Mouawad + Laurier
Digital artist duo · Barcelona
Mouawad + Laurier is the artist duo of Maya Mouawad and Cyril Laurier, the two founders of Hand Coded, in Barcelona. They create immersive installations at the crossroads of ecology, technology and the senses: light, sound, real-time scientific data and artificial intelligence, to spark a sincere emotion rooted in the place where the work is shown.
Their work looks at the living world: a tree’s view of our cities with Peupler, rising sea levels with Rising, a root listening to the earth 30 metres underground with Retour aux Sources, in the chalk cellars of Maison Ruinart in Reims, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Their works have been shown at the Venice Biennale (Venice Immersive, official selection 2023), the Dakar Biennale (jury selection 2024), Nuit Blanche in Paris, Lumiere London, the Grand Palais Éphémère, Noor Riyadh and in hospitals with Art Explora. Rising received the Scam’s Pierre Schaeffer Prize in 2023.
They design and build their works themselves, from the idea to the installation on site, and the works travel light: Peupler fits in three suitcases, Rising runs on batteries.
Photos
Work
- Retour aux Sources · Maison Ruinart · an artwork by Mouawad + Laurier
- Peupler / Populate · Mouawad + Laurier
- Rising · Mouawad + Laurier
- Hors du temps · Mouawad + Laurier, with Art Explora
- Paysage Sonore · Mouawad + Laurier
- Être Absorbé · Maison Ruinart · an artwork by Mouawad + Laurier
- Upperground · Mouawad + Laurier
- Albatros · Mouawad + Laurier, with the CNRS
- RAS Ubiquitous · Mouawad + Laurier · Ars in Campania exhibition, Maison Ruinart collection
- Poussière d’étoile · A 700 m² exhibition project, with Fisheye and Jean-Luc Monterosso
