Creator Talk with Le Clair Obscur: Immersive Creation, Transmedia Storytelling, and Hybrid Artistic Practices

Fresh off the planetarium premiere of #DRIFT, join us for an intimate Creator Talk with French director and multidisciplinary visionary Frédéric Deslias.

A multidisciplinary artist, stage director, sound designer, and digital creator, Frédéric Deslias has spent over two decades shaping a visionary body of work that sits at the intersection of live performance, emerging technologies, and artistic-scientific research. As the founder of Le Clair Obscur, he explores the boundaries between reality and fiction, stage and digital space, human and machine.

This masterclass offers an in-depth exploration of Deslias' artistic universe through an illustrated presentation of key works. It will serve as a space for transmission, reflection, and dialogue on immersive forms and hybrid systems—blending performance, theater, sound, video, and interactive technologies.Deslias will address the challenges of immersive creation: how to envelop the spectator, manipulate perception, and treat space as a communicative language. He will share insights into collective creation processes, using the stage as a lab for experimentation, and emphasizing the role of collaboration in his artistic practice.

Special focus will be given to the idea of form as a vehicle for meaning, where each work questions the world through critical, political, or poetic lenses. Science fiction, a recurring element in his work, acts as a tool to imagine alternative futures and craft new narratives outside dominant paradigms.

Topics covered include the conceptual and technical tools behind his work:

• Interactive and non-linear storytelling

• Sound spatialization

• Video mapping and visual narration

• Immersive dome or VR environments

• Real-time interaction and sensor-based installations

• Creative coding and transmedia logic

🎥 Expect:

• A deep dive into the making of #DRIFT

• Visuals + behind-the-scenes content

• Q&A with Frédéric Deslias

• Networking with fellow creatives and technologists

• Coffee, tea, & bagels

  
  

When: June 28, 2025

Where: Downtown Media Center (168 SE 1st St 4TH FLOOR, Miami, FL 33131, USA)

Time: 10:00 AM