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GUILLAUME NICOLLET
MIX-MEDIA ARTIST
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COMBINING
THE PERSPECTIVES
OF ARCHITECTURE
AND LEVEL DESIGN
BUILDER OF IMAGINARY WORLDS, GUILLAUME NICOLLET (38Y, FONTAINEBLEAU - FRANCE) CELEBRATES THE COMMUNION OF HIS TWO FAVORITE UNIVERSES: ARCHITECTURE AND VIDEO GAMES.
TWO VISIONS THAT MERGE AND ENRICH EACH OTHER. FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL CROSS-SECTIONS & BLUEPRINTS TO THE IMMERSIVE PATHS OF LEVEL DESIGN, FROM THE CODES OF THE REAL TO THE VAST FIELD OF VIRTUAL POSSIBILITIES.


AFTER STUDYING PLASTIC ARTS, HE TRAINED IN DIGITAL TECHNIQUES WHICH HE NOW COMBINES IN A VARIETY OF MEDIA (3D MODELING, REAL-TIME 3D, VIRTUAL REALITY MATTE-PAINTING, DIGITAL COLLAGE, SOUND AND ANIMATION).
EXPLORER OF THE UNKNOWN, HIS WORK TEMPTS TO TAKE VIEWERS BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF ORDINARY WORLDS, RECONNECTING THEM WITH TIMELESS NOTIONS OF WONDER AND DISCOVERY.


THROUGH HIS ART, HE INVITES THE VIEWER TO EXPLORE THE REMAINS OF A FICTITIOUS CIVILIZATION. CELEBRATING THE REUNION OF AUTHENTIC ARTS, HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE AND FORGOTTEN CRAFT TECHNIQUES, THESE GIGANTIC EDIFICES RISE LIKE MEMORIES OF A PRE-ARTIFICIAL ERA, IN REACTION TO THE ADVENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WHICH HE SEES AS THE DEATH OF CREATIVITY.
• CO-FOUNDER OF MONOCHROME PARIS [SINCE 2016]


• PRIZES
- Architecture Prize @ Fondation Jacques Rougerie - Institut de France - Paris [Winner 2021]


• EXHIBITS / TALKS [W/ MONOCHROME*]
- Architecture Jury @ Académie des Beaux-Arts - Paris [2022]
- Mural for the "LadySapiens" exhibition - Jardin des Plantes - Paris [2022]
- Kaleidoscope VR - Los Angeles [2018]*
- The Art of VR @ Sotheby's - NYC [2017]*
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• PUBLICATIONS
- Beaux-Arts Magazine [Février 2022]


• VIDEO-GAMES [W/ MONOCHROME*]
- 1900 - Paris Undercover [TBA]*
- Tandem: A Tale of Shadows [2021]*
- Singularity5 VR [2018]*


• MUSIC
- Tandem: A Tale of Shadows (Original Game Soundtrack) [2021 - Microid Records]