ATLAS

ATLAS, Marie-G Losseau & Yann Deval

ATLAS is an immersive installation at the crossroads of digital and visual arts. Created by Marie-G. Losseau and Yann Deval, it begins with the construction of imaginary city models, meticulously handcrafted by Marie-G. Losseau, either alone or during participatory workshops. These models are then digitised in 3D by Yann Deval, drawing the viewer into an archipelago of poetic cities.

With a “seed launcher”, visitors can generate houses that adapt to their surroundings, forming cities adrift in the clouds, floating on water, or seemingly uprooted. Devoid of inhabitants, they become spaces for imagination. Named after forgotten cities, they evolve like living organisms, independent of human intervention. ATLAS invites us to explore and create vast, dreamlike landscapes, prompting reflection on urbanism, architecture, and their impact on how we inhabit the world.

Belgium, 15 minutes, 2017-2020
Augmented Reality Installation
No dialogue

About the artists

Marie-G Losseau & Yann Deval

Marie-G has a background in set design, and she works on various artistic projects with a preference for creating poetic, playful, and offbeat universes. She enjoys zigzagging between the figurative and the abstract, manual artisanal work and fablab tools, or juggling with textiles, wood, or paper.

Yann is an interactive-designer, motion-designer and music-composer based in Belgium. His interactive installations (ATLAS, CHRONICA, IMMERSIO) explore the ambiguities between real and virtual, between tangible objects and imaginary worlds.

Credits

An experience by Yann Deval, Marie-G. Losseau

In collaboration with Alexandre Demat, WEKIT / Dr. Fridolin Wild (Oxford Brookes University), Students from Molenbeek’s Schools 1, 5, and 10 and Arts² Mons.
Programming, Graphic Design, Animation & Original Music: Yann Deval
Model Making & Scenography: Marie-G. Losseau
Automated Models: Val Macé

Additional Graphic Design & Animation: Vincent Nguyen, Félix Panis-Jones

Additional Programming: Said Betmurzaev, 郭隆慶 (Louie Kuo – Phalanity)
Additional Model Making: Cécile Balate, Marie Coppens, Emilie Thiry, François Bertiaux, Coralie Rottier, Thibault Danhaive, Benoît Chanut, Leila Kulawik, Clarisse Degeneffe, Ismael Cabello, Bouhamdi Shaima, Abdessamad Sabaraoui, Xavier Hoyos Mora-Cuevas

With the support of
Museum Lab, FEDER/Wallonie/En Mieux, Ville de Mons
Kaohsiung Film Archive, Kaohsiung VR FILM LAB
Forum des Images, NewImages Festival
Bureau Français de Taipei, Industrial Development Bureau & Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
Kaohsiung City Government
The STARTS Residencies Project, STRP Festival, Fablab’ke, Gluon
Cocof, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Wallonie-Bruxelles International
Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion Sociale de Molenbeek Saint-Jean
Microsoft Innovation Center Belgique
Outreach support : Juliette Bibasse