Curiosité Sensible
Léo Baqué’s creations capture attention, surprise through sensation, and question the viewer’s relationship to the world. His work is characterized by a cross-disciplinary approach, mixing mediums, using space, real time, light and moving matter to shape intriguing sensory experiences.
Through the use of generative processes and subtle interaction mechanics, he imbues his pieces with a sense of autonomy, letting them evolve and take shape over time, manifesting themselves in the form of an encounter.
Emergent Dynamics
He is primarily interested in emergent phenomena, the role of perception in aesthetic experience, and mainly experiments through dynamic interference patterns generated by the original devices he designs for his works.
Research and Creation
Following his university research training in philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and cognitive science, Léo Baqué co-founded Ascidiacea with other members in 2015 while still studying at EHESS. Since then, he has been fully dedicated to experimenting and developing his artistic practice. He collaborates with many artists such as composer Jacopo Baboni-Schillingi, visual artist Louise Vendel, designer duo Pinaffo-Pluvinage, and participates in countless collective projects with Ascidiacea.
In-Situ
His work has been showcased in major venues such as Grand Palais, MNAAG, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Gaîté Lyrique, Palais Brogniart, Mairie du 18e Arr, and Mains d’Oeuvres in Paris, but also in New York, at MAD in Florence, and in numerous festivals and cultural events in Western Europe such as Waking Life in Portugal, La Nature and Doel in Belgium, Lethargy in Switzerland, Inasound and Atom in France.
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