Le rayon extraordinaire offers a sensitive approach to a reality that is usually imperceptible to the human eye: the polarization of light, a term describing the vibration trajectory of the waves that make it up.
Through some twenty works, combining optical principles and digital technologies, this exhibition invites us to explore this hidden dimension, revealing a porosity between real and virtual, natural and artificial worlds.
Le rayon extraordinaire offers a sensitive approach to a reality that is usually imperceptible to the human eye: the polarization of light, a term describing the vibration trajectory of the waves that make it up. Through some twenty works, combining optical principles and digital technologies, this exhibition invites us to explore this hidden dimension, revealing a porosity between real and virtual, natural and artificial worlds.
This project was born from the collaboration of the artistic duo Flavien Théry & Fred Murie with researcher Julien Fade, as part of an Art & Science residency at the Foton Institute (Rennes 1 University / CNRS). The soundtrack composed by the musician Thomas Poli, broadcasted within the exhibition, helps to establish a climate conducive to immersion in a poetic vision of the world around us.
The large audience it was able to reach during the presentation at the Champs Libres, from November 2022 to March 2023, testifies to the balance found between a demanding artistic approach and a proposal accessible to the greatest number.
Initially designed for a space of 400 m2, the exhibition can however be adapted to different contexts while maintaining its coherence. The project can also be extended through a concert by Thomas Poli, accompanied or not by a video performance by Flavien Théry & Fred Murie.
