MEMORIA ECHINUS, Christophe Monchalin
Franco-Belgian artist based in Brussels, Christophe Monchalin creates works at the intersection of art, science and technology. His practice explores the connections between perception, emotions and natural phenomena through digital and interactive devices.
With Memoria Echinus, he imagines a fictional underwater life form whose DNA is generated from visitors’ digital data. Like a photo booth, the installation captures their image and analyses its data to create a unique organism in real time, with its own distinctive shapes, colours and movements.
Projected into two virtual aquariums, these specimens evolve within an imaginary ecosystem. Combining a playful experience with a reflection on data storage, Memoria Echinus explores the boundaries between living organisms, technology and digital identity.
Christophe Monchalin
Christophe is a French-Belgian artist based in Brussels, whose practice spans visual, interactive and immersive arts. With a background in computer science and robotics engineering, he explores the connections between emotions, sensations, and natural or physical phenomena through his work. He also develops XR and interactive experiences, while collaborating on audiovisual and film projects as a VFX and 2D/3D compositing artist.
More about his work : christophemonchalin.com
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