Tutorial: Origami and projection mapping
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted mars 21, 2020
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
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted décembre 16, 2019
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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Projection Rebellion
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted novembre 2, 2019
We are facing an unprecedented global climate emergency. We must act now. Earlier this year I decided to dedicate a significant part of my time to support environmental causes and different groups of activists in their direct actions. I’m designing tools for bright, portable...
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How many trees to make a forest ?
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted septembre 24, 2019
During an Art residency in Iceland, Juliette Bibasse and Joanie Lemercier are planting trees. Here’s a daily diary (original twitter thread). September 20th 2019: Today we’re planting some trees. It snowed on the nearby peaks last night. It’s 7°C, but it feels like 3°C....
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Some time in Iceland
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted septembre 21, 2019
30 days in Iceland. Despite a decade long interest for the Eyjafjallajökull, it’s my first visit to Iceland. We’re doing an art residency with Juliette Bibasse, and here’s some documentation on our time here. Laser projections in the wild....
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The folding of Forces into Forms
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted février 26, 2019
A silent photo report from my recent trip across California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Exploring the sublime: Scale beyond comprehension RODEN CRATER and the experience of light In 1974, artist James Turrell spent 7 months flying his small airplane across the Westerns...
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The making of a digital panorama.
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted septembre 12, 2018
I’m working on a new piece for Cheongju Craft Biennale, opening on September 13th in South Korea. Here’s the documentation of the project and insights on the journey. 1- Experiencing Nature My practice as an artist involves spending a large part of my life...
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Microscapes
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted septembre 12, 2018
DESCRIPTIONMicroscapesInvestigations of the invisible. INL Nanochemistry Research Group is working on the enhancement and optimization of printed solar cell technologies, and exploring how nanotechnology may increase efficiency of photovoltaic cells. Joanie Lemercier has been hosted in residence at INL to follow this research.He had...
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No-logram
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted mars 8, 2017
INTERACTIVE SCREENLESS PROJECTIONS I’m obsessed with projections in mid-air, ever since I first saw Princess Leia ‘so-called’ hologram, and I dreamed for years of having a go at Tom Cruise’s UX in minority report. I’ve used various techniques to explore similar aesthetics: peppers ghost (used in the Tupac Coachella concert), semi transparent...
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Kanazawa art residency: digital meets traditional Japanese crafts
- by Joanie Lemercier
- posted août 30, 2016
We are in Kanazawa, Japan, for a two weeks residency, to discover the traditional Japanese crafts works developed since the Edo era (1603-1868): gold leaf and lacquer, as well as the more recent art of glass making. This project started at a UNESCO Creative...
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