Je viens de te voir en rêve is an autonomously animated sculpture. Each of the five flowers of which it is composed represents a dream, shaped with the help of EEG recordings from REM sleep. These forms are printed in a hydrophilic material allowing the petals to open when in contact with water and to close when dehydrated. These almost imperceptible movements, like respirations, follow a very slow temporality, reminding the natural cycle of plants.
Je viens de te voir en rêve is an autonomously animated sculpture, made of transparent hydrophilic polyurethane and titanium, representing the process of dream analysis. This sculpture project gives form to the capture and processing of human brain waves through EEG (electroencephalograms), performed during REM sleep, in collaboration with neuroscientists from the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center.
The cartography of the brain's electrical activity thus obtained is interpreted by the artist in 4D printed forms, a technology that adds to 3D printing the movement in time, here by its contact with water. The forms open and close following almost natural rhythms, like breaths. This sculpture is thus rediscovered under a new light at each public exhibition.
Its innovative character lies in the use of a material still in development: a hydroactive material, used today in the medical field as well as in the work of capturing and interpreting cerebral data.
The base, a stylized neuron, is the result of a collaboration with engineers from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, and is 3D printed in titanium.
