The Stories
Nine tales where it all began — a resort on the shores of a sea of sand: Vermilion Sands. Artists, divas, living technology and… sonic sculptures.
Imaginary archive · white desert · crystal
Le Monde de
Vermilion Sands
A Tribute to J. G. Ballard
At the far edge of a desert of salt and light, a resort devoted to the exploration of modern mirages. Architecture, machines and artifacts compose a territory of clinical beauty, where desire meets utopia and the future mingles with the ruins of the present.
The Stories of Vermilion Sands“I wait optimistically for it to take concrete shape around me.”— J. G. Ballard, on Vermilion Sands, 1971
The Sonic Sculptures
How to recreate Vermilion Sands in our world? The Sonic Sculptures — voices from inert matter. They play and sing to the world around them, the hidden music everywhere.
Vermilion Rack
The resort’s sound machine — a modular studio of more than ninety modules, each born from the tales, and the collection is expanding…
The Painting Machine
Where pigment, code and chance will collaborate to dream landscapes not yet seen.
Notes from the sea of sand
The machine room is open
Description, videos, and the guided demos of the rack's instruments —
the whole studio, explained by the station.
Vermilion Rack Main Page