Description

Inferno is a robotic performance inspired by the representation of the different levels of hell as described in Dante's Inferno or the Singaporean Haw Par Villa's Ten Courts of Hell (which is based on a Chinese Buddhist representation). In Inferno, the "circles of hell" concept is mainly an artistic framework, a general working theme under which the different parts of the performance are regrouped. It is observed that under these two cultural representations, each "level of hell" corresponds to a particular form of punishment for a particular sin. In the many depictions of Hell, the punishments are always carried on the human body and not directly at the psychological level. The excruciating pain and also the eternal aspect of the punishment induces the latter.

The specificity of this performance resides in the fact that the different machines involved in the show are installed on the viewers' body. The public then becomes an active part of the performance. Sometimes the viewers are free to move; sometimes they are in a partial or entire submission position, forced by the machines to act/react in a certain way. Some mechanical elements coerce the viewers in performing certain movements; others induce a physical reaction from them. For this performance of about an hour long, we have built 25 wearable robotic structures very similar to exoskeletons.

Performances & Exhibitions

• Lunchmeat Festival 2024
Prague, Czeck Republic
September 24 and 25, 2024

• Ecsite 2024 Conference
Ljubljana, Slovenia
June 6, 2024

• ACT Festival, Asia Culture Centre
Gwangju, South Korea
November 10 to 19, 2023

• Focus Quebec, ISEA 2023, Le Cube Garges
Paris, France
May 19 and 20, 2023

• Tanween Symposium, Ithra Centre for World Culture
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
October 24 to 29, 2022

• Baltoscandal Festival
Rakvere, Estonia
July 8 and 9, 2022

• CTM Berlin 2020
Berlin, Germany
January 30 to February 1st, 2020

• Groninger Forum
Groningen, The Netherlands
November 29 to December 1st, 2019

• Robotronica Robotics & Technology Festival 2019
Brisbane, Australia
August 18, 2019

• Grey Area Festival 2019
San Francisco, USA
July 25 to 28, 2019

• CreateX Festival 2018
Brisbane, Australia
November 15 to 17, 2018

• Silbersalz Festival 2018
Halle, Germany
June 28 to 30, 2018

• Athens Digital Arts Festival 2018
Athens, Greece
May 24 to 27, 2018

• Meta.Morf 2018 Festival
Trondheim, Norway
March 9 and 10, 2018

• Noviembre Electrónico Festival 2017
Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 23 to 26, 2017

• Da Vinci Creative Festival, Seoul Art Space
Seoul, Korea
October 20 and 21, 2017

• Teater Nordkraft
Aalborg, Denmark
August 22 and 23, 2017

• Elektra Festival 2017, Usine C
Montreal, Canada
June 28 and 29, 2017

• Polytechnic Museum Festival
Moscow, Russia
May 27 and 28, 2017

• Update_6, New Technological Art Awards
Ghent, Belgium
November 5 to December 4, 2016

• Beijing Media Arts Festival 2016
Beijing, China
September 28 to 30, 2016

• CyberArts 2016 exhibition, Prix Ars Electronica
Linz, Austria
September 8 to 18, 2016

• Elektra Festival 2016, Arsenal
Montreal, Canada
June 3 and 4, 2016

• Hek - Haus der elektronischen Künste
Basel, Switzerland
February 12 to 14, 2016

• Némo Festival, Prosopopées Exhibition
Paris, France
December 5, 2015, to January 31, 2016

• ZKM Globale, Exo-Evolution Exhibition
Karlsruhe, Germany
October 30, 2015, to February 28, 2016

• Roma Europa Festival, Digitalife Exhibition
Rome, Italy
October 9 to December 6, 2015

• Device Art Festival
Zagreb, Croatia
September 26 and 27, 2015

• Stéréolux
Nantes, France
April 14 and 15, 2015

• Exit 2015 Festival
Créteil, France
April 3 and 4, 2015

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