STELLAR TOTEMS

Like the stars, the universe, and the meaning we assign to them, patterns marking the passage of time emerge at every moment, reminding us that we rotate on our axis at over 1,670 km/h at the equator, travel around the Sun at more than 30 km/s, while the Sun itself moves at about 220 km/s within the Milky Way.

Like a giant clock, the stars have always accompanied humans in their understanding of themselves and the cosmos. To turn toward them is to contemplate our own origins and open ourselves to a larger dimension of reality.

The stellar totems embody official data from international astrophysics (NASA and ESA), generated by software developed by the artist, and represent a fragment of the sky at a given instant.

Although each constellation is the result of scientific work and cutting-edge technology, Vidya-Kélie’s work calls upon an ineffable faith: the belief of belonging to the cosmos, of becoming one with the planets, with these burning spheres that resonate, on other scales, with the atomic energy of the human body.

Here, the artist reveals pivotal moments of her life as a woman, transposed into silent universes. The star patterns are like doors floating in the corners of her heart.

They stand as keys charged with history, mystery, and reverence in the face of the immensity of the unknown.

Covered in gold, calm and silent, placed like totems, these symbols invite meditation, encourage trust in one’s inner compass, and affirm the artist’s right to fully live her condition as an emotional being.