Juliette Bibasse & Joanie Lemercier
Juliette Bibasse (b. 1984) has been an artist-producer and independent curator for over 10 years, notably as the international curator for STRP festival in Eindhoven, Art Souterrain in Montreal, and Llum in Barcelona. Since 2020, she has been directing and curating (Un)Holy Light for the city of Leuven. In 2019 she co-founded SALOON Brussels, an international network of women working in the art and is an active member of Belgium and France’s digital arts scenes.
She has been collaborating with Joanie Lemercier for 11 years. Together, they co-direct Studio Lemercier, based in Brussels. She curated several solo exhibitions the studio's works.
Joanie Lemercier (b. 1982) is a French visual artist and environmental activist whose work explores human perception through the manipulation of light in space. Working primarily with light projection and computer programming, Lemercier transforms the appearance of everyday objects and forms, bending reality to his imagination. His work transcends the flat surface, extending dimensionality through the interplay of light and shadow on unconventional surfaces such as water mist or custom built structures, his practice seeks to escape from the traditional constraints of the video screen.
His exploration of nature goes hand in hand with Joanie Lemercier’s personal commitment to environmental activism, which in turn informs the work of the studio.
Over the last 20 years, Lemercier has worked on stage designs, architectural projections, and installations, collaborating with artists including Jay-Z, Flying Lotus and Portishead’s Adrian Utley. His first monographic exhibition Lightscapes was presented in 2021 in Madrid and has since been exhibited in Mexico City, Lima and Arequipa. Other solo exhibitions have been presented in France. Lemercier has exhibited in a number of institutions including Bozar Brussels, MAAT Lisbon and MUDAC Lausanne, art fairs such as Art Basel, Paris+ and SCOPE, and events such as Nuit Blanche Paris, Scopitone Nantes, Multiplica Luxembourg, and MUTEK Montreal.
Together as a Studio, they strive to produce ambitious installations that highlight how technological experimentation can remain conscious of environmental issues and prioritize alternative processes of art-making. They are currently developing new projects around solar energy, low-tech artistic approaches and nature.
Anti-AI - Tech will save us (lol)
In an attempt to explore AI beyond the hype, we propose to critically examine the energy consumption of massive neural networks, the technological arms race they fuel, as well as the often-overlooked social and ethical implications driven by Silicon Valley ideologies.
No tech is neutral, it’s built toward the interests of the companies behind it.
We want to challenge the narrative behind AI as an unquestioned force for good, urging for a deeper conversation about the kind of tomorrow we want to see becoming (real).
As an art Studio, we wish to inspire through new imaginaries and aesthetics, but also divest from the hyper tech dystopian hell.
