French artist’s augmented reality art exhibition on display in Chandigarh
An augmented reality art exhibition by French-Belgian artist Béatrice de Fays is on at the Sector 16/17 Underpass in Chandigarh
An augmented reality art exhibition by French-Belgian artist Béatrice de Fays is on at the Sector 16/17 Underpass in Chandigarh. On display are 12 of her paintings that narrate the story of a woman, a man and a child, taking the audience into a world of images and sound.
The exhibition is on at the Underpass from 12 noon to 5pm till Sunday (November 27); and at Alliance Française, Sector 36 on Monday from 5:30pm to 9pm. The event is being supported by the French Institute in India and Alliance Française.
“The artwork is composed of 12 paintings from which a story unfolds in augmented reality inspired by the granite rocks of Hyderabad on the Deccan plateau. Titled, A Woman in the Dance City, the paintings tell the story of a woman in Hyderabad. But what sets it apart is the use of augmented reality.”
In this series, visitors can see 12 entities, spaces and energies, including the Buddha of the rocks, the dragonfly, the tree, the source, the rest, the dance.
Besides conceptualising and painting, Béatrice has also given voice over to the exhibits along with Bari Kumar. The music used in it is by Mathieu Constans, while Guillaume Evrard is the augmented reality developer.
“In augmented reality, you can use sound, 3D and movement. The idea is to combine digital and material. Using this, I have tried to show people my perception of the world,” says Béatrice.
“This art is about a girl meeting Buddha and how he teaches her the way of life,” she explains, adding that it took her over two years to complete the series.
Béatrice has been working between Asia and Europe – on paintings, interactive multimedia installations, projections on accumulation, and spaces in augmented reality.
She has designed a display consisting of two interactive networked installations at La Géode, Paris, and the Nehru Science Center, Mumbai, where visitors can meet, interact and create together, in real time, despite being 7,000km apart.
Her works are part of different Indian collections at Park Hyatt, Hyderabad, Novotel Vijayawada, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad, and some private collections.
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WHAT: Augmented reality art exhibition
WHERE: Sector 16/17 Underpass in Chandigarh on Nov 27; and Alliance Française, Sector 36 on Nov 28
TIMINGS: 12 noon to 5pm on Sunday; 5:30pm to 9pm on Monday