The Pitch : Art in a wink of eye – The portable museum
Make a ” portable, universal museum ” circulate in town. The public does not have time to go to the museum, it is thus the museum which goes to their place.

SUMMURY :

Imagine the most important artists in the world.
Imagine that they gathered together, in the same place, at the same time ;
Imagine that they are registered, in the most « perfect » form : an installation in Diamond shape.

How it can be ?

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The project « E’ye : What is Art ? » is an original and very appealing project, because it exceeds the limits and the borders of Art, to reach in a new artistic proposal, both at the level of the form and content.

A « Never seen before » project, which declines under the form of an Installation, both light and monumental.

The current file is a summary composed of six parts. It is certainly the best way to capture the many challenges of the project.

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I – The project « E’ye : What is Art ? » : A triple « World Premiere »

I. 1. The Temporality

I. 2. The Formality

I. 3. The Fusion 

II. 1. The question of copyright ; II. The first text which outlines the project

III. The Two periods : Before and After the III millennium

IV. The version « E’ye I » concerns only the universe of the painting.

V. The two versions of ProjeCt « E’ye » I – 1 & 2 – The question of the edges of the work

VI. Future versions of the Project « E’ye » : « E’ye II, III & IV. »

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I – The project « E’ye : What is Art ? » : A triple « World Premiere » »

I am interested in « new » and in the experiment of the « new ». As soon as we pull a wire of the ball of the new, all which appears in front is new. For example, to contact artists, to visualise their works, to transform them (slightly), to associate works, to reframe them. All these actions are new. So, the project « E’ye : What is Art ? » Inaugurate a triple world premiere :

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I. 1. The Temporality

The quality of ubiquity (of the Latin « ubique » which means « everywhere »), in our case to
visualise in a single place, and a single moment, a significant panorama of artworks relevant to the History of Art. Usually, we rarely work on the thickness of time.

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I. 2. The Formality

Even today, the supports of painted works of art in two dimensions, remain, if one dares to say, « rectanglophile », they are often industrial frames right-angled or square, manufactured in series. We can estimate at 85% the percentage of works with right angles.

The project « E’ye :What is Art ? » propose the « Diamond » shape. A pure form who suggests many significances.

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I. 3. The Fusion 

It is about the fusion of other artists’ works, we mentioned it above.

There are moreover other qualities, like the second reading (re-writing) of an artwork, or
Globality (interest in a « whole »).

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II. 1. The question of copyright ; II. The first text which outlines the project.

The project divides in two big periods : 1. Before the IIIrd millennium ; 2. After the IIIrd millennium. With regard to the first period, I drew from authors whose artworks are in the « public domain ». For the second period, I needed an « authorisation » of the artists. I thus visited hundreds of sites, I choose artists who are ready to embark on this new adventure.

I thank, on the way, the generosity of the artists who accepted the idea of the project : Rosendal Rafael (Holland), Bailly-Maître-Grand Patrick (France), Liberato Ricardo (Italy), Hovagimyan G.H.
(USA), Jaskula Natalia (Poland), Kunc Milan (Czech Republic), Gautam Narang (Great-Britain).

I would like also to thank the following photographers : 120 (Vincent Mourre), Aavindra, Boo Boo Baroo, Cybershot800i, Descouens Didier, Ed g2s, Edgar Allan Poe, Erzalibilas, Gisleh, Google Art Project, Jastrow, Lücking Heinz-Josef, Mathknight, Mossot, Prof Saxx, Sailko, The York Project, Xanthou Onyx)
(Cf. http://www.projet-e3.com/links/)

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II. The first text which outlines the project

(At the conclusion of the 1st letter, and at the request of the curious artists, I sent the following text with other explanations)

Objet : Projet « E’ye  : What is Art ? »

On May 29, 2013

The « E’ye Project: What is Art ? » Is an original and unique monumental installation, which is still experimental and under study : it is the phase of realization of two versions : « E’ye I » and « E’ye II ». The project is still secret, but I count soon to present it to international (public and private) institutions. What I can say is that the project has remarkable visual and semantic features. For example, it has a quality of “elasticity”, it adapts to the space for which it is intended, as I hope, the final installation, « E’ye III », is destined to become “an international traveling exhibition.” Already, I prepare a list of public and private institutions on the five continents.

