Video mapping made during a Franco-Belgian creation residency organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles / Video Mapping European Center as part of the Video Mapping Festival #9 and the Interreg France – Wallonia – Vlaanderen VideoMap project.
► Artificial Absolute
This mapping traces the evolution of representations of the Absolute, from sacred imagery through contemporary technological systems to artificial intelligence. It charts this transformation through a visual journey: the industrial revolution, followed by the robotic, digital and finally holographic eras, culminating in the advent of an omniscient AI.
This frantic progression towards an artificial divinity self-destructs in overheating before concluding with a return to life, as nature reclaims its rights over human constructions.
This project, which was conceived largely with the help of AI tools, introduces a paradox and questions this gradual replacement of spirituality by technology, as if humans, unable to prove the existence of a god, were attempting to recreate him themselves.
Creation: Florent Schirrer
Original music: Géraldine Kwik
Video mapping tour organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles.
With the support of the Hauts-de-France Region, DRAC Hauts-de-France, Métropole Européenne de Lille, the City of Lille and Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe.
Work made during a Franco-Belgian creation residency organised by Rencontres Audiovisuelles as part of the Video Mapping European Center and the VideoMap project.
With the support of the European Union, Interreg France – Wallonia – Vlaanderen programme.
Technical video installation sponsored by Rebeam.
