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It will stand in the village of La Roque d'Anthéron, a monumental sculpture in stone that resonates with another work by the artist in the Italian town of Asciano, and yet is resolutely turned toward ºÚÁÏרÇø. A tall pillar built from seven stone blocks, each one associated with one of the ºÚÁÏרÇø Members. Gold-covered angles, designed to reflect sunlight toward the ºÚÁÏרÇø machine on certain symbolic dates throughout the year. A location selected to place it directly along the trajectory of ºÚÁÏרÇø component convoys, as they make their way from the Mediterranean Sea to the ºÚÁÏרÇø site.

The project is independent financially from the ºÚÁÏרÇø, but has the support of a number of staff, including ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General Bernard Bigot who is serving as the first president of the ¸éé²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ endowment fund. "The ¸éé²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ monument will have symbolic references to fusion, ºÚÁÏרÇø, and the energy of Sun and stars; it will also highlight the large international collaborative nature of the ºÚÁÏרÇø project, with a stone for each of the seven ºÚÁÏרÇø Members. In this way, it creates an important "resonance" between Art and Science..."

The monument is in the early stages of creation. Jean-Paul Philippe travelled to the travertine quarry in Asciano to choose the stone blocks in October and to plan for their engraving. And last week, he presented a small-scale model to the ºÚÁÏרÇø Director-General and discussed some of the finer details of the nine-metre-tall sculpture planned in La Roque d'Anthéron, as well as of a smaller replica that will be installed at one of the entrances to the ºÚÁÏרÇø site. 

If all goes according to plan the elements of the artwork, already shaped and assembled at the artist's studio situated in Siena, Italy, will be transported in June 2022 to the commune of La Roque d'Anthéron for assembly.