I have great conviction that this project can not be ignored, because it responds perfectly to the crucial question : « What is Art ? » It cannot be ruled out for several reasons. First, it offers from the starts, a immediate and comprehensive “response”, it is ultra-direct according to the asked question, and at the same time, the project implies an iconoclastic load. This is already not negligible.

It is very relevant to an audience that has difficult to “feel” the Contemporary Art

Then, among the components of Installation, a perfect plastic form is detached : a diamond. Finally, it combines a clear combination of the data plastics, formal, aesthetic, semantic and pedagogical.

Dr. Dimitri Dimitriadès
(Eoésis)

© Lettr’E Diamant

III. The Two periods : Before and After the III millennium

The 1st period is divided into four parts which are the following ones:

Period 1	Before the IIIrd millennium	Periods	Historical divisions
	01	30,000 BC. J. C. →100 BC. J.C.	Fundamentals of Art → Greek art
	02	100 BC. J.C. → 1100 AD. J.C.	Greece and its influence → Sacred Art
	03	1200 →1800	Emergence of the modern world
	04	1800 → 1910	Les Arts du XIX ème et XX ème siècle
Period II	After the IIIrd millennium	1980 → 2013	Contemporary Art

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IV. The version « E’ye I » concerns only the universe of the painting

Each version is a multiple of eight (or four) canvas and adapts spaces. It may therefore be either 2 x 8 = 16 (the example shown), or 4 x 8 = 32, or 64 = 8 x 8 or 4 x 32 = 128.

The first version of “E’ye: What is Art? “(2 x 8 canvas) concerns exclusively the universe of painting, because it was impossible to provide a comprehensive overview of art with only 16 pieces. However there are some exceptions, such as the piece 10 which corresponds to the photography, with the first picture in the history of photography of Nicephore Niepce or the piece 15 a “ready-made” of Marcel Duchamp.

In the following versions, we include all the visual arts, namely :
1. Painting ;
2. Sculpture;
3. Architecture;
4. Others (Photography, cinema, design)

	Year	Period	Artists	Work title
01	20.000 bef. J.C.	XXth millennium	Unknown	Bulls Head Lascaux
02	560 bef. J. C.	VI ème bef. J.C.	Clitias, Ergotimos	François Vase
03	50 bef. J. C.	I er bef. J.C.	Unknown	Villa of the Mysteries Pompei
04	425	V th century	Unknown	Good Shepherd
05	1411-1416	XIV th century	Limbourg Brothers	Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
06	1432	XV th century	Jan Van Eyck	The Mystic Lamb
07	1477	XV th century	Sandro Boticelli	The Spring
08	1514	XVI th century	Albrecht Dürer	Melancholia I
09	1817-18	XIX thcentury	Caspar David Friedrich	Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
10	1826-27	XIX th – 2	Nicéphore Niepce	First Photo : Point of view of Gras
11	1840	XIX th – 3	William Turner	The Slave Ship
12	1850	XIX th – 4	Edouard Manet	Olympia
13	1882-85	XIX th – 5	Paul Cézanne	The Mountain Sainte-Victoire
14	1897-98	XIX th – 6	Paul Gauguin	Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
15	1911(1965)	XX th century	Marcel Duchamp	L.H.O.O.Q., Shaved
16	2012	XXI th century	Rozendaal Rafael	Everything dies

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V. The two versions of « E’ye I. » – The question of the edges of the work

The borders of the Version “E’ye: What is Art? ” I – 1, are black.
The borders of the Version “E’ye: What is Art? ” I – 2 come according to the principle of the chromatic circle, namely: violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, red.

