Binary stele carved in granite stone. Binary code files from various data, here the MP3 sound file of the growl of a bear living in the Pyrénées, France ("grognement de l'ours brun des Pyrénées"), 2014. Thus, a backup plate becomes a storage in case of disappearance.

Concept & realization: David Guez / Co-production: Accès(s) Cultures Electroniques

About the artist:

Since 1994, David Guez (FR) created art work related to new media and digital forms – performances, installations, objects, web site – All his projects are driven by two main  otions : « link » and « public ». These two approaches enabled him to create « objects » and « matrices» that question contemporary subjects and their application or their link with new technologies. He deals with topics as varied as free media, psychoanalysis, time, collective uses of the internet, identity problems and loss of liberty.

His last project deals with memory and time : Serie 2067, Humanpedia, paper hard disk, Standard Kilo-Byte, Cam2067, Binaries steles. His work is presented in national and international contemporary artistic networks (France – Gaité lyrique, Centre pompidou, Le plateau, Centre Barbara, Nuit blanche Paris, Beaux arts de Lyon, Dijon, Nantes, résidence au Banff, File Festival Brésil, isea2009/2014…, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands…) and has received a broad press coverage (New York Times, Libération, Le Monde, Télérama, France Culture, France Inter…) as well as several prices and grants (Scam, CNC, DAP ).