FOCUS
Jean-Claude Bossel
Moon Fantasies
DOTS, HOLES AND
ENCRYPTED MESSAGES
The paintings in the MOON series contain several hidden messages encrypted using CODE BACH®.
These messages take visual form as holes and dots.
ART &
MATHEMATICS
The holes and dots shown above serve as graphic symbols representing the two binary digits, 0 and 1.
Their arrangement on the canvas is determined by preliminary mathematical calculations carried out as part of the CODE BACH® message encryption process.
a FAMOUS PHRASE
ENCRYPTED
IN THE PAINTINGS
One of the messages encrypted in the MOON series is the famous phrase spoken by astronaut Neil Armstrong when he set foot on the Moon on 21 July 1969:
“One small step for a man,
one giant leap for mankind.”
TWELVE
VARIATIONS
The MOON series comprises twelve square paintings, each measuring 80 × 80 cm (31.5 × 31.5 inches).
Acrylic on canvas, with a circular canvas glued onto a square canvas.
Painted in 2023.