See illustration

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VI. Future versions of the Project « E’ye » : « E’ye II, III & IV. »

As I already said, each version is a multiple of eight (or four) canvas, installed according to the general configuration of a diamond.
It may therefore be either 2 x 8 = 16 (the example shown), or 4 x 8 = 32, or 64 = 8 x 8 or 4 x 32 = 128.

Version	Number of canvas	Total umber of canvas	Dimension of canvas	Width of every module of 8	Total width
« E’ye I  »	2 x 8	16	20 x 20 cm	2 x 98cm	196cm = 2 m.
« E’ye II  »	4 x 8	32	30 x 30 cm	4 x 140cm	560cm = 5.6m.
« E’ye III  »	8 x 8	64	40 x 40 cm	8 x 186cm	1488cm = 15m.
« E’ye IV  »	32 x 4	128	80 x 80 cm	32 x 186cm	4693cm = 47m.

The ultimate objective is the realization either of the version “E’ ye V” ( 256 canvas), which will be the most complete. The list of the works is already done.

Let’s surprise the world in the blink of an eye.

Dimitri Dimitriadès

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The « Book’E » is a short biography ,
That includes the last 10 years of the Project « E ».
It is often two-page per year,
But sometimes two dual pages per year.

During the development,
I had the idea to make a book in the shape of “diamond”,
Which announces in fact,
The new project called : « E’ye »,
But which is still secret.

I can understand
What the public perceives of the project,
Nevertheless, I keep doing.
And that’s the point.

Project « 100 E’Card »

or

« Speechless Project »

Acquisition a contemporary work of art in just 1 click

The project is cancelled. (13.03.2015)

The project « 100 E’nvois »,
Or still “Speechless”, (I hope that it is the case.)
Was started,
By the Project Opening’E (P.O.E.) 2010.

Because, I noticed the emergence
Of new things, a new dynamics
Unexpected and unpredictable things.
That it was urgent to put into action.

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1. The idea of the project « 100 E’Card »

2. Procedure, limit and assessment of the project

3. The begining of the project

4. Composition and steps of a « E’Card »

5. Goal of the project

6. All poetic verses

7. References

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1. The idea of the project « 100 E’Card »

It is to send,
“To deliver”, 100 folds « E’CArd »,
Under the size of a Postcard (P.C.).

Every P.C. will be folded and unfolded.
It will be sent,
To readers wishing, simply,
To receive a fold « E’CArd ».
It is the first advantage of the project:
The virtual becomes real.

All the 100 folds « E’CArd »,
Will be reproduced.
On this page

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2. Procedure, limit and assessment of the project

1. It is enough to see,
If your city is not mentioned in the board below.

Because, the project is limited to send 100 « E’CArd ».
One fold by day and city (one by department or district),
In order to obtain a good world dispersion of the project.
The objective is thus of 100 cities.
Delivered over 100 days.

2 remarks :
a. I do not consult my email, every day;
b. It could be that I’m away for a few days
At this moment, the days of absence are not counted.

2. Communicatea name and a postal address,
 
Under this form:
A – (4). Nickname or Name :
B – Addresses :
– Street :
(5).City :
Department (district) :
(6). Country
C – (7). Man (M) or Woman (W) :
D – (8). -20 years or + 20 years :  

Send the address here : envoi-ecard@projet-e3.com

It is useful to notice, that the addresses
Under the shape of “Poste restante” (post remaining)
Shall not be considered,
As well as any shape of spam.

This are the only inconveniences of the project.
But, the contemporaneousness ask for decisions,
And commitments….

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Sequence number of the fold	Date of communication of the address	Dispatch date of the fold	Name or Nickname of the receiver	Ville	Pays	Man / Woman	20 ans / +20 ans
I	mm.dd.2013	mm.dd.2013

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3. The begining of the project

The first person who will participate in the project,
Will start the beginning of the project,
And then, the project will last 100 days,
Starting from the date of first participation.

