the dreamatory
In the center, a single bed that rotates: the centre of our fantasies. A protective enclave where we can finally let go and return to our childhood state of peace. Suitable for imagination and dreams. All around this refuge, hybrid sounds revolve. This introspective space is defined by a blue halo a calming color that symbolizes both the experience of dreaming and echoes the inner and outer discovery. We are both viewer… Read More
The book phenomena
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At once realistic and extraordinary, a book is an invitation to dream. This facility enables us to participate in a world where supernatural elements float. Lionel extracts the book’s subject and places it on the stage. Subject then becomes object, so that the viewer is the protagonist. The story told in the book becomes a tangible thing, the essence of the content is that of the container, the public is both reading… Read More
The chamber of dreams
Evolvingartistic laboratorythat developsa universeconducive to theexplorationof dreams.Solicitingthe imagination, the tool used to navigatebetween reality anddreams.Sound installations,musical instruments,mechanical machines, paintings and sculptures allowviewersto enter aworldwithout the limitsof the unconscious. The Experimental Chamber ofDreamsoffers veriable experiencesin the form ofexhibitions, performancesand concerts.
The Listening Room
This apertured mechanical igloo of wood measures 3 meters in diameter and 2.50 meters in hight invites visitors to come listen to a song. Consisting of watch mechanisms, cleverly desynchronized, and a motorized system which uses a tailored six track sound composition that is broadcast by a satellite dish twirling around 16 reflectors which are directed at the center of the igloo. The viewer experiences the shift of sensations and finds themselves… Read More
Glass Pathway
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Sound installation for the Biennial of Contemporary Art “Glass Pathway” is a sound installation in collaboration with Denys Vinzant. Lionel Stocard’s golden trian cars emerge as in a dream, piercing space, in suspension, joining the universe of works by Denys Vinzant which extend through audio and visual flickers of his glass scores written in golden ink. This is a golden railroad to Heavenly Machinery. The train is suspended at a height of… Read More
Cold Room
This installation invites viewers to snorkel in cold water and architecture. Visitors are lulled by the sound world while lying in a blue aquatic environment. Sounds of the forest, birds and water first stationary and then moving take the viewer on a rustic ride. Along the promenade, the trickle of water becomes a waterfall and then a swirl of water and ends in a large room with a very minimalist dripping sound…. Read More