Faces of coal
The largest source of CO2 emissions in Europe is just 1h30 drive from Brussels: the Hambach and Garzweiler coal mines, are near at the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, in Germany.The entire region is being turned into a wasteland, by a single coal...
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Direct action in Lützerath
In January 2023, I joined protesters and climate activists gathered near the village of Lützerath to try preventing its destruction by the coal industry: there are about 280 Million tons of coal under the village, and the coal company RWE wants to burn it...
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Projections in Lützerath (2021-2022)
Lützerath was a small village in Germany, in the heart of Europe. It was destroyed last month to extract and burn 280 Millions tons of coal but prior to the destruction, activists were occupying the village to protect it from demolition. Over the past...
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Null and void.
All my NFTs on Nifty Gateway are now ‘null and void’. Here’s why: On Nifty Gateway, NFts are not issued by the artists.Ownership is not recorded on the blockchain.Files aren’t stored safely, many links reported “dead”.It is, objectively, a misuse of the blockchain.
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100 possible landscapes
The Possible landscape series is an ongoing body of work exploring the creation of imaginary landscapes from code. More info on the larger drawings series. Once parameters and variables are set, the artist uses the software as a machine to create artworks: an infinite...
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The Carbon Drop
Last month, after a difficult but necessary conversation about the insane CO2 footprint of most* CryptoArt and the lack of transparency from Ethereum platforms, we teamed up with friends and artists to try addressing this issue. Together with Beeple, Gmunk, Refik Anadol and others,...
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The problem of (Ethereum) CryptoArt
I spent the past 15 years flying to festivals, galleries, events, art fairs to exhibit and distribute my work while building my art practice. Most of these projects are unsustainable, so when I decided to lower my impact and cut plane travel, I started...
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The energy consumption of the studio.
Until recently, I had very little interest or knowledge of the amount of energy I was consuming. As my work relies heavily on technology, computers, projectors and require energy, it feels irresponsible to keep consuming ressources without a basic understanding of the energy system...
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Tutorial: Origami and projection mapping
I’ve been doing creative workshops with kids and schools for years (with 8-10 years old) and this can be an easy and creative activity to do at home during the confinement. All you need to make the sculpture is paper, tape, and a bit...
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Climate Action
We are facing an unprecedented global climate emergency. We must act now. I believe individual actions are important (reduction of consumption and travel, local sourcing of products) but without a shift from corporations, banks and governments, it remains insignificant. In 2019 I decided to...
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