Dream machine
The dream machine invites us to access the state of consciousness that opens into lucid dreams, in which the dreamer is an explorer of their unconscious. Turning on itself, it gives the sensation of floating weightless in space, as an astronaut, suspended in the gap between balance and controlled vertigo. In the manner of an architect, Lionel plays with cantilever and generates all kinds of sensations through this swinging game. Lionel also… Read More
Influence of gravity
This installation, evocative of the solar system, showcases spheres flying through a celestial mechanism. Hypnotic, the composition of the hovering spheres projects us into space and invites us to board a waking dream. We lose track of our bodies and gravity and float weightlessly in the void. Thus begins a lunar trip where we can experience a different relationship to time and space. This installation ignites fascination of celestial objects that are… Read More
the dreamatory
In the center, a single bed that rotates: the centre of our fantasies. A protective enclave where we can finally let go and return to our childhood state of peace. Suitable for imagination and dreams. All around this refuge, hybrid sounds revolve. This introspective space is defined by a blue halo a calming color that symbolizes both the experience of dreaming and echoes the inner and outer discovery. We are both viewer… Read More
The chamber of dreams
Evolvingartistic laboratorythat developsa universeconducive to theexplorationof dreams.Solicitingthe imagination, the tool used to navigatebetween reality anddreams.Sound installations,musical instruments,mechanical machines, paintings and sculptures allowviewersto enter aworldwithout the limitsof the unconscious. The Experimental Chamber ofDreamsoffers veriable experiencesin the form ofexhibitions, performancesand concerts.
The Listening Room
This apertured mechanical igloo of wood measures 3 meters in diameter and 2.50 meters in hight invites visitors to come listen to a song. Consisting of watch mechanisms, cleverly desynchronized, and a motorized system which uses a tailored six track sound composition that is broadcast by a satellite dish twirling around 16 reflectors which are directed at the center of the igloo. The viewer experiences the shift of sensations and finds themselves… Read More
Accoustic Attic
True transgenerational memory, a powerful symbol of the attic room in the house. This work refers to the time and past families who have filed their fragments of memory in the attic. Lionel’s accoustic attic consists of a wooden machinery that echoes the frame of an attic. Through rhythmic movements that reflect a sequence of events and lives, Lionel breathes the sounds of passing time. The backbone of families, this installation embodies… Read More
Mobiles
Lionel’s mobiles are hypnotic machines either suspended in a vacuum, or placed on the ground, which evovle in the space of articulated arms. The viewer finds themselves dreaming in the face of these magic mechanisms and sequence of learned movements. One can spend hours watching these arms that tirelessly build and deconstruct virtual spheres, as one might look at the sea and its’ infinite waves, or fire and its’ dancing flames. Fascination… Read More