Based on data relating to the Anthropocene, the era in which our species is changing life on Earth, the installation presents statistical curves in the form of a pseudo-mountainous relief.

This imposing structure is a synthesis of around ten ‘typical’ curves representing different socio-economic and ecological developments (deforestation curve, water consumption curve, telecommunications curve, shrimp aquaculture curve, etc.) from the beginning of the industrial era to the present day. Each curve is modelled in volume and assembled around a central point to converge on a single vertiginous peak. Part skateboard ramp, part miniature cross-country, La Grande Accélération turns the idea of a possible global collapse of our civilisation into a playground.

La Grande Accélération | 2020 | Wood, sand, clay, straw, mechanical spring-powered cars      © Photos Ryen Kamkoun

Live performance with sound amplification and mechanical spring-powered cars     © Photos Ryen Kamkoun

Les immobilités fulgurantes | 2020 | 3D printing      © Photos Ryen Kamkoun

Installation view Final Strike

Collaboration project with Delphine Depres | 2020 | Festival Spielact | Geneva (CH)

The participatory installation Final Strike takes as its starting point the statistical curves associated with the Anthropocene, the paradox of a civilisation in which humanity has become a major geological force. Modelled in volume, these twenty-four curves become so many skittles that you have to try and knock down by throwing a heavy ball. Whether it's changes in transport, water consumption, telecommunications or shrimp farming, the spectator is invited to choose which curves to knock over.

Final Strike transforms the idea of the collapse of our civilisation into a playground, offering a chance to reappropriate the data on the great acceleration of ‘the impact of human activities on the geology, environment, climate and terrestrial ecosystems, as well as the extraction of non-renewable natural resources’ (Wikipedia). Final Strike turns the idea of a possible global collapse of our civilisation into a playground.

Final Strike | 2020 | Live performance with sound amplification