Yannick Jacquet
 

Yannick Jacquet

Yannick Jacquet, a visual artist born in Geneva in 1980, has been living and working in Brussels since 2005. With a background in videography, scenography, and the visual arts, Jacquet’s work explores the intersection of digital technologies, art, and architecture. With a focus on sensory experience and human connection, his art often incorporates elements of intimacy and contemplation.

In the early 2000s, Jacquet was excited by the potential of networked technologies and believed in their utopian promise of free exchange and global connectivity. However, as personal data has become commodified and we have entered an attention economy, Jacquet has shifted his focus towards creating temporary spaces of deconditioning where attention can be cultivated and valued. He is committed to exploring new paradigms, such as slowness, as a means of restoring sensitivity in our lives.

In addition to his personal artistic practice, Jacquet regularly collaborates with other artists on live performances and projects presented at digital and contemporary art festivals and events.

In 2007, Jacquet co-founded the international visual label AntiVJ, which has played a significant role in the rise of digital and media art in the early twenty-first century.

In 2011, wood engraver Fred Penelle and visual artist Yannick Jacquet initiated Mécaniques Discursives, a long-term artistic collaboration combining wood engraving, digital media, and installation art. Presented nearly one hundred times internationally, the project continues to be exhibited today.