“We want our images to be danced on, played with and to react to the body,” Claire Bardainne has said. “We make immersive and interactive artwork, but we want you to forget that these are images.”

She and her partner Adrien Mondot are the French digital artists behind “XYZT: A Journey in 4 Dimensions,” an exhibition of 10 digital installations on view at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum through April 22. You enter a darkened gallery filled with digital apparitions. One floor ripples like water, another shivers like tall grass in the wind. Letters seem to flow in and out of a bottle and vase. A swirl of confetti responds to your gestures. Read more about it here.

“Abstract Landscapes” by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. (Courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B.)
“Abstract Landscapes” by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. (Courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B.)
“Anamorphosis in Space” by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. (Courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B.)
“Anamorphosis in Space” by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. (Courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B.)
“Letters Tree” by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. (Courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B.)
“Letters Tree” by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. (Courtesy of Adrien M. & Claire B.)

 

Categories: Art