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The Biennale Némo celebrates identities in the digital age at CENTQUATRE-PARIS

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For the 5th edition of the International Biennial of Digital Arts in the Île-de-France Region, Némo gives visibility to artists who explore the multiplicity of identities in the digital era. For this occasion, 22 locations in Île-de-France will be filled with 8 exhibitions, 24 shows, concerts, performances, installations, and a grand weekend dedicated to Christopher Nolan. Plenty to reflect on the major challenges of the contemporary world while getting inspired by futuristic artists.

While our identities multiply in the age of social networks and artificial intelligence infiltrates our society, it is sometimes hard to serenely grasp the complexity of the digital world. However, this is precisely what the International Biennial of Digital Arts of the Île-de-France region, named Nemo, aims to instill in its 5th edition. Copies, doubles, mutants, avatars, fake identities, metamorphoses... Let's explore the multiplicity of personalities through digital arts, in all their splendor. [Image: https://uploads.lebonbon.fr/source/inser.jpg] © CENTQUATRE-PARIS 8 exhibitions and 24 performances spread throughout Paris and its suburbs. "I is another," is the theme of the Nemo Biennial, echoing the words that Arthur Rimbaud addressed to Paula Demi in a letter from the 15th of November, 1871.In 1981. Its main exhibition, presented at CENTREQUATRE-PARIS, offers a journey where interactive works and playful devices, films and installations follow one another, providing a critical and educational look at the digital era and its biases. Visitors can admire the life mural by Marco Brambilla and marvel at the interactive avatars of Universal Everything. A true journey through time, composed of three parts that go back in time: "Tomorrow is already written", "Archaeology of the present time", and "How did we get here?".

The calendar of partner locations for the event is also very enticing. Némo goes everywhere, from the Seine-Saint-Denis (93) to the Yvelines (78), passing by ENS Paris-Saclay, on the Esplanade de La Défense, and even at the  Maison des Arts de Creteil. It's impossible to describe all the shows and exhibits, there are so many; the best thing is to check out the program and make a list of your favorites. 


A weekend dedicated to Christopher Nolan 

The Dark Knight, Inception, Oppenheimer… The magnificent cinematic works of the master of experimental blockbusters, Christopher Nolan, will be honored during a whole weekend on November 25th and 26th. The Némo Biennial will explore the multiple personalities of Batman and the Joker, as well as the representation of time in his films.Presentation of astrophysics in Interstellar and the art of memory as represented in Memento. The highlight of the weekend: the performance CASCADES by Franck Vigroux and Antoine Schmitt, of a rare visual and audio power.

On September 30th, don't forget to attend the opening day and evening of the Nemo Biennial. There will be a spectacular installation called Ataraxie, created by Maxime Houot (Collectif Coin), exclusively for this event. It will kick off an unconventional lineup of audiovisual performances and concerts. The Biennial is about to begin!

Nemo
CENTQUATRE-PARIS
5, Curial Street – 19th
From September 30th, 2023 to January 7th, 2024
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