The GOBO GOBO HEY ! installation presents a variation on the theme of gobos. A gobo is a technical term used by lighting technicians to refer to a piece of perforated metal that allows the light from a projector to project a pattern. On the basis of this model, Cécile Babiole proposes gobos made out of plexiglas with a laser cutter, which are then projected thanks to a series of slide projectors. The large-scale projection device reveals the violence of the manufacturing process: it becomes clear that the laser heats the material, deforms it, burns it, melts it, changes its colour, making it darker. Depending on the speed of the ray, the matter is grazed or perforated. The graphic result is closer to manual writing with a pen with thick and thin strokes, or even graffiti with spray paint, than to the product of a machine from the digital age. The engraved patterns come from the musical world, they are graphical representations of sounds, music sheets, waveforms, revealed by the light vibration that passes through them. The title is a nod to the punk culture of the late 70s and reflects the machine's 'in-your-face' character ('Gaba gaba hey!' was the rallying cry of the Ramones, the first American punk rock band, and their fans).

Cécile Babiole is a french artist based in Paris. In the 80s she is first active in the music field, then in electronic and digitals arts. Her creations combine visual and audio arts through installations and performances that investigate digital medias with irony. Image, sound and interactivity are the components of her practice. From performance dispositives to participative installations, her work concentrate more on technology issues. She aims to transpose and twist around the standardised uses in the field of creation.
Her latest works focus on language (written and spoken), transmission, dysfunctions, reading, translation, algorithmic manipulations of language. (Conversation au fil de l’eau, Leçon de vocabulaire, Spell, Disfluences, Copies non conformes, En Française dans la texte).
In 2016, she founded with Anne Laforet the collective Roberte la Rousse, a cyberfeminist group that works on the theme of language, gender and technology. She is also a member of the artist-curator collective Le sans titre.
Her work has been exhibited internationally: Centre Pompidou Paris, Mutek – Elektra Montréal, Fact Liverpool, MAL Lima, NAMOC Beijing ... and distinguished with numerous awards and grants: Ars Electronica, Locarno, prix SCAM, bourse Villa Médicis hors les murs, Transmediale Berlin, Stuttgart Expanded Media Festival…