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Interactive aquarium floor for "The Libraries' Night"

November 4th, 2019
The 2019 Night of Libraries federated an enthusiastic public in all the places of culture of the metropolis of Bordeaux. For this occasion, we installed a large interactive aquarium floor in the entrance hall of the library Jacques Ellul Pessac.
 

Le Temps Suspendu

October 8th, 2017
 

« O mio babbino caro »

June 20th, 2017
"O Mio Babbino Caro" is an aria extracted from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.
To illuminate Château Pape-Clément's vat, we imagined this projection-mapping on 6 screens, played in real time, which reacts to the voice of a soprano singer.
 

Super concrete

October 28th, 2016
Held in the once infamous submarine base of Bordeaux, the electro concert organized by iBoat shook the city with basses. We were there, and gave the keys to our interactive video projection "Gravity" to the partygoers
 

"Petite Poucette", an artistic, digital journey through Amiens city

April 20th, 2015
In the framework of “Connexions” event organized by the Conseil Régional of Picardie, the studio was chosen for its artistic project named "Petite Poucette" after the book by french philosopher Michel Serres. A series of connected installations has occupied a neighborhood of Amiens during 3 days.
 

Murmur Whispers

February 14th, 2015
Murmur Whispers is an interactive performance based on Murmur that was custom made for the ALB 's show at the "Victoires de la musique 2015". 2Roqs developed the technical aspects while Chevalvert worked on the art direction.
 

Textopolis at VIA Festival, Mons

March 20th, 2014
Textopolis, a typographic animation fed by text messages sent by the public was exhibited in Mons ( Belgium ), as part as VIA festival and Mons 2015, European Capital of Culture.
 

Murmur

May 25th, 2013
Murmur is an interactive installation composed of an architectural prosthesis enabling the communication between passers-by and the wall upon which it is connected. It was unveiled during the «Nuit Numérique #10» in Reims in May 2013.
 

"Textopolis" and "Expression" at the Digital Week 2013

March 29th, 2013
The Digital Week of Bordeaux, 3rd edition, was
the occasion to exhibit two interactive art pieces. "Textopolis" was invited to animate the convention "La Grande Jonction" at H14, while "Expression" adorned the prestigious facade of the gardens of the town hall.
 

360 000 | "Nuits Sonores 2012"

May 16th, 2012
For the tenth anniversary of french festival "Nuits Sonores", held in Lyon (France) from May 16th to 20th, we team up with Martial Geoffre-Rouland and Looking For Architecture for the project 360 000. Exhibited at the intersection of the three stages in the center of Brossette factory, this installation offered the public a 360 000 seconds countdown ( in reference to the duration of the festival ), mixed with a series of animations correlated with the sounds played in each concert hall.
 

Nuit Digitale 2012

March 31th, 2012
La Nuit Digitale ( the digital night ) is the highlight of a yearly, one week-long event in Bordeaux devoted to exhibitions, talks and meetings around the digital theme.
This year, the CAPC ( museum of contemporary art ) became the venue of choice for an event that gathered 3000 visitors and partyers.

We were commissioned by Digital Campus to exhibit a new interactive piece. The installation that we unveiled adorned the giant nave of Entrepôt Lainé with two large screens that participants fed actively with photographs and texts_ a live performance that went on for a rough nine hours.
 

Running for an Interactive Art award at SXSW 2012

January 24th, 2012
Exciting news for our little studio, our installation Aquatypes has been nominated as finalist in the Art category at SXSW festival!
We are invited to attend the awards ceremony in Austin, Texas, on March 13th.
As a matter of facts, the town hall is shipping a team of agencies active in the digital field to represent the city of Bordeaux, so we are naturally joining the team!

To support us, vote for Aquatypes to win the People's Choice Awards ! Select "Aquatypes" and send !
 

Tree Party !

January 19th, 2012
On 19th January 2012, we organized the "Tree Party" to present our two latest creations,the RoqsTree and Aquatypes.
Around a cocktail, guests got hooked by interactive meetings, hanging their picture on the tree and sending their messages from the touch screen or by SMS.


