exhibition

Just Landed | Showcase

The exhibition Just Landed marks the start of a new phase of temporary occupation at Usquare, bringing together a community of artists, designers, scientists and technicians.

For this exhibition, Ohme selected a cross-section of residents, either for their digital art practices or for their hybridization of art and science. Just Landed offers a glimpse of current creative practices, while hinting at future collaborations within this community.⁣

From 18.10 to 17.11, come discover the work of: 

Aiko Design ● Nicolas Andry ● Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle ● Miguel Cipriano ● Crafteke & Earthstone ● Amandine David ● Maÿtu ● Meriem Steiner ● Studio Lemercier ● Studio Minimètre ● Nadja Meier ● Yami Moreno & David Ferreira ● Ohme & Frederik Vanhoutte ● Damien Petitot ● PYL ● Guillaume Thunis

Usquare – Building I
Avenue de la Couronne 227
B-1050 Ixelles, Belgium
WED – SUN • 2PM – 7PM

Through a variety of works, Just Landed explores interactions between matter, technology and perception. The works on show are at the crossroads of digital arts, visual arts and design, revealing a wide range of experimental approaches. Some explore the properties of raw materials, whether natural or recycled, highlighting chemical and physical processes that reveal often invisible dynamics. Other creations immerse spectators in interactive environments where sound, light, and space engage in a dynamic dialogue.

Traditional craft techniques are also reinterpreted through the prism of contemporary technologies, transforming ancestral know-how into installations that oscillate between the tangible and the digital imagination. This reappropriation of craft practices highlights the impact of technological advances on the way we perceive and interact with the world.

Just Landed illustrates the convergence of various artistic and scientific approaches at Usquare, revealing how certain contemporary innovations open up new perspectives for exploration in art.

artist residency

Aquatic Conversations | Antoine Bertin

© Marin Le Roux
ARTIST RESIDENCY
An artistic, scientific and technological investigation of the complex communication methods beneath the ocean’s surface.

Antoine Bertin’s research engages in an audiovisual exploration of the conversations between aquatic species through the use of sound recordings and machine learning. This research draws on machine listening techniques to decode the intricate communication methods of marine life communication. 

During this residency project Antoine and Ohme collaborate on the design and composition of an intimate radiophonic plea for marine species, blending spoken word, sculptures and immersive soundscapes, drawing the audience into the fascinating world of listening to the ocean.

To support Antoine’s research, Ohme Lab is developing a system that transforms marine recordings into point cloud structures through machine learning. These structures will be used in digital art visualisations and 3D printing.

The microscope enabled humans to see anew, with both our eyes and our imaginations. Digital acoustics are an invention of similar significance. Like the microscope, they function like a scientific prosthetic: as they extend our sense of hearing, they expand our perceptual and conceptual horizons.

— Karen Bakker, The Sounds of Life.

Photos: Ophelia Van Campenhout

Première: 27.09.24 as part of CurieuCity Festival

About the artist

Antoine Bertin is a European artist working at the intersection of science and sensory immersion, field recording and sound storytelling, data and music composition. His creations take the form of listening experiences, immersive moments and audio meditations exploring our relationships with the living world. His work has been presented at Tate Britain, Palais de Tokyo, Serpentine Gallery, KIKK festival, STRP festival, Sonar+D, CCCB Barcelona, Dutch Design Week, Nuit Blanche Paris, le 104, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Gaité Lyrique. He produces a quarterly show called “Edge of the forest” on NTS radio weaving together field recordings, data sonifications and science inspired meditations.

Studio Antoine Bertin was created in 2018, bringing together a multidisciplinary team that develops, produces and delivers listening experiences. Studio Antoine Bertin is based in Paris and Alicudi Island and works internationally.

Websitehttps://www.studioantoinebertin.com/

Credits

Artist : Antoine Bertin
Scientist : Sara Keen (Earth Species Project)
Code and experience design: Cristina Tarquini
Code and prototyping: Marianne de Heer Kloots (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), François Bronchart (Ohme)
Production: Sonia Gaspard (Studio Antoine Bertin), Nicolas Klimis (Ohme)

Academic Partners: ZHDK (Zurich University of the Arts)
Curatorial Counseling: Camilla Colombo (Ohme)

Co-production: Ohme


This research is co-produced by Ohme in the framework of Ohme’s artistic residencies program,
in dialogue with Earth Species Project, supported by Innoviris and Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.