With Karine Bonneval, Anaïs Tondeur, Floriane Pochon, Orbe collective

Making the invisible aspects of our real and imaginary landscapes visible is the focus of this new exhibition from the 2km4_Pour une écologie joyeuse project. Since 2023, this project has been questioning and exploring our relationships with living beings – human and non-human – through a series of artistic and scientific research projects based in the Yvette Valley and the Saclay Plateau.

Symbiotes symphonie

A living, sound-based aquatic installation that connects our microbiomes. An immersive experience born out of close collaboration with microbiologist Ludwig Jardillier and bioacoustician Hélène Courvoisier.
A small ecosystem taken from a pond in Orsay evolves in an aquarium. It contains plankton, composed of barely visible living organisms: this is the beginning of a balanced chain for plants and invertebrates that we often do not know about. They evolve before our eyes thanks to magnifying glasses, swimming, crawling, digging, and invading habitats in the form of microscopic organisms built especially for them.

We are part of nature, and we are also a living environment in our own right.
Symbiotes live together, they are partners throughout their existence. Symbiotes symphonie is a device where different living beings coexist and listen to each other as they interact. It is a vibrant environment for imagining commonalities, the resonance between our bodies and the environments we inhabit. This installation invites us to be silent and observe, to immerse ourselves in these rhythms and find a mutual adjustment.

Echoing this, artists Anaïs Tondeur and Floriane Pochon bring to the surface another invisible realm: that of dreams shared with plants. They develop a sensitive and sonorous writing style, with philosopher Michaël Marder and writer and anthropologist Marine Legrand.

Curators: Julie Sicault Maillé and Rémy Albert
2km4_Pour une écologie joyeuse is supported by the SIANA artistic laboratory, in collaboration with the ESE laboratory (IDEEV).

Symbiotes symphonie by Karine Bonneval was created in collaboration with the Collectif pour la Culture en Essonne and presented as part of the 11th edition of the Science de l'art festival ‘Plus vrai que nature’ (More Real Than Life).
The installation by Anaïs Tondeur and Floriane Pochon is presented in collaboration with Paris-Saclay University as part of the Curiositas biennial. 

websitehttps://www.mairie-orsay.fr/agenda/2km4_pour-une-ecologie-joyeuse/