 

Aquatypes - European Heritage Days in Bordeaux

September 17th, 2011
Aquatypes, the latest creation of the studio, was selected to participate in the European Heritage Days in Bordeaux, september 17th, place Camille Jullian. Presented for the first time in Brazil, this installation invites the public to participate in the creation of a giant aquarium by sending SMS transformed into typographical fishes. Games with syntax and composition give life to typographical fishes with surprising shapes and behaviors.
 

Aquatypes - Mostra 3M de Arte Digital

September 2nd, 2011
We were invited in São Paulo, Brazil, alongside a number of international digital artists, to participate in the Mostra 3D de Arte Digital exhibition.
Julien and Michaël used the occasion to develop "Aquatypes", an installation that interprets the messages sent by the public as living creatures.
 

Gravity - Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie : inauguration of the new headquarters

March 18th, 2011
On the occasion of the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), held March 18th, 2011, at 19 to 21 Avenue Bosquet, Paris 7, Gravity was exhibited to animate the interior facade of the building recently renovated, and inaugurated the same morning.
 

Gravity - Festival of light, Zebrastraat (Gent, Belgium)

January 27th, 2011
From January 27ht to 29th 2011 the Festival of Light (LichtFestival) took place in Gent, in Belgium. On this occasion, Gravity has been exhibited in the Zebrastraat, at the Liedts-Meesen Fondation, throughout the duration of the event.
 

“Expression(S)” - Interactive installations at The Green Night event

October 4th, 2010
"Expression (S)" was presented during The Green Night between October 2nd to 3rd , at the event "panoramas, Le parc des Coteaux en biennale" .
The french park called "Parc des Coteaux" covers the towns of Lormont, Floirac, Cenon, and Bassens, and includes no fewer than 10 landscaped parks which still remain unknown to inhabitants of Bordeaux and CUB. This art event was organized around the theme of "Revelation", offering artistic sensibilization and cultural approach to explore thoses many parks and their topographic settings.
 

“Nuit Défendue” 2010

October 1st, 2010
The studio was present during the event of "La Nuit Défendue" (The Forbidden Night), Friday, October 1st. With this second edition, the french town of Pessac announces the opening of the cultural season 2010/2011.
 

Gravity - St-Hubert Galeries - Brussels

September 28th, 2010
"Gravity" was presented during the "ICT 2010 - Digital Driver", one of the most respected European forums for research and innovation in the field of Information Technologies and Communication, for researchers and companies.
 

Imaginez Maintenant - UrbanXGame

July 4th, 2010
From the 1st to the 4th of July, the national event "Imaginez Maintenant" took place in nine cities in France. It focused on exibiting young artists' creations, selected to showcase their works in historical site, industrial or natural heritages of their city.

In Bordeaux, the abandoned barrack Niel was chosen to host the whole event. Within this context, students of the school of architecture and landscape (ensapBx) under the direction of Claire Petetin proposed the muti-users game "UrbanXGame" to which we contributed.
 

Gravity award

June 26th, 2010
Gravity won the New Technological Art Award Foundation Liedts-Meesen award of the Biennale of Contemporary Art Update 3 to Gent in Belgium. This digital installation, selected among 264 participants from 45 different countries, was awarded a first price by both an international jury of professionals and the public.
Gravity will be exhibited in september for the biennale "Figures de l'interactivité" in Poitiers.

Online article
http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/8339
 

Expression

May 28th, 2010
We accepted the invitation of Amalgame magazine to create an original interactive installation whose theme was "public expression". It was shown on the Place Fernand Lafargue in Bordeaux, on Friday 28 May 2010.
 

Gravity - Utopia, Bordeaux

March 17th, 2009
The video installation Gravity was exhibited on March 17th, 2009 as part of the E.Motion electronic festival in Bordeaux.
The show took place onto the Utopia movie theater's facade, on a popular square in the city center.
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