Incendies
Louis-Paul Caron
Incendies is a metaphorical digital series composed of 32 physical and video artworks where beauty and devastation collide. Through a delicate interplay of stillness and chaos, each piece captures the quiet tension between interior serenity and external collapse. A figure might sit alone, unmoved, while fire consumes the world beyond, a visual metaphor for our collective disconnection in the face of climate crisis. At the heart of the series lies a question: how do we respond to a world in transition? By presenting moments of apparent calm set against landscapes in flames, Incendies explores the emotional distance many of us maintain when confronted with environmental and societal upheaval. The fire becomes a symbol of transformation, urgency, and the burning realities we often choose not to see. These works do not aim to dramatize catastrophe, but rather to reveal the subtle, internalised ways in which we navigate collapse. They reflect a world where distraction and detachment have become survival mechanisms. Stillness, in this context, is not peaceful. It is charged with quiet tension and with the weight of what remains unspoken. Incendies invites the viewer into a suspended moment, a dreamlike state where time slows and awareness deepens. It does not deliver a message. It opens a space, a space to question, to feel, and perhaps to see ourselves mirrored in the silence of those who sit and watch the climate burn.
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Louis-Paul Caron is a French digital artist based in Lyon, whose work is exhibited internationally (Art Basel, Art Dubai, Seoul, New York, Milan, …). Through video art, 3D animation, and artificial intelligence, he explores our relationship with nature and climate change, creating digital paintings where characters silently witness landscapes in the midst of destruction. Trained in design and digital art at École Boulle, Design Academy Eindhoven, and ENSAD Paris, he blends classical painting, generative algorithms, and virtual worlds. His work examines the impact of ecological disasters on human memory and perception, blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction. His current exhibition at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Generating the Future, questions AI’s role in reshaping climate narratives, pushing the limits of storytelling and environmental awareness.
