Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt
Grégory Lasserre & Anaïs met den Ancxt are also known under their artist name Scenocosme.
They live and work together since 2003 as contemporary artist of the movement digital artist.
Biography
Anaïs met den Ancxt (born in 1981, in Lyon, France) is graduate from the Art School of Lyon and the Design Art School of St Etienne.
Grégory Lasserre (born in 1976, in Annecy, France) have a master's degree in multimedia (Valenciennes), an engineer diploma in computer sciences (Avignon) and a diploma in Electronics (Annecy).
Their artworks are mostly made up of sound and visual installations. They develop the software and technologies of their interactive artworks. Their digital art works are characterised by the introduction of natural elements in their technological art installation. They are also interested by the living bodies and the influences of energy as sources of sensitive interactions : like electrostatic energy and heat. Their installation "Akousmaflore" is a sensitive garden with real plants. Each plant is interactive and react to the human touch by different sounds. Their artwork "Kymapetra" is made with minerals turned into touch-sensitive sensors . These artists use also water and wood as elements capable to generate tactile, visual and sound sensory interactivity. Their interactive installations involve the audience socially and physically. The installation "Lights Contacts" invites the spectators to touch the others' skins and bodies to produce sounds and lights. The immersive installation "SphèrAléas" is an interactive geodesic space for ten spectators. Inside, they are invited to experiment and create together visual and musical performances in real time.
Art works (selection)
- 2004 : SphèrAléas, immersive and interactive installation
- 2006 : Alsos, interactive installation reacting to the light.
- 2007 : Akousmaflore, interactive installation with real plants
- 2008 : Kymapetra, mineral interactive installation
- 2010 : Lights contacts, interactive installation with human body
- 2011 : Fluides, liquid interactive installation
- 2011 : Souffles, interactive installation reacting to human breath
- 2012 : Ecorces, interactive installation reacting to the human heat
- 2013 : Matieres sensibles (Sensitive matters), Sound Sculpture on wood, interactive marquetry
- 2014 : Metamorphy, interactive installation
- 2015 : Matière Noire / Dark matter, interactives installations
Exhibitions (selection)
- FILE 2014 Electronic Language International Festival - São Paulo (Brasil) (2014)
- Banff Centre | Convergence - International Summit on Interdisciplinary Arts and Technology - Alberta (Canada) (2014)
- BIACS 3 (DE) | International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Sevilla (Spain) (2008)
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (Germany) (2009 : "YOU[ser] 2.0") (2012 : "Sound Art. Sound as Medium of Fine Art") (2015 : "Globale : Exo-Evolution")
- NCCA | National Centre for Contemporary Arts - Moscow (Russia) (2015)
- Experimenta | International Biennial of Media Art (Australia) (2009, 2012)
- Utsikten Kunstsenter - Kvinesdal (Norway) (2009, 2012)
- WRO Media Art Biennale / Wro Art Center - Wroclaw (Poland) (2009)
- Futuresonic - Manchester (UK) (2009)
- Festival International EXIT / Maison des arts et de la culture de Créteil (FR) (France) (2009, 2011, 2013)
- Lab30 - Media Arts Festival - Augsburg (Germany) (2009, 2011)
- Villa Romana (FR) - Firenze (Italia) (2009)
- INDAF - Incheon International Digital Art Festival - Songdo (South Korea) (2010)
- ISEA International | International Symposium of Electronic Art (Belfast, 2010) (Istanbul, 2011) (Albuquerque, 2012) (Sydney, 2013)
- La Fondation Claude Verdan Musée de la main (FR)- Lausanne (Switzerland) (2011)
- Bòlit Centre d'Art Contemporani (CA) - Girona (Spain) (2011)
- Art Gallery of Nova Scotia - Halifax (Canada) (2011)
- TransLife | Triennial of Media Art, NAMOC | National Art Museum of China - Beijing (China) (2011)
- Musée Ianchelevici - La Louvière (Belgium) (2012)
- MUDAC - Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts - Lausanne (Switzerland) (2012)
- Daejeon Museum of Art (South Korea) (2012)
- CAM Raleigh | Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh (USA) (2012)
- Musée de Millau et des Grands Causses - Millau (France) (2014, 2015)
- Nuit blanche, White Night festivals - (Amiens, 2007, 2010, 2012), (Metz, 2011), (Brussels,2010), (Brighton,2010), (Toronto,2011), (Halifax,2012,2013), (Singapor,2014), (Segovia,2012), (Bucharest,2015), (Dublin,2015)
- Festival of Lights (Lyon) (France) (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- World Expo 2010 - Shanghai (China) (2010)
- Mois Multi - festival international en arts électroniques - Québec (Canada) (2014)
- E-Fest - digital art festival - Tunis (Tunisia) (2014, 2015)
- Art & Algorithms Digital Arts Festival - Titusville (USA) (2015)
- MIRA Visual Arts Festival Arts Santa Mònica - Barcelona (Spain) (2014)
- Festival City Sonic (FR)- Mons (Belgium) (2010, 2014)
- Festival Vidéoformes (FR) - Clermont-Ferrand (France) (2010, 2014)
- Festival Accès(s) - Pau (France) (2011)
- Festival NEMO - Paris (France) (2013)
- Festival Les Nuits électroniques de l'Ososphère (FR) - Strasbourg (France) (2009)
- Festival Arborescence - Aix-en-Provence (France) (2005)
- Festival Scopitone (FR) - Nantes (France) (2005)
- Trace(s) - digital art festival - Bagnols-sur-Cèze (France) (2013, 2014, 2015)
- Festival Horizons Numériques / Abbaye de l'Escaladieu (FR) - Bonnemazon (France) (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
- A-part, festival international d’art contemporain - Baux-de-Provence (France) (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Awards (selection)
- Lumen Prize Silver Award (international award for digital art) (2015)
- Human Interface Award / Phaenomenale - Science & Art Festival / Phaeno Science Center - Wolfsburg (Germany) (2015)
- Interfaces Award / Interactive Art Competition : honorable mention - Porto (Portugal) (2015)
- Grant for Digital Art Ici ARTV (Canada) (2014)
- Award visual Arts and new technologies : Bains Numeriques #5 - international digital arts festival - Enghien-les-Bains (France) (2011)
- Award lab30 Public's Choice Award : Lab30 Media Arts Festival - Augsburg (Germany) (2011)
- Award «Most innovative production» : International Theatre and Dance Fair - Huesca (Spain) (2012)
- Award Qwartz Arts New Media (2012)
- LumiVille Trophies : Price young light originator - Lyon (France) (2013)
Bibliography
- Rencontres sensibles Scenocosme / Edition : Les Réservoirs - lieu d’art contemporain, 2015
- Hybrid and sensory Interactive Artworks Scenocosme, 2014
- Parabol the retooling issue curated by Peter Weibel Karlsruhe Editions Section.d Section.a, 2014
- Touch and Go, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Volume 18 Issue 3 Lanfranco Aceti, 2012
- ISEA2011 Uncontainable, Leonardo Electronic Almanac Ozden Sahin, 2012
- (French) Hybridation & art contemporain Edition Al dante – Aica, 2013
- (French) Arts numériques, Tendances, Artistes, Lieux & Festivals, 100 artistes français de la scène numérique contemporaine Editions MCD, 2008
Sources
- Augmented Sensations. An interview with Scenocosme Marisa Gomez, interartive.org, 2012
- Exhibition Soundart, Akousmaflore ZKM, 2012
- A Beijing Exhibition on Art for the 'Post-Human Era New York Times, Sheila Melvin, 2011
- Croisements Festival Digitarts.org, Alex Yu, 2011)