Hercule Florence. Le Nouveau Robinson
Life and projects of a Monegasque inventor of the 19th century in Brazil |
Until 24 September 2017
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco | Villa Paloma |
This exhibition presents the results of 5 years of research on the work of the Monegasque-Brazilian inventor and artist Hercule Florence (1804–79), introducing him for the first time to the European public. |
The inventor of Zoophonie, a system for the musical notation of bird songs, and of Polygraphy, a printing method based on the principles of photography, Hercule Florence invented a photographic process in 1833 in Brazil - independently from the contemporary research being carried out in Europe - and was the first to use the word “Photographie”. |
International artists such as Lucia Koch, Jochen Lempert, Leticia Ramos, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané and Linda Fregni Nagler (co-curator of the exhibition) have been invited to produce works specifically for this exhibition. |
Hercule Florence. Le Nouveau Robinson is curated by Linda Fregni Nagler and Cristiano Raimondi, and is accompanied by a publication with international contributions (Humboldt Books). |
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