Bureau Doove

LASER Talks Brussels:
With Adrien Lucca, Dr Sébastien R. Mouchet, Heleen Sintobin

For our next Laser Talk on Thursday 11 April 5 pm CET we discuss the topic of “Light, Color, and Matter”, an exploration into the dynamic relationship between perception and materiality. It encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, including the study of vision in various organisms, from humans to animals and insects, the fundamental properties of electromagnetic radiation, the behaviour of light waves, and the interaction of light with matter. Exploring texture, transparency, reflectivity, and other material qualities enriches our understanding of how light interacts with surfaces and shapes our perception of the world.

SPEAKERS BIOS: 

Since 2009, Adrien Lucca develops a multidisciplinary body of work around color and light that questions our perception of the physical world. In search of practical means of action to set up aesthetic experiences, he has set up a research and production laboratory where he conceives his works in an autonomous way at the intersection of art and science. To the antipodes of a sad passion for the normalization and the technicization of our relations to the physical world, Lucca believes that one can highlight the strangeness of the link between the physical world and our perception of it by appropriating scientific and technological resources. His most recent work aims at redefining the very concept of “color”.

Studio Adrien Lucca 
Created in 2015, Studio Adrien Lucca is a Belgian company whose main activity is the design, production and installation of monumental artworks in the public space. The studio has in-house research, innovation, prototyping and production activities that allow it to be largely autonomous with regard to the projects it undertakes. The main specialties are pigment color, glass and LED light, which are used in an approach that combines chemistry, physics and perception. 

Dr Sébastien R. Mouchet received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Physics from the University of Namur, Belgium. Since his MSc and PhD degrees, he has studied the physical origins of various visual effects evolved by natural organisms: from additive colours in photonic polycrystals and fluid-induced colour changes to fluorescence emission in natural photonic structures and UV&IR scattering in integuments. After the completion of his PhD degree in 2015, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, UK for 4.5 years. He is now carrying out his research within the University of Namur, as a hon. senior honorary lecturer and researcher. With Prof. Olivier Deparis, he co-authored a book entitled Natural Photonics and Bioinspiration. In November 2023, he was awarded the 10th Charles Courtoy Prize for the best PhD thesis in Physics of UNamur for 2014-2017.

Heleen Sintobin has a masters in Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London. In her current personal work she is exploring the future of crafts in the digital age. Heleen also works as an artistic researcher in KASK’s biolab Laboratorium in the interdisciplinary project Ecology of Colour. Together with scientist Maria Boto she explores the future of sustainable colour production.

Chaired by: Alexandra Dementieva
Moderated by: Edith Doove

In collaboration with Namur University

EVENT INFO
Thursday 11 April at 5 pm CET

Online ZOOM live streamed via YouTube

WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
FÉDÉRATION WALLONIE-BRUXELLES
ADEM asbl/vzw
CYLAND

The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalk

Featured image: Adrien LUCCA, Panchromatic resonator