Memory of Degas

An artwork is the precipitate of the artist’s imagination. This act of projecting images which will then become matter is similar to that of memory where mental images are arranged with a view to reconstructing the past.

These two movements, one turned towards the future and the other towards the past, meet in latent space. Here, artificial imagination acts as a machine to restore the memory of an aesthetic experience, the work of Edgar Degas.

BENJAMIN BARDOU

Benjamin Bardou, born in 1981 and based in Paris, is an artist and filmmaker who is a pioneer in the aesthetics of point clouds and volumetric video. His work revolves around the themes of the city, dreams and memory. He uses various digital techniques to explore urban space. The architecture of cities is seen as a sedimentation of memories that must then be deciphered in order to better draw their contours. He has collaborated with various artists such as Ridley Scott, Liam Wong, Woodkid, Ikumi Nakamura and Ash Thorp as well as with companies such as Apple or Microsoft. His work has been exhibited in numerous festivals and museums in Paris, Tokyo, Seoul, Madrid, Copenhagen and São Paulo.