A magical moment for OCTO at a monastery in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country, during the Umbra Festival Inspired by Confucius’s quote that the only constant in life is change, Octo symbolizes a world in the midst of transformation. Invited to contemplate the work for a few minutes, the viewer finds themselves immersed in an atmosphere straight out of a science fiction novel.
Photos : Umbra festival
Artistic direction and lighting design: Émilien guesnard Music: Cédric Béron Production: Scenitz
A look back at last January with pictures of Émilien guesnard emblematic work “αsklipion”, displayed outdoor at minus 15 degrees on the occasion of the Vilnius Light Festival. αsklipion translates plants into light and sound. The work offers a soothing, almost therapeutic experience. Its light and sound programming is constructed in harmony with the medicinal properties of each plant. Relaxing, it recalls the processes of light therapy and music therapy. αsklipion is an ode to nature, a haven of peace in the bustle of the city.
Emilien Guesnard and Scenitz Productions were in charge of part of the light show in the town of Saint-Genis Laval on December 6, with three custom-made installations.
Les Scintillons (Pia Vidal): for thousands of years, in Saint-Genis-Laval, the Light has been preparing itself. Hidden in the walls, stone, and concrete, it has infused itself into the fabric of the city, waiting for its moment. Today, it awakens to flood the world of humans once again. On the occasion of the Festival of Lights, guided by six Scintillons, it emerges from the shadows to reveal its messages to you.
Psychedelic Light Show (Emilien Guesnard & Cédric Beron): created from Emilien’s personal collection of vintage projectors, the Psychedelic Light Show offers a true alchemy of living light, projecting ever-changing shapes in a seventies atmosphere.
Moving Shadow (Emilien Guesnard): a light, a circular movement: almost nothing. Yet the rotation creates shadows that stretch, slide, and recompose themselves around the viewer. Everyone sees their body become a moving, fragile trace, redrawn with each turn. Moving Shadow offers an experience where light reveals presence as much as it makes it flicker.
Photos: Alban Guerry-Suire
Artists: Emilien Guesnard, Pia Vidal, Cédric Beron Programming & production: Emilien Guesnard & Scenitz Coproduction: Saint-Genis Laval City
PRISMA festival, a leading new media and light art event in the municipality of Aveiro on the Portuguese coast, took place from October 8 to 11 with a special theme: “the shape of things.” It was an opportunity to explore the possibilities of geometry, perception, and creation. With its 200 nautical lamps, Order 2OO evokes the duality between order and disorder. The intersection of lines and points of light obscured by mist creates chaos in this enclosed space. Set to a musical composition by Cédric Beron, this installation uses perspective to suggest a mesmerizing depth, regardless of where you view it from.
From September 12 to 14, 2025, the village of Borgo was transformed into an open stage where the dialogue between works of art and heritage offered a new reading of the latter.
The works Asklipion and Octo by artist Emilien Guesnard joined the program of eight light, sound and visual installations that punctuated an astonishing nocturnal stroll through sacred, hidden and natural places.
A look back at Emilien Guesnard’s monumental video projection: blues in the air, vast landscapes, intensity of black and white. Emilien, with The Lightning Hope collective he created for the occasion, is a poetic animated film that plays with the emotional power of our imagination.
Artistic direction & 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
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
Order 2OO, Emilien Guesnard’s audiovisual installation, was at Mons en Lumières last January, Wallonia’s first Festival of Lights.
200 nautical lamps are aligned at regular intervals in perfect symmetry on either side of a minimalist structure. This open structure offers the public a fascinating plunge into the heart of the installation. Musical notes associated with each lamp generate a strange score of light and sound. Set to a musical composition by Cédric Béron, the perspective effect of this work suggests a hypnotic depth, wherever you look from. Intersecting lines and points of light, blurred by mist, create chaos in this enclosed space. Order2OO evokes the duality of order and disorder, almost organically intertwined.
