Virginie gets philosophical

After reading the task brief, Virginie brings up a philosophical question: would the bowl itself be considered to be in the bowl? She attempts to justify her position by claiming that it is impossible for the bowl to be considered outside of the bowl; ergo, by default, the bowl must be inside of the bowl.

Virginie then starts removing the lemons from the bowl as Antoine comments on her Neoplatonist musings. However, by the time she has emptied the bowl of lemons, she rejects her idea of using the bowl to add height to her tower, reasoning that Louis is “very Cartesian” and would punish her for her idea (in the studio, Louis actually affirms that he would have accepted the bowl as being in the bowl).

After a few unsuccessful attempts at piling her lemons together, Virginie cuts five lemons in half and then starts stacking the halves on top of each other. Right as her time is over, most of her tower falls apart.

Virginie therefore builds just a 7cm tall lemon tower, and earns joint fourth place.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by David Fuller)