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4. Composition and steps of a « E’Card »

Each fold « E’CArd »,
Will consist of an implementation,
Of several plastic elements:
 
The support will be drawing paper,
Of 200 grams,
In the neighbourhoods of 3.9 inches. by 5.9 (inches)
 
The folds will be prepared in advance.
 
The steps are the following ones:

1. Preparation of the support of the P.C.
Addition of the date,
Addition of a mini-support,
Who will receive a first sequence number,
Starting from α (alpha) 212 [1]. (Cf. Image 1.)

2. A place will be booked,
To register a poetic verse.
 
Maybe in French:  René Char,
Maybe in English:  William Blake,
Maybe in German:  Rainer Maria Rilke, etc.
Or still in other languages…
It is an important part,
I would still speak about it. (Cf. Image 2.)

See 6. All poetic verses

3. The poetic verse will be varnished
In order not to dilute the ink writing. (Cf. Image 1.)

4. On each support,
There will be an original painting,
Of a “Character’E” or other,
Painted without repentance,
With the black acrylic resin (or another color).
It is the first form. (Cf. Image 3.)

5 & 6. After the form, the background,
Who requires sometimes, two passages. (Cf. Image 4.)

7. The support will be folded,
Twice in the direction of the length,
Twice in the direction of the width,
To obtain the following form:
■■■
■■
■■■

The folds will be strongly supported,
In order to delimit firmly the sides. (4 X 9 = 36)  

By this way, we obtain,
A small booklet of 9 mini-pages, (Cf. Image 5.)
Who will welcome,
8 small images.
That “will consolidate” the sense of the poetic verse.

8. Painting of the 8 small images. (Cf. Image 6.)

9. Second varnished on the whole of the P.C.

10. Impression on a sheet which will be stuck,
On the back of the P.C., and on the left,
The address of the sender.
And numbering of each P.C.
With Roman numerals,
From : I (one) to C (hundred). (Cf. Images 7 & 8.)

The additional printed sheet,
Consolidate all,
While keeping the appearance of wrinkles.

11. Photography of the « E’CArd »

12. On the back, at the right,
The stamps will be also laid out in « E ». (Cf. Image 7.)

13. Forwarding the « E’CArd »,
Each beginning of the week,
On monday.

14. Publication of the « E’Card »

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5. Goal of the project

The emergence of new emotion,
Which in turn, I hope,
Will start other emotions.
 
To surprise a “reader”,
Will trigger other emotions.
And to take part in a project of contemporary art.
 
To register the creative activity,
Of production and diffusion,
On other levels.
Read : Lire : the « Chaîn’E » of contemporary art. 2010.

In sum,
I consider this project,
As an “exhibition”, but
Without gallery,
Without place,
Without wall,
Without advertising,
Without invitation,
Without varnishing,
Without waiting,
Without negotiation,
 
In short,
Pure emotion,
An adventure of a new kind.

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6. All poetic verses

I recapitulate, progressively , all the poetic extracts, in the order of appearance:

Project « E’Card » number order	Number drawing alpha	Poet	Poem	Extract of origin	Extract translates
I	α 212	René Char	Les Matinaux, (The Mornings) [2].	« La vérité attend l’aurore à côté d’une bougie. »	« The truth waits for the dawn, next to a candle. »
II	α 213	“	[2]. Qu’il vive ! (That he lives!)	« Dans mon pays, on ne questionne pas un homme ému. »	« In my country, we do not question a touched man. »
III	α 214	“	“	« Il n’y a pas d’ombre maligne sur la barque chavirée. »	« There is no malignant shade on the capsized boat. »
IV	α 215	“	“	« Bonjour à peine est inconnu dans mon pays. »	« Hello hardly is unknown in my country. »
V	α 216	“	“	« On n’emprunte que ce qui peut se rendre augmenté. »	« We borrow only what can make increased. »
VI	α 217	“	“	« Il y a des feuilles, beaucoup de feuilles sur les arbres de mon pays./ Les branches sont libres de n’avoir pas de fruits. »	« There are leaves, many leaves on the trees of my country./ The branches are free to have no fruits. »
	α 218	“	“	« Sur la terre de la veille, la foudre était pure au ruisseau. »	« On the earth of the day before, the lightning was pure in the brook. »
	α 219	“	“	« La vigne sustentait l’abeille, l’épaule levait le fardeau. »	« The vineyard sustained the bee, the shoulder raised the burden. »
	α 220	“	“	« Là, où nous sommes, il n’y a pas de crainte urgente. »	« There, where we are, there is not an urgent fear. »

