Chirality

This installation comprises seven sculptures created through a process of digitization and three-dimensional reproduction. The artist scanned mineral specimens to create digital models, from which he generated artificial stones exhibiting the property of chirality. Chirality, from the Greek “kheir” (hand), defines an object that cannot be superimposed onto its mirror image. This phenomenon, common in the biological world but rare in the mineral kingdom, forms the conceptual core of the work. The sculptures form mirror-image pairs, creating a tension between their mineral origin and their almost organic appearance. This work is part of Chatonsky’s exploration of the boundaries between the natural and the artificial. By endowing minerals with a characteristic specific to living things, the artist challenges traditional classifications and suggests the existence of alternative organisms, calling into question our conceptions of life and matter. This perceptual confusion opens up the possibility of https://aoc.media/opinion/2025/02/06/chiralites-apres-la-verite/—a form of biology that would dismantle the organization of living beings.