Aventicum af Christophe Claret 2026

Michael Goldman
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Christophe Clarets passion for historie har inspireret ham, da han skabte Aventicum, en hyldest til det, der i 300 år var hovedstaden i det romerske Helvetien, og som fremhæver det enestående arbejde på Romer Museet i Avenches. I midten af urskiven afslører Aventicum-uret en miniaturebuste i guld af den romerske kejser Marcus Aurelius. Den mikrograverede fremstilling fremstår særligt tredimensionel takket være en genial optisk effekt.

Udgravninger i ruinerne af Aventicum, nær den schweiziske by Avenches, gav i 1939 en ekstraordinær overraskelse: en solid guldbuste af kejser Marcus Aurelius blev opdaget, fundet under rengøring af et gammelt rør. Dette værdifulde fund er en af kun tre kendte romerske buster af denne stil i verden. Det, der gør dette fund enestående, er netop dets eksistens, da det antages, at andre lignende statuer blev smeltet om og genbrugt som andre genstande gennem århundrederne.


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ChristopheClaret_Aventicum_1Dette, og en 3D-film også produceret af ham om byens ruiner og dens fund, er inspirationskilderne til Christophe Clarets seneste kreation, Aventicum-uret. I midten af urskiven ses en kopi af busten af Marcus Aurelius lavet af mikrograveret guld. Ved hjælp af en teknik, der aldrig før er blevet brugt i urmageriets historie, fremstår den trofaste lille gengivelse af kejseren, mindre end tre millimeter, forstørret takket være en genial opfindelse kaldet miraskop. Miraskopet består af to identiske parabolske spejle anbragt over hinanden, hvilket skaber en elliptisk form. Det øverste konvekse spejl har et hul i midten. Når en genstand placeres i midten af det nederste konkave spejl, skaber reflektionen fra det øverste spejl et hologram af genstanden, der vises næsten dobbelt så stor som dens faktiske størrelse. Ved at implementere denne optiske effekt på Aventicum fremstår busten af Marcus Aurelius, som om den projiceres fra midten af uret.

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Denne omstændighed har betinget skabelsen og konstruktionen af viserne, da midten af uret nu netop var optaget af Miraskopet. Det blev besluttet at implementere indikatorer, der roterer i en usynlig ring på urskivens omkreds, hver udstyret med en modvægt for at optimere stabiliteten. Udfordringen ved at skabe Aventicums visere var at finde et materiale, der var let nok til at kompensere for den relativt store, omend stort set skjulte, størrelse af displaymekanismen. Løsningen var at bruge carbonmikrofiber, som har et fremragende vægt/stivhedsforhold.

ChristopheClaret_Aventicum_2Vender man Aventicum om, kan den transparente safir-svingvægt af automatværket beundres gennem bagkassen. Nævnte rotor er dekoreret med fem bigaer (lette stridsvogne trukket af to heste), der synes at være i fuld konkurrence. Endnu en gang fremhæves den legesyge ånd, vi finder i en lang række af Clarets ure: ved at placere Aventicum vandret og lave en eller to bevægelser med hånden, sættes vognene i gang. Den spiller, hvis vogn stopper oven på "A" for Aurèle (Aurelio) indgraveret på omridset, vil være vinderen. Aventicum viser også andre klassiske motiver såsom romertal til timerne eller det labyrintiske mønster, der findes både på urskiven og på bagsiden af uret omkring safir-svingvægten. Da Marcus Aurelius også var filosof, viser baggrunden af Aventicum også en af hans berømte maksimer: "Perfice Omnia facta vitae quasi haec postrema essent" ("udfør enhver handling i dit liv, som om den var din sidste").

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