THE ARTWORK
THE ARTWORK
Splinter
by Hugo Laliberté and Jonathan Jeanson from Ottomata invites you to get in touch with the mysterious entities hiding within its 5 monoliths.
Emerging from the depths of the earth, they reveal themselves through unique visual and sound essences inspired by the forces of nature.
Your movements bring to life the mysterious entities as they respond to the call of your presence with a visual and sound language that is anything but random.
THE artists
THE artists
Hugo laliberté &
jonathan jeanson
Hugo Laliberté (left), co-founder of Ottomata studio, is a creative programmer with a solid background in electrical engineering and interactive media. Starting in the field of digital art in 2013, he now focuses on developing immersive scenarios where the viewer is at the heart of the interaction.
His collaboration with Jonathan Jeanson (right), also co-founder of Ottomata studio, is based on a long friendship punctuated by joint projects since they were students. Jonathan, a control electrician and electronics technician, specializes in body interfaces and explores the ways in which technology can adapt to human movement to create unique experiences.
Ottomata is a Montreal-based experiential design studio founded in 2017, specialized in the design of interactive installations and immersive journeys that arouse curiosity and engage the public through art.
Ottomata creates collaborative experiences that bring together diverse audiences in public spaces. One of the studio's great strengths is its ability to merge art, technology, and space to create experiences that re-center the viewer in the present moment.
Creative Intent
Creative Intent
True to Ottomata's mission to reconnect the public with their curiosity and their desire for discovery, Hugo Laliberté, explains the idea behind Splinter:
"The goal is to invite viewers to physically engage with the experience. This monumental work, inspired by nature, its forms and its interdependences, listens and encourages the public to interact.
Every reaction stems from a previous action; nothing magically appears, everything has a cause. We want the public to become that catalyst, initiating a series of events that follow one another naturally."
In fact, Splinter is inspired by nature and evokes the latter even in the interactivity of the five monoliths.
The creators wanted to create interdependent interactions, not only between the public and the monoliths, but also between the monoliths themselves.
This approach evokes fundamental aspects of nature: the interconnectedness of the living, the interdependence between biodiversity and ecosystems, the vulnerability of nature to human actions, its cyclical character, and the aura of mystery surroundoing its organicity.
A well-known interdependent relationship in nature: pollination.
Artistic Approach
Artistic Approach
© Vivien Gaumand
Hugo Laliberté and Jonathan Jeanson with a Splinter monolith in March 2021, in the midst of the pandemic, during the 12th edition of the Luminothérapie
winter festival in Montreal.
The Ottomata duo began designing Splinter just before the pandemic. They explain that from the outset, the intention was to create a space where people could gather and interact, in an environment reminiscent of a sci-fi universe, without requiring wearable technology or physical contact with Splinter's monoliths.
When the pandemic hit, the project took on a new dimension : the idea of bringing people together outdoors after the crisis became even more relevant, and the possibility of interacting without touching the installation became a condition.
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