Collectif Coin FR
Globoscope
Immersive installation
A tour of artworks in public spaces as part of the Aix Biennale
Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31
from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Statue of King René, Place Forbin
Aix-en-Provence
A multitude of luminous spheres digitizes the space and transforms it into a dynamic, multisensory universe. With *Globoscope*, Collectif Coin seeks to reproduce, on a large scale, the functioning of a screen—each luminous sphere represents one of its pixels. The floor itself is the screen. It’s as if we were walking among the pixels of a monumental screen. Viewed from above, the movement of the light could create an image. The movement of the light is predetermined and controlled by lines of code written by Maxime Houot.
Coin Collective
Based in Grenoble, at the third place called La Bifurk, Collectif Coin was founded in 2009 by Maxime Houot, a physicist by training. He uses digital art as a medium to explore themes of movement and space, while challenging our perception of these concepts. For each new project, he leads a team assembled based on the project’s needs, the required expertise, and the desire to collaborate. The collective is therefore not made up of permanent members, but operates on a modular basis.
Coin focuses on producing installations and performances that range from monumental to intimate. Maxime Houot wears, in turn, the hats of musician, set designer, and “tinkerer” when it comes to electronics and microcontrollers.
Originally, Collectif Coin was a nonprofit organization formed around a music group. Gradually, the collective began experimenting with performance art, photography, and video. While the other members moved on to more conventional jobs, Maxime Houot kept the organization alive; today, it is essentially his own business, although he has retained the name for historical reasons.
