SALON 106- FRANCE
Thursday, May 7, 12PM ET, 6PM France
This special Techspressionist Salon gathers French contemporary artists working across the intersection of art and technology, where screens become studios and code becomes pigment. Featuring voices from across France’s dynamic digital art scene, the program explores AI, animation, internet culture, mixed media, and new forms of expression. A vibrant cultural exchange linking French innovation with the global Techspressionist movement.
Ce salon Techspressionniste spécial rassemble des artistes français contemporains travaillant à l’intersection de l’art et de la technologie, où les écrans deviennent des studios et le code devient un pigment. Mettant en vedette des voix de la scène dynamique de l’art numérique français, le programme explore l’IA, l’animation, la culture internet, les médias mixtes et les nouvelles formes d’expression. Un échange culturel dynamique reliant l’innovation française au mouvement Techspressioniste mondial.
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Artists:
00:03:32 Isabelle Arvers – Marseille, France
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00:14:48 Mâa Berriet – Paris, France
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00:24:42 Everardo Reyes – Paris, France
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Everardo Reyes is Professor of Information and Communication Sciences and co-director of the Master’s in Digital Humanities at Université Paris 8 (Sorbonne). Affiliated with Laboratoire Paragraphe and the Cultural Analytics Lab, he researches links between humanities, arts, and computing, with focus on interfaces, data viz, media art, and digital culture.
00:34:08 Systaime – Limoges, France
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Michael Borras, known as Systaime, is a multimedia and internet artist exploring digital culture since the late 1990s. Known for pop-trash aesthetics, collage, GIFs, and AI-driven work, he has exhibited or curated at Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Pompidou, Caracas MCA, Electromuseum Moscow, and Athens Digital Art Festival.
00:44:52 Treeskulltown – Lyon, France
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Treeskulltown is a multidisciplinary digital artist and founder of the Subrealism movement. With 20+ years blending physical and digital media, he is a notable voice in Web3 art. Nominated for The HUG’s “100 Artists to Watch,” his work connects art history and blockchain technology through 42+ international exhibitions.
WHAT IS A TECHSPRESSIONIST SALON?
Techspressionist Salons are a time and place in cyberspace where artists gather once a month to hang out, share their work and discuss matters relating to art, philosophy, and technology.
These meetups were conceived as a modern counterpart to the Surrealist salons of the 1920’s, in which artists could meet informally to socialize and discuss ideas. Techspressionism is a 100% volunteer-based international artist community.
The First Techspressionist Salon was held on September 1, 2020, and included artists Colin Goldberg, Patrick Lichty, Steve Miller and Oz Van Rosen, as well as art historian Helen Harrison, Director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, the former home and studio of painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. During this first Salon session, the working definition of Techspressionism was decided upon by the participants as: “An artistic approach in which technology is utilized as a means to express emotional experience.”
Artist Davonte Bradley (aka DAVO) proposed the idea of recording the Salons and publishing them on the Techspressionism YouTube Channel, which was implemented starting with Salon #8.
Salons are moderated by a rotating panel of artist volunteers. After the recording ends, artists are welcome to hang out for the afterparty (aka advisory board meeting), in which the topic for the next Salon is decided upon, and other community-related ideas are discussed.































































































