We’re delighted to announce our new collaboration with visual artist Nawelle Aïnèche and her powerful Outside project, which joins the works we’ve been distributing.
Outside is a monumental installation woven from video cassette tapes, like a cumulus cloud whose destination is unknown. On this shimmering installation, artist Pia Vidal projects a metaphorical and poetic mapping of the reminiscence of memories. The reflective work questions the power of the dark, hidden memories, and consequently, the light that generates them.
➤ December 5 to 8, 7pm – 11pm + concert evenings throughout December ➤ Lyon Auditorium
Outside is also a dance performance, featuring two woven sculptures inspired by moires, ancient divinities that can foretell the future. The dance movements are paradoxical, constrained by the material and the sculptural costume. How can we find a space of freedom despite the physical and psychic constraints?
To be premiered at SUBS in Lyon on the weekend of May 2 – 3 – 4, 2025
Artistic direction, scenography and staging: Nawelle Aïnèche Video mapping: Pia Vidal Dancers: Clara Grosjean Alice Bessou Musical creation: Yôko Higashi Production: Tanquieta, Les Subs, Lyon Festival of Lights Distribution: Scenitz
The Festival of Lights is approaching in Lyon. Discover the creation of The Lightning Hope, a group of artists brought together by Emilien Guesnard.
Follow the astonishing main character of the story: a filament lamp that glows eternally in a hangar. It vibrates and crosses time and borders. In this film, projected onto the magnificent façades of the quayside, L’enfant lumière conveys his emotions. The intensity of black and white carries us along, an air of blues floating in the air, vast landscapes playing with our imagination.
➤ December 5 to 8, 7pm – 11pm ➤ quais de Saône, Lyon 1e
Creation by The Lightning Hope : Artistic direction and scenario: Emilien Guesnard Graphic & motion design: Gaël Béron, Pierre Magnol & Fred Aujas Music composition: Cédric Béron Performing musicians: Cédric Béron, Théo Charaf & Marion Leclercq Audio description: Lucie Baverel
Production: Novelty & Scenitz Partner: Sonepar – le Mat’Electrique
After a two weeks at Vincennes castle, Lotus joined the program of the Pléiades festival in Saint-Etienne, an event at the crossroads of art, science and technology. Visual and sound experiences, monumental or intimate, the artistic program presented invited the public to immerse themselves in a sensitive, poetic and symbolic universe.
Lotus is a floral landscape that unfolds in space, inviting spectators to wander freely. Light from the plant’s structure is diffused by its large leaves, creating a relaxing, evolving atmosphere. The Lotus flower, a positive symbol of renewal and spirituality, invites the viewer to engage in an individual or collective meditative experience. The dimensions of the work invert the relationship of scale: here, man is the size of an insect immersed in immense nature.
Last November, αsκlipιοn was in Saint-Etienne as part of the Pléiades festival, an event at the crossroads of art, science and technology. Visual and sound experiments, monumental or intimate, the artistic program presented invited the public to immerse themselves in a sensitive, poetic and symbolic universe.
αsκlipιοn is a plant-based audiovisual installation that translates plant frequencies into sound and light. The work invites us to rediscover the plants of our countryside and their benefits for body and mind through a soothing, almost therapeutic experience in the heart of the hustle and bustle of the city.
Artistic direction: Emilien Guesnard Sound design: Cédric Beron Visual artist & herborist: Claire Lebeau Biologist: Emeline Mourocq Distribution: Scenitz Administration: AADN Coproduction: Fête des Lumières and Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc light festival Supported by the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region with the SCAN grant
When digital art meets heritage: Lotus was at Vincennes castle this October, next to Paris.
Lotus is a floral landscape that unfolds in space, inviting the viewer to wander freely. Light from the plant’s structure is diffused by its large leaves, creating a relaxing, evolving atmosphere. The Lotus flower, a positive symbol of renewal and spirituality, invites the viewer to engage in an individual or collective meditative experience. The dimensions of the work invert the relationship of scale: here, man is the size of an insect immersed in immense nature.
Party time in Blandan square for families and kids. A lively, participatory and joyful event that combines light, dance, song, drawing and games
December 5 to 8, 2024 – 17H30 to 21H30
Blandan square, Lyon 7e
Free entrance
PROGRAM
_ Minichoux, the little beasts’ bal
Minichoux and Pj Pargas embark on a series of participatory micro-balls, specially designed for children, on the theme of saving our tiny friends: insects!
