Mathieu Merlet Briand

Mathieu Merlet Briand recycles the Cloud, thousands of images, videos and digital information. Using algorithms he has developed, recycling processes and analogies with nature, he shapes and synthesises these flows to create tangible material.

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Michael Gaultois, Xavier Baris, Mathieu Merlet Briand, Benoit Roman

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Neo composites

With Mathieu Merlet Briand, artist, Benoit Roman, research director at the CNRS, Xavier Baris from Kairos and Michael Gaultois, Chief Scientific Officer of Fairmat. With the growing disenchantment of the public and designers alike with plastic, perceived as the offspring of the oil years and the symbol of a disposable world, the development of new materials that respond to contemporary challenges by proposing circular production schemes is long overdue. The Deeptech ecosystem is struggling to get off the ground in France, given the investment required. The government and the regions are encouraging research and entrepreneurial initiatives such as the FLOWER project to develop composites made from flax fibre, a plant widely grown in France. What are the neo-composites of tomorrow? What new mythologies do they invoke?    

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