Metamorphy

Metamorphy is a visual and sonorous interactive artwork. Spectators are invited to touch and explore the depth of the semi-transparent veil. This symbolic skin has an elasticity which is incorporated within the process of metamorphosis : the veil is deformed when the spectator interacts, and it becomes again rigid when the spectator stops touching it. The exploration of depths into the veil reveals various meditative universes, through organic, liquid or incandescent substances. Metamorphy creates an ambiguity between a real physical space, a virtual space materialized by the reflection of a mirror, and a virtual space generated by the videoprojections of a digital device. In this sensory artwork, real reflections and virtual images get mixed up, give the illusion of a distorted reality. Like a music score, each interaction zone on the fabric offers sonorous matters (sound effects) when the spectator applies pressure with the hand. Then, when nobody interacts with the veil, it becomes rigid and virtual matters disappear. The spectator’s reflection only remains.

The Director

Scenocosme : Gregory Lasserre & Anais met den Ancxt The couple artists Gregory Lasserre and Anais met den Ancxt work under the name Scenocosme. They live in the Rhone-Alpes region in France. These artists overturn various technologies in order to create contemporary artworks. Their works came from possible hybridizations between the technology and living world.
Their artworks are exhibited in numerous museums, contemporary art centres and digital art festivals in the world. They have exhibited their interactive installation artworks at ZKM Karlsruhe Centre for Art and Media (Germany), at Daejeon Museum of Art (Korea), at Museum Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Canada), at National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Moscow), at Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh (USA), at Bòlit Centre d’Art Contemporani (Girona) and in many international biennals and festivals : Art Center Nabi / INDAF (Seoul), BIACS3 / Biennial International of Contemporary Art of Seville (Spain), Biennial Experimenta (Australia), NAMOC / National Art Museum of China / TransLife / Triennial of Media Art (Beijing), Futuresonic (UK), WRO (Poland), FILE (São-Paulo), ISEA / International Symposium on Electronic Art (2009 Belfast, 2011 Istanbul, 2012 Albuquerque, 2013 Sydney), EXIT, VIA, Lille3000, Ososphere, Scopitone, Seconde nature (France)… during important events : World Expo (Shanghai), Nuits Blanches (Toronto, Halifax, Singapor, Bruxelles, Brighton, Amiens, Segovia, Bucharest), Fête des lumières (Lyon)… and in various art centers : MONA (Australia), MUDAC, Fondation Claude Verdan (Lausanne), Musée Ianchelevici (Belgium), Kibla (Slovenia), Banff Centre (Canada), Villa Romana (Firenze), Utsikten Kunstsenter (Norway), Watermans (UK), Centre des arts d’Enghien-les-Bains, Gaîté Lyrique (Paris) etc.

General Information

Directors: Scenocosme : Gregory Lasserre & Anais met den Ancxt
The Production Company: Scenocosme : Gregory Lasserre & Anais met den Ancxt
Year of Creation: 2013
Awards: – Lumen Prize Silver Award (international award for digital art) – London (UK) – Interfaces Award / Interactive Art Competition : honorable mention / (CITAR) Research Center for Science and Technology of the Arts – Porto (Portugal) – Share Prize / honorary mention – Turin (Italy)
Minimum Age: 5
Subtitles: no langage

Technical Information

Format: interactive installation
Duration: infinite
Equipment: technical needs : computer, videoprojector, mirror
Device: computer, videoprojector
Surface area: minimum : 3m x 5m (more is better)
Internet Connection: no

Contact

scenocosme@gmail.com

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