DIGITAL ART PRIZE

" The Orient Express company wishes you a fine trip aboard its legendary train with its splendid decor. Discover the great natural spaces and the beauty of the landscapes without suffering from the summer heat waves. A luxurious journey to escape global warming and rest aboard our air-conditioned wagons"

Even aboard the most beautiful train in the world, the pursuit of a better life in a bright future becomes a long funeral journey.

I put in this artwork all my sincere anxieties of an uninhabitable planet, an unlivable future and the fear of perpetual crushing heat. It is predicted that we are going to live a century of great changes, turned upside down by numerous migrations of populations, through the lands of the East and West. The poorest as well as the richest will be in search of a promised land.

Artworks selected for the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Digital Art Prize organised by the Arab Bank Switzerland, and exhibited for the occasion at the Non Fungible Conference in Lisbon.

"L'atelier" is an allegory of my life as a contemporary artist, it might be one of my most personal artwork to this day. Inspired by the architecture of my atelier in Lyon, I've gathered in this piece many details of my life, objects, artworks, feelings, inspiration, to create an ideal sanctuary, a visual imagery of my personal journey in the art world.

Inspired by the great painting at the musée d'Orsay called "L'atelier du peintre" by Gustave Courbet, every detail of this painting is meaningful because our environment tells the story of who we are. Even if the atelier of a digital artist is quite a different environment than Courbet's atelier, all the brushes, pencils, palettes, lights and drapery are condensed in a single computer, for me the creative atmosphere remains intact.

This atelier is is the vessel that leads me forward as art is for me the greatest path to find beauty in the unknown and go behind the horizon.

Œuvre vidéo - 2024

Œuvre vidéo - 2024

L'ATELIER

THE ORIENT EXPRESS