MIKSYN
MIKSYN is an installation that invites us to rethink our
relationship with living things by challenging our natural aversion to the various insects and arachnids of our
domestic ecosystem, my primary motivation being to highlight the unexplored richness of microscopic
forms.
MIKSYN is part of my ECAL Diploma research on digital interactions with the microcosm. By decontextualising these tiny creatures under the lens of a high-resolution optical microscope, my project puts the spotlight on their imperceptible peculiarities.
Can we use technology to overcome our bodily limitations and awaken a holistic conception of nature?
MIKSYN is part of my ECAL Diploma research on digital interactions with the microcosm. By decontextualising these tiny creatures under the lens of a high-resolution optical microscope, my project puts the spotlight on their imperceptible peculiarities.
Can we use technology to overcome our bodily limitations and awaken a holistic conception of nature?
©2021 Antoine Barras, ECAL
The democratisation of dating
applications such as Tinder has radically changed our social
interactions. Built around a simple mechanism, Tinder reduces
the act of dating to a single swipe. This slide of the finger to
the right or the left is enough to show our interest or disinterest in a profile that comes up.
As its name indicates, Automač is a device that enables us to automatically match with a maximum number of potential partners on Tinder. The automaton consists of a smartphone holder, a camera that observes the screen, and a rotating mechanism to swipe on the smartphone screen. Via a screen interface, the user has the possibility to choose selection criteria. By automating this process and delegating it to a machine, Automač positions itself as an optimal machine to have a maximum amount of matches in a minimum amount of time. This bias also highlights the absurdity induced by this type of application.
Catalogued and standardised in the form of a profile, individuals are reduced to the status of consumer products that are judged only by their formal attributes.
As its name indicates, Automač is a device that enables us to automatically match with a maximum number of potential partners on Tinder. The automaton consists of a smartphone holder, a camera that observes the screen, and a rotating mechanism to swipe on the smartphone screen. Via a screen interface, the user has the possibility to choose selection criteria. By automating this process and delegating it to a machine, Automač positions itself as an optimal machine to have a maximum amount of matches in a minimum amount of time. This bias also highlights the absurdity induced by this type of application.
Catalogued and standardised in the form of a profile, individuals are reduced to the status of consumer products that are judged only by their formal attributes.
©2021 Antoine Barras, Guillaume Giraud, ECAL
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©2019 Antoine Barras, Ivan Chestopaloff, Basile Fournier, ECAL
blossom
The blossom is taking place in a dark room.
In this installation, the human movement is acting as a trigger for a techno-acoustic response. The position of bodies in space triggers 360° sound.
The lidar is placed in the center of the room like a threatening monolith. The laser pointer that surmounts it draws a red sheet in the smoke that fills the space.
Are you... afraid of technology?
In this installation, the human movement is acting as a trigger for a techno-acoustic response. The position of bodies in space triggers 360° sound.
The lidar is placed in the center of the room like a threatening monolith. The laser pointer that surmounts it draws a red sheet in the smoke that fills the space.
Are you... afraid of technology?
©2020 Antoine Barras, ECAL
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