gleaned from the Internet.”
Portrait by Bieler Fototage Festival
About the #Blue-Screen, Temple, 2019
2019
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Mathieu Merlet Briand takes statistical data and thousands of photos from a web search as his raw material, which he then reworks with image manipulation algorithms that he has developed. The installation #Blue-Screen Temple is reminiscent of the blue screen that serves to indicate a crash in a computer system. By entering into the installation, the structure of which is analogous to the forms of a classical temple, we enter into an abstract reality, an immersive visual “crash” that questions our beliefs in the era of new technologies.
Mathieu Merlet Briand takes statistical data and thousands of photos from a web search as his raw material, which he then reworks with image manipulation algorithms that he has developed. The installation #Blue-Screen Temple is reminiscent of the blue screen that serves to indicate a crash in a computer system. By entering into the installation, the structure of which is analogous to the forms of a classical temple, we enter into an abstract reality, an immersive visual “crash” that questions our beliefs in the era of new technologies.
Mathieu Merlet Briand is a French artist, born in 1990, who lives and works in Paris. He graduated from the EnsAD in 2013. His work has been exhibited at the 7th international biennial of contemporary art in Moscow, at Kerkennah01 in Tunisia, at CACN in Nîmes in 2017, in Art Genève 2017 and at Galeristes 2018. He creates abstractions from thousands of images gleaned from the Internet.
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Mathieu Merlet Briand récupère des données statistiques et des milliers de photos liées à une recherche sur le web, une matière brute qu’il retravaille ensuite avec des algorithmes de traitement d’images qu’il a développés. L’installation #Blue-Screen Templefait écho aux écrans bleus servant à indiquer le bug d’un système informatique. En entrant dans l’installation de l’artiste dont la structure est une analogie aux formes de temple classique, nous entrons dans une réalité abstraite, un bug visuel immersif qui questionne nos croyances à l’ère des nouvelles technologies.
Mathieu Merlet Briand est un artiste Français, né en 1990, qui vie et travail à Paris. Il est diplomé de l’EnsAD en 2013. Son travail a été exposé à la 7th internationale biennale of contemporary art in Moscow, à Kerkennah01 en Tunisia, au CACN à Nîmes en 2017, à Art Genève 2017 et à Galeristes 2018. Il crée des abstractions à partir de milliers d’images récupérées sur Internet.
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