Space Project, by Vincent Fournier

Ariane 2 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair.
Ariane 2 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair.
(Image credit: TBC)

Landing at the London Art Fair for a four-day stint this month, French-born, Brussels-based photographer Vincent Fournier’s ‘Space Project’ tackles the unknown world of space exploration
head on.

A regular Wallpaper* contributer over the years, Fournier has spent the past decade and a half gaining access to some of the most controlled environments on earth - including government stations and training grounds - in an effort to expose the visual gems which can be found in these unforgiving landscapes.

Playing on the stylised notion of a sci-fi utopia, Fournier’s otherworldly photographs of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah and the Atacama Desert Observatories in Chile – alongside a series of surprisingly stringy trainee astronauts - offer an alternative view of the world, unseen by many and known by few.

Represented in the UK by London’s Steps Gallery, Fournier’s London Art Fair stand has been designed to mirror the dislocation of his photographic project. Cast in clinical white plastic and accessed through a lifesize recreation of the Hangar doors found in many of his works - the stand looks set to prove as much of an attraction as the photographs themselves.

Ariane 1 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Ariane 1
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Ariane 3 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Ariane 3
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Ariane 5 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Ariane 5
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Anechoic Chamber Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Anechoic Chamber
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Apollo Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Apollo
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Bure Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Bure
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Caussol Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Caussol
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Mauna Kea 1 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Mauna Kea 1
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 0 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 0
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 1 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 1
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 4 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 4
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 2 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 2
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 3 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 3
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 6 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 6
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 5 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 5
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

MDRS 11 Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

MDRS 11
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Moon Valley Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Moon Valley
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Alma Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Alma
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

TS17 Chair Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

TS17 Chair
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Soyouz Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Soyouz
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Space-Gloves Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Space-Gloves
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Boris Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Boris
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Vostok Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Vostok
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

I.S.S Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

I.S.S
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

Chinese Rocket Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

Chinese Rocket
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair

(Image credit: TBC)

ADDRESS

Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street
London N1