saint Valentin" [http://www.sortiraparis.com/arts-culture/balades/articles/107172-phares-la-tour-eiffel-et-la-tour-montparnasse-pour-la-saint-valentin], SORTIR À PARIS, 2016

It is labelled “COP21 / CMP11“ (21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change),Marie-Anne Kleiber, "Baleine géante et bulles volantes : l'art au service de la Terre pour la COP21" [http://www.lejdd.fr/JDD-Paris/COP21-l-art-au-service-de-la-Terre-760903], LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE, 2015"Tous les rendez-vous de la COP21" [http://www.paris.fr/actualites/cop21-paris-vous-donne-rendez-vous-2947], official website of the city of Paris, 2015 “PARIS FOR THE CLIMATE”Pauline Forgue, "Paris se met au vert pour soutenir la COP21"[http://www.artctualite.com/paris-se-met-au-vert-pour-soutenir-la-cop21/], ARTCTUALITÉ, 2015 and by the international jury of “2015 international year of light“ launched by UNESCO."PHARES" [http://www.light2015.org/Home/Event-Programme/2015/Other/France---L-RO---WOH---Waterfall-of-Headlights.html], official website of the International Year of Light, 2015"Le Paris créatif artistique et engagé de la COP21" [http://www.unric.org/fr/actualite/3714-le-paris-creatif-artistique-et-engage-de-la-cop21], official website of the UNRIC, 2015