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Etienne Rey’s chosen artistic fields lie at the intersection of sound, space and the sculpture. It is these dimensions that constitute the primary elements, the raw material, enabling the construction of evolving forms.
All of Rey’s work pursues one single objective: to approach our world from a phenomenological perspective so as to reveal organizing principles and generic relationships. It is, moreover, a principle of coexistence that every element or entity is in relation with, and acts on its surroundings, just as its surroundings, in turn, act on it. The aim, therefore, is to uncover these organizing principles, these mutually responsive mechanisms, through their interrelationships.
The question of interrelationships is at the heart of his artistic process and is expressed through collaborative work with musicians, engineers, researchers, who also transpose a type of writing process.
The first stage of his work revolves around the question of interactive writing. In this process, three artworks led to the creation of an artificial intelligence motor, which links social intelligence to movement and sound generation.
The second stage, which started in 2007, brings together matter with a virtual dimension. It invites us into this system, to play out our perceptions in order to question the relationships we have with the world. These relationships are based on principles of coexistence founded on our presence as well as our actions.