Archives
Documents, invitation cards, catalogues, press articles and broadcasts devoted to Jean-Marc Philippe, drawn from his archives and from public collections. The texts published by the artist and the texts written about his work are gathered on the Biography / Writings page.
Invitation cards
Trente toiles récentesCité internationale des arts, 1971
Œuvres récentesGalerie Attali, 1976
Dix-sept RegardsGalerie France, 1982
L'Œuvre blanche, regards et souriresGalerie Eolia, 1985
Space Art / Art EspaceGalerie Alain Oudin, 1985Documents
World Space Art Committee: Working Paper submitted to the commission of experts, Maison de l'UNESCO, 3 November 1986 (7 pages) — transcription
Letter from Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, granting KEO the patronage of the Organization, 8 May 1999 — KEO
Bibliography and press
Books, catalogues and journals
- Maximilien Gauthier, Jean-Marc Philippe, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Galerie Katia Granoff, 1967.
- FIAC 76, catalogue, Paris, Foire internationale d'art contemporain, 1976, p. 32.
- Die Internationale Kunstmesse – Art 6'75 Basel, catalogue, Basel, 1975, p. 78.
- Gilles Plazy, “Jean-Marc Philippe”, Cimaise, no. 128, September-December 1976, pp. 40-47.
- Jean-Marc Philippe. Œuvres récentes 1976-1984 : l'Œuvre blanche, Paris, Les Cahiers Eolia, 1985 (ISBN 2-905536-01-2).
- Alain Oudin, “L'Art spatial”, Autrement, no. 77 (“L'Espace super star”), February 1986, pp. 196-197.
- Gilles Tordjman, “Portrait de l'artiste en vidéo”, Revue d'esthétique, no. 10 (“Vidéo-Vidéo”), Privat, 1986, pp. 155-158.
- Françoise Armengaud, Titres, Paris, Klincksieck, 1988, chapter “Jean-Marc Philippe”, pp. 213-222.
- Christiane Galus, “Le mouvement qui déplace les lignes”, Le Monde, 25 May 1988, p. 23.
- Philippe Poncet, “Art and Shape-Memory Alloys: Jean-Marc Philippe”, Leonardo, vol. 22, no. 1, MIT Press, January 1989, pp. 117-120.
- Jacqueline Brenot, “Totem du Futur”, in L'Europe des créateurs : Utopies 89, Paris, Association des entreprises pour le Bicentenaire, 1989, pp. 16-21 (record).
- Roger F. Malina, “Space Art As Public Art: The Artist As Space Researcher”, Delicate Balance: Technics, Culture and Consequences, IEEE, October 1989, pp. 260-266 (DOI).
- Roger F. Malina, “In Defense of Space Art: The Role of the Artist in Space Exploration”, International Astronomical Union Colloquium, vol. 112, January 1991, pp. 145-152.
- Pierre Poix, Ils ont rêvé l'espace. De Plutarque au Space Art, Paris, Hatier, “Regard sur l'espace” series, 1992, chapter “Les maîtres du Space Art”, pp. 153-163.
- Frank Popper, L'art à l'âge électronique, Paris, Hazan, 1993, pp. 130-131.
- Isabelle Lécuyer-Dujardin and Dimitra Markovitsi, “Les nouveaux matériaux – Sculpture à mémoire”, Théma, vol. 5 “Sciences et techniques”, Paris, Larousse, 1994, p. 349.
- Jacques Mousseau, “Kéo, l'oiseau communicant”, Communication & Langages, no. 122, 1999, pp. 4-10 (Persée).
- Lionel Salem, La Science dans l'art, Paris, Odile Jacob, 2000, chapter “La science ‘mise en art’”, pp. 25-48.
- Annick Bureaud, “L'art de l'ère spatiale”, Art Press, no. 269, June 2001.
- Adrien Goetz, “Les yeux dans les étoiles”, Le Journal des Arts, no. 551, 1st October 2003.
- Sophie Bruère and François Gauvin, “Terre || Lumière”, Figures de l'Art, no. 17, 2009, pp. 226-227 (DOI).
- Annick Bureaud (co-author), All Aliens. Cabaret de curiosités, Subjectile / Le Phénix / Les Solitaires intempestifs, 2014, p. 61.
- Annick Bureaud, “Art télématique. Cartographie pour un média mort”, MCD – Magazine des cultures digitales, no. 75, September-November 2014.
Press
- Véronique Maurus, “Retour vers le futur”, Le Monde, 16 August 1998 (online).
- Declan Butler, “Space 'time capsule' could send a message to the future”, Nature, no. 391, 8 January 1998 (online).
- Jean-Marie Decorse, “Avec Keo, rendez-vous dans 50.000 ans”, La Dépêche du Midi, 15 May 1999 (online).
- “Keo en route pour le futur”, L'Humanité, 18 March 2000 (online).
- Pierre Barthélémy, “Le satellite KEO attend vos messages pour les Terriens du DXXIe siècle”, Le Monde, 12 July 2002 (online).
- John Lichfield, “Time capsule to orbit planet earth for 50,000 years”, Irish Independent, 12 July 2002 (online).
- Karishma Upadhyay, “Around the universe in 50,000 years”, The Times of India, 17 September 2002 (online).
- Marie-Julie Gagnon, “Retour vers le futur”, La Presse (Montreal), 20 February 2004.
- Elisabeth Chardon, “La Bâtie sert de relais à KEO, une œuvre planétaire qui attend encore la participation des Suisses”, Le Temps, 4 September 2004 (online).
- “Iran: KEO Initiator Expected”, Iran Daily, 16 February 2005 (online).
- “Near-Art Object”, Wired, 1st May 2006 (online).
- “Capsules temporelles, bouteilles à la mer et messages au cosmos”, Le Figaro, 10 October 2006 (online).
- Marc Vandermeir, “KEO, le satellite de vos espoirs”, La Libre Belgique, 6 April 2007 (online).
- “México en cápsula del tiempo que atestiguará el hoy”, Cuarto Poder (Chiapas) (online).
- Millie Servant, “10 ambitieuses capsules temporelles destinées aux générations futures”, Usbek & Rica, 17 June 2023 (online).
- Santiago Vargas, “Satélite KEO: el proyecto para enviarle un mensaje a la humanidad del año 52.000”, El Tiempo, 22 January 2024 (online).
- Claire L. Evans, “If We Want Anyone to Remember Humanity, We Need to Talk About Time Capsules”, Vice (online).
Radio
- Pierre Descargues, Les après-midi de France Culture, France Culture, 1st October 1976.
- José Artur, Le Pop-Club, France Inter, 23 October 1976.
- Jacques Pradel, Adrénaline, France Inter, 16 July 1986.
- Françoise Malettra, Musicomania, France Culture, 19 July 1986.
- Marie-Odile Monchicourt, Poussière d'étoiles, France Inter, 7 February 1987.
Online resources
- Jean-Marc Philippe authority record, general catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- Entry “Jean-Marc Philippe”, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford University Press.
- Works by Jean-Marc Philippe in the collections of the Centre national des arts plastiques (Navigart).
- “Space art”, Centre Pompidou.
- Festival @rt Outsiders 2003, “Space Art”, Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris.
- Académie européenne des sciences, des arts et des lettres (AESAL).
- Leonardo Awards Program: list of award winners, Leonardo / ISAST.
- Jean-Marc Philippe, ISEA Symposium Archives.
- Prix Ars Electronica 1999, Ars Electronica archives.
- Death record, register of persons deceased in France.
- “KEO (satellite)” article, Wikipedia (French).