Draw on you phone: open the Live Drawing website and draw with your fingers. Your drawing joins the large participatory fresco on the wall. Everyone draws at the same time, and the mural is constantly evolving!
Artists: Maxime Touroute, Louis Clément, Maxime Hurdequint
_ Tombolight
As popular as it is effective, the Tombolight is fairground device inviting young and old to take part in a game of chance that’s offbeat, tender and humorous. The principle is simple: everyone is invited to take a ticket that entitles them to take part in the draw, which takes place at a fixed time!
Concept and writting: Charlie Moine Technical manager: Neil Price Production: Comité des fêtes [mobile]
_ Karaoké à facettes
Faceted karaoke, for singing, dancing and warming up all evening long! Hosted by a sweet and friendly announcer, this portable party room is equipped with a giant screen and registration desk for choosing winter greatest hits!
Concept and writting: Charlie Moine Technical manager: Neil Price Production: Comité des fêtes [mobile]
_ Billes by night
Billes by night is a giant billodrome – made up of 7 wooden game boards – designed to bring all generations together to enjoy the most timeless of schoolyard games!
Concept and writting: Charlie Moine Technical manager: Neil Price Production: Comité des fêtes [mobile]
_ Club Confettis
Enter the sparkling world of Club Confettis. From mask and badge-making to glitter make-up and glow-in-the-dark tattoos, get ready to dance the night away!
Artist: Violette Frey Production: Club Confettis
_ Constellation de Papotes
To take part in this starry “chat”, write a message, a kind word, a thought, or even a question… on a cardboard triangle. Then integrate your drawing into the Kairos and Noémie fresco, and create a much-appreciated chat under your lucky star.
Artists and light-hearted entertainment: Kairos and Noémie Vilain Perini
_ Chamboule toute la lumière !
The quintessential game of skill for the popular festival, chamboule tout was to be part of this event. Except this time, it’s all lights!
Concept: Make-It l’atelier maquettes
_ Lighting jeu de boules
On Friday and Saturday, discover a new game of light-up balls for kids… and parents! Transform the 5 balls of your color to win.
Last October, Asκlipιοn took part in the artistic program of Bucharest’s emblematic Spotlight festival, an international event at the intersection of art, design and technology.
Asκlipιοn is a plant-based audiovisual installation that translates plant frequencies into sound and light. The work invites us to rediscover the plants of our countryside and their benefits for body and mind through a soothing, almost therapeutic experience in the heart of the hustle and bustle of the city.
Artistic direction: Emilien Guesnard Sound design: Cédric Beron Visual artist & herbalist: Claire Lebeau Biologist: Emeline Mourocq Production & distribution: Scenitz Administration: AADN Coproduction: Lyon Festival of Lights et Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc Light Festival With DRAC and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region support on the occasion of the SCAN grant
UNITY was at Electropicales festival from October 4 to 13th, 2024
A thin and fragile structure to explore the concept of the links that shape our environment, forming a harmonious whole. The installation is suspended in space and seems to float like an abstract representation of a whole: equilibrated and elusive.
On June 14 and 15, the emblematic Lotus by artist Nicolas Paolozzi were presented at Gau Zuria Bilbao (White Night in Basque). Installed in the Euskalduna estanque, their petals of light were reflected in the water as the tide rose, creating a soothing, relaxing atmosphere.
The Lotus flower, a positive symbol of renewal and spirituality, invites individual and collective meditation. The dimensions of the work invert the relationship of scale: here, man is the size of an insect immersed in immense nature.
From June 1 to 15, Cymopolée the tornado of lights blew across the forecourt of Sénart theater, as part of Paris White Night festival.
This artwork exposes a climatic phenomenon that usually forms far from our latitudes. But the findings of IPCC reports show that tornadoes will become more frequent and intense here. Benjamin Nesme & Marc Sicard have created a two-pronged approach to light and sound: on the one hand, a naturalistic, immersive evocation of the passage of a tornado over the city. On the other, a narrative that transcribes the emotions linked to the consequences of climate change and our collective responsibilities: fear, anger, nostalgia, hope. Beyond catastrophism, Cymopolée contrasts the urgency of the situation with the calm after the storm.
A breeze of poetry for a breath of fresh air.
Artistic direction: Benjamin Nesme et Marc Sicard Sound design: Camille Rocailleux et François Weber Production: Luminariste Coproduction: Lyon Festival of Lights, CNR, Constellations de Metz festival, Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc Light Festival, Geneva Lux festival