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7. References

[1] Recall of the variations of the project « E »
α (alpha) : Small drawing
β (beta) : Large drawing
γ (gamma) : Painting
δ (delta) : Volume
ε (epsilon) : Specific project
ζ (zêta) : Photography
η (êta) : Video
θ (thêta) : Performance
[2] René Char, Les Matinaux, (The Mornings), Poésie / Gallimard, 1ère édition, 1950, 1987.

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In introduction, I start with a simple question: What is the role of the (visual) artist in our society ? What is its place ? Is it to begin a personal approach which aims, as purpose, a specific object to finish on a support, a wall, a place or a museum ?

For my part, I do not conceive art only as an “object of admiration.” The art is interesting when he participated in “sublimated” construction of a community, of a people. When he starts to disturb patterns of thought which tend to take pleasure of their own rigidity. When art is called in question. When art is an adventure.

I so start, a new adventure, by proposing the Project « E’ntraînement – 2 » (Training) to the government.

Herewith a letter to the Minister of the National Education.

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Eoésis
(Dimitri Dimitriadès)
www.projet-e3

To

Mister Minister of National Education
Mister Vincent Peillon

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Object : Project « E’ntraînement pour tous – 2 » (Training for all – 2)
The pitch: “And if France became again one of the first world powers. ”

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February 6th, 2013.

Dear Mr. Minister.

I have the honor and the pleasure to propose to you the project in object. A force pushing me to take the initiative, because the challenges are considerable.

First of all, the project « E’ntraînement » (Training) does not date from yesterday, but since 2010. I wrote about it and published a summary of the project on my site : www.projet-e3.com. The idea was to train and introduce karate (in its noble and pure sense), to persons who are in the downtown of a city on a Saturday afternoon …

Since then, I often thought of the project, and I had conceived the idea to propose it to you. Now it’s done.

I already know that Physical Education and Sport (P.E.S) has an important part in the education of our young people. However, there is a fundamental difference between the P.E.S and Karate because, in short, P.E.S focuses exclusively on the “body” and not the combination of “body-mind” for which the Karate is trying to reach. And that’s exactly what it is, and that led me to the distressing report of a “divorce mind-body” which is translated at the end by a “crisis” (of the individual and society).

The idea of the project is simple: it is to involve our young people with Karate (or other derivatives), 20 minutes per day, from 8 am till 8:30 am. This represents an average of 60 hours / year. Which is not negligible. After some time, I have the big certainty that we shall quickly have reached our goals.

I finish with what seems to me to be the main objection of the project: the gap between the P.E.S and Karate. The image that best reflects this difference, it is the image of a car. With the P.E.S the body of the car (bodywork) is very beautiful, but it stays in a garage, because the engine (the spirit) is low. While with Karate, the body and the engine are powerful. The multiplication, by contagion, of these powers are going to create the impulse of a new power. It is as simple as that. Moreover, the best ideas are the simplest. And they are always very close, that is to say, at the end of our fingers.

Dear Mr. Peillon, I remain at your disposal for additional precise details and startup of this essential project. Please consider the real feeling which drives me. Very respectfully.

Eoésis

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Welcome on the new site, Project E3
It is the continuation, a supplement,
Of the Projet E2.

But what is the Project E2 ?
It is an art project, multipurpose and multidirectional,
Which emphasizes new initiatives.

First, the letter “E”
Is the first letter of a word which I keep secret.
She is inevitably present on a typographic point of view.