Keyframes In Situ

KEYFRAMES is a nocturnal plastic art installation designed for public spaces. Luminous characters invade the chosen sites.
Designed according to the principle of decomposition of movement – chronophotography – and kinetics, these characters are arranged in precise positions in space to recreate stories during programmed lighting sequences with sound.

KEYFRAMES creates a bridge between sculpture and cinema, a scripted plastic art, a festive show transforming the space in which it takes place.
Through micro-narratives, offers narration within the city, urban stories where bodies and their movements play the lead roles.

Light in Jerusalem, Jerusalem (ISR) June 2012 – Glow Festival, Eindhoven (NLD) November 2012 – Festival Depayz’arts, Brie-Compte-Robert (FRA) December 2012 – Bilbao Noche Blanca 2013, Bilbao (ESP) June 2013 – Marseilles Provence European Capital of Culture 2013, Aix-en-Provence (FRA) October 2013 – Lumiere Festival, Dhuram (ENG) November 2013 – Festival Lausanne Lumiere, Lausanne (CHE) December 2013 – Dubaï Festival of Lights, Dubaï (ARE) March 2014 – Mons 2015 European Capital of Culture, Mons (BEL) January 2015 – Keyframes & Magnetic Ensemble, Vaulx-en-Velin (FRA) June 2015 – Pan-African Games ceremony 2015, Brazzaville (COG) September 2015 – Riom Pays en Fête, Riom (FRA) December 2015 – Edinburgh (SO) Fabruary 2016 – 180 years of UBB, Innsbruck (AUT) December 2017 – Lever de rideau aux usines Fisher, Schlitigheim (FRA) October 2018 – 30 ans de l’Espace Mandès France, Poitiers (FRA) January 2019 – Festival Hop Pop Hop, Orleans (FRA) October 2019 – Festival of Light, Berlin (DE) October 2019 – Opera Garnier, Paris (FRA) November 2020 – Face B Cabaret Vert Festival, Charleville-Meziere (FRA) August 2021 – Vincennes (FRA) May 2022 – La Nuit de la Culture, Esch-sur-Alzette (LUX) April 2023 – Festival On s’jette à l’O, Niort (FRA) August 2024

The KEYFRAMES installation, prior to its concrete realization, is the subject of an animated 3D simulation of all its components, including the place in which it is registered. This step guarantees the conformity and accuracy of the result compared to the design phase. The software used is Blender (3D simulation), Ableton Live (sound creation) and Unity 3D (light programming).

As it creates in situ, KEYFRAMES draws on the existing environment and includes a reflection on how elements should be fixed in its development phase. Safety and aesthetics are criteria taken into account.

3D simulations are made from the modelization of the places to be animated, and the priority for all the KEYFRAMES paths invented is the simplicity of hanging devices. It is the imprint of movements that predominate as nocturnal sculptures.
Because of their lightness, the keyframes can be installed in the sites in very daring ways.