Etienne Chambaud Model for Afar (Regensburg, 5 November 333 BCE), 2021

Model for Afar (Regensburg, 5 November 333 BCE) functions between a video screen, lightbox, and a lamp. It is programmed with a simulation of meteorological and atmospheric conditions at a specific place on a specific day. The work combines the date of Alexander the Great’s battle at Issus, depicted in a work by Albrecht Altdorfer (now held in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich) with the German artist’s location when he painted the representation in 1529. That is, the conditions the work emulates are those of Regensburg, where Altdorfer worked, at the time of Alexander the Great's famous battle.