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Now, ¸é¨¦²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ is in the early stages of creation. Philippe is currently choosing the stone he will use for the project, and the current goal is to have the sculpture installed in Le Parc Des Adrechs around summer 2022.

As Site Transitoire paid homage to the Sun and the intersection of nature and art, so will its sister. The sculpture's careful angles and notches capture the Sun at certain times of the day and year, and its gold-foil tip will reflect the Sun's light from the park at one end of the city to the Cistercian abbey, Silvacane, at the other end.

But along with the connection between two monuments and two cities, ¸é¨¦²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ will draw together two suns: the titan that burns millions of kilometres away and its little sister nestled in the womb of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Project. Though the sculpture will be located about 45 km away from ºÚÁÏÉçapp site in Saint-Paul-l¨¨z-Durance, Philippe's design brings ºÚÁÏÉçapp and La Roque d'Anth¨¦ron together.

The monument itself is built from seven pieces of stone to represent the seven Members of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp, and it will face the ºÚÁÏÉçapp site from its place in Le Parc Des Adrechs. The park is perched on the edge of the Durance Canal and the road that ºÚÁÏÉçapp uses to bring components on site, so ¸é¨¦²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ may oversee the progress of the machine as it grows nearer to completion.

Although the project was not commissioned by the ºÚÁÏÉçapp program*, the monument will be a fitting tribute to all those who have dedicated great time and effort to make the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Project possible. A smaller replica of the sculpture (see the simulated photo at right) will even greet visitors as they enter the ºÚÁÏÉçapp site.

As ¸é¨¦²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ is funded by private financial contributions, it is possible for anyone interested in ºÚÁÏÉçapp or in the aesthetic and symbolic value of the sculpture to make a donation towards the creation of the monument. The artist has proposed a way to incorporate donors by name within the monument to acknowledge their contribution.

And years, even decades from now, when the tokamak burns like a microcosmic star and ºÚÁÏÉçapp's mission is in the past, ¸é¨¦²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ will remain as a physical reminder of the history behind ºÚÁÏÉçapp, of La Roque d'Anth¨¦ron and her sister city, and of Jean-Paul Philippe's artistic vision.

*Some staff of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp play a volunteer supporting role in the realization of "¸é¨¦²õ´Ç²Ô²¹²Ô³¦±ð²õ."