Studio Lemercier

The making of Fuji

I’m really happy to introduce a new audiovisual installation named FUJI (不死). The project was developed during an artist residency in Takamatsu, Japan, in the art island district. I was invited to present Eyjafjallajökull, a project inspired by Icelandic volcano’s eruption in 2010, consisting of a...

Five ideas to enhance experiences in museums

Through my practice as a visual artist, I was lucky enough to present my work in a variety of locations and contexts, from large public spaces, media art festivals, to small galleries. Recently, I also started conversations with art institutions, and had a chance to show some artworks...

2015 projects

I’m obsessed with light.Technology allows us to manipulate light in such way that we can send a pixel hundred of meters away and have precise control over its properties, brightness and colour, at very high frequencies. Low cost projectors give us millions of these...

Kickstarter is broken.

Last week, after 30 days of investigations about a very suspicious project, I published an open letter to Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler.He replied over the weekend (read the comments), after the project succeeded, only to confirm most of my doubts. Here are my reply and comments.Read also: “Kickstarter failed...

Is Kickstarter covering up a scam? An open letter to CEO Yancey Strickler.

Dear Yancey, I love Kickstarter. When I backed my first project in 2012, I was happy and excited to be given the opportunity to support creators with my pledge. Since then, Kickstarter has been an endless source of inspiration and allowed me to acquire...

Mapping Toolkit 2D

The mapping toolkit is a series of tools for creatives, to create visual content for projection mapping.It’s comes as a pack of patches / modules developed with vvvv. MAPPING TOOLKIT – 2DA tool to animate vector files (svg format), and simply produce visual content in realtime.Points, lines and polygon animations are...

Seoul’s art scene is buzzing.

I’m currently in Seoul, South Korea, to be part of the Da Vinci creative festival, at Gumcheon Art center. I was invited by Mimi Son & Elliot Woods, to present an installation alongside with some of my favourites visual artists, Zimoun (CH), Herman Kolgen...

TRIANGULATION

I’m obsessed with geometric patterns.I can’t stop drawing them.And the triangle is my favourite shape over all. To pursue my never-ending quest of finding the perfect triangular pattern, I make simple tools.This tool will allow you to generate Delaunay and Voromoi diagrams from a set of point,...

DOME PROJECTIONS

The Satosphere is a 18 meters diameter dome on the roof of the Society for Arts and Technology in Montreal. It opened in 2011, and has a 360° x 210° spherical screen, equipped with 8 video projectors, 157 speakers, and has a team of designers and technicians...

WHY I’M LEAVING ANTIVJ

Last November, during a meeting with all the artists and team, I announced to everyone that I decided to step out of the label I created 5 years ago.It was a painful decision, but necessary for me to move forward. Here is the full...