Participation in the group exhibition “Cerveau Machine” (Brain Machine) Le Cube Garges, Garges-lès-Gonesses
On-site installation of “R.Y.Z.O.H.M,” glass, graphics card, mapping
Exhibition “Brain - Machine”
The term “digital” was very practical, but could its existence be in limbo?
In French, digital is an adjective that refers to anything related to fingers, such as a fingerprint. But digital, as a noun, is derived from an Anglicism synonymous with numérique (digital), with digit meaning “number.”
Thus, digital refers to all the technologies at our fingertips, mainly on our smartphone screens. Digital is the world we entered during Steve Jobs' now legendary press conference presenting the first iPhone in 2007. It is the Internet at our fingertips, and everything that this implies in terms of gestures (scrolling with your thumb, zooming with two fingers, swiping, etc.) and thoughts.
As Elon Musk attempts to follow in Steve Jobs' footsteps with his company Neuralink and the October 31, 2022 presentation of his brain implant, will our digital world one day be supplanted by a mental world, saturated with BCI (brain-computer interfaces) as ours is with smartphones?
In the near future, will we be able to act, create, and communicate simply through our minds, thanks to prostheses that translate our thoughts? What are the possible applications and challenges of these technologies, which have been advancing exponentially in recent years, driven by advances in neuroscience, cognitive science, and machine learning?
Thanks to pioneering artists who manipulate or imagine these still experimental technologies, and video interviews with scientists and experts, Cerveau Machine is an exhibition that explores the future of our society.
The curatorial team at Le Cube Garges
Work produced with the support of Le Cube Garges, curated by Clément Thibault
Close-up and detail views
Photos© Jean-Benoist Sallé