Clara Rigaud works on projects involving computer science, interaction, design and the humanities.

She recently defended her doctoral thesis in the field of human-computer interaction, exploring the design of knowledge-sharing tools in the context of manufacturing and Do-It-Yourself communities.

Alongside her university studies, ten years ago she co-founded the Random Pixel Order collective, which works on projects at the intersection of digital art, DIY and micro-publishing, exploring and promoting virtual and physical creative techniques.

Today, she continues to work on projects involving technology, humans and non-humans. She is committed to giving humans the freedom to empower themselves in relation to technology, as well as exploring how and whether technology can be part of the future of our world.

S8jfou («Suis-je fou», french «for Am I crazy ?») is a self-taught artist and musician. In 2017, he bought a plot of land in the mountains to escape big cities and civilization, and built an 8m2 cabin for 8 months. From there, he creates most of his music. Fascinated by synthesizers and computer hardware, S8jfou made his second album solely with hardware. After finishing his cabin, he decided to cut plastic out of his life, especially the plastic of his musical instruments. He sold almost everything except the synths he needed to play live. He wanted to make digital music free and openly accessible, to share with the world. Building new tools without spending money or producing plastic or rare metal waste, and sharing them with the world for free, makes him happy.

Simon Lazarus 84 was forged in the Paris graffiti scene in the early 2000’s. He is now exploring new plastic territories through the use of technology (hi & low). Hacker in the broadest sense of the term – which here means hijacking/ explorimentation/parasiting – he wanders the landscapes of maker culture, gleaning tools and know-how to create drawings, sculptures, animated frescoes and audio-visual installations. His visual grammar, which gravitates between symbolism and abstraction, is embodied in processes that place virtual imagery and physical materiality in tension. His work has been presented in contemporary art spaces (Palais de Tokyo, Kommet, Aponia, Lieu Unique), digital art festivals (Scopitone, Maintenant, Astropolis, Constellation de Metz, UHfest) and video-mapping events in France and abroad: Fête des lumières de Lyon, Sharjah Light Festival (United Arab Emirates), Shining Shanghai (China), MappMontreal (Canada) and the Vidéo-mapping festival in Lille in 2023, where he was awarded the Grand Prize of the Jury.