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.
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2026
NUMIX Awards nominee — art direction for Morphosis, in collaboration with Rocío Álvarez and Studio Interval
2014
Winner of the Milano Design Week Tech Award / Mécaniques Discursives / Timescapes exhibition / Milan / IT
2013
Winner of the Art Collector’s Prize / Mécaniques Discursives / Slick Art Fair / Brussels / BE
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Selected exhibitions and performances
2026
Mécaniques Discursives / École des Arts / Braine-l’Alleud / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / HDE Var / Draguignan / FR
2025
Futur(s) Parallèle(s) — site-specific installation / Le Botanique / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives — Sarabande en temps de crise / Halle aux Draps / Tournai / BE
2024
The Masters Series: Stefan Sagmeister — collaboration with Stefan Sagmeister on the scenography for his solo exhibition; production: Interval.ooo / SVA Chelsea Gallery / New York / US
Mécaniques Discursives / Le Botanique / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Maison de la culture de Tournai / Tournai / BE
2023
Finger Play — installation / FMAV / Museo della Figurina / Modena / IT
Mécaniques Discursives — Don’t Follow the Guide — solo exhibition / FMAV / Modena / IT
2022
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Nivelles / Nivelles / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Pléiades — Festival des arts numériques / Saint-Étienne / FR
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Tubize / Tubize / BE
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Rixensart / Rixensart / BE
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Rebecq / Rebecq / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Centre culturel de Plan-les-Ouates / Geneva / CH
Mécaniques Discursives / Forum des Halles / Louvain-la-Neuve / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Chapelle de Boondael / Ixelles / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Maison culturelle de Quaregnon / Quaregnon / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Grenier à Sel / Avignon / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Le Pass / Frameries / BE
2021
Tokyo no Oto — scenography for Jérôme Combier / Les Cris de Paris / Ensemble Cairn
— Musée du Louvre / Paris / FR
— Théâtre de Cornouaille — Scène nationale de Quimper / Quimper / FR
— Les 2 Scènes — Scène nationale de Besançon / Besançon / FR
— Scène nationale d’Orléans / Orléans / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Biennale Art Culture / Mons / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Lichtfestival / Ghent / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre / Gijón / ES
Mécaniques Discursives — Don’t Follow the Guide — solo exhibition / LaVallée / Brussels / BE
2020
Stage design for Stephen O’Malley and Kali Malone / KANAL—Centre Pompidou / Brussels / BE
Minakami / L’Abri / Geneva / CH
Minakami / Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles / Paris / FR
Minakami / Le 140 / Brussels / BE
Minakami / La Raffinerie — Charleroi danse / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Maintenant Festival / Rennes / FR
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Notre-Dame de la Chapelle / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Llum BCN / Barcelona / ES
2019
Suite / Media Ambition Tokyo / Tokyo / JP
Suite / Bright Festival / Brussels / BE
Burning / Théâtre National / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Espace culturel François-Mitterrand / Périgueux / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Lancy en Lumière / Geneva / CH
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Beauvechain / Beauvechain / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Ferme de la Chapelle / Geneva / CH
Mécaniques Discursives / 9th Cairo Video Festival / New Cairo / EG
Mécaniques Discursives / Festival Constellation / Metz / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / A-Galerie / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Genappe / Genappe / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Shenzhen Design Week (SZDW) / Shenzhen / CN
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Braine-l’Alleud / Braine-l’Alleud / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / LaVallée de l’image / LaVallée / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives — PLAY / [Pulsart](http://www.pulsart.be/) / Centre culturel de Waterloo / Waterloo / BE
2018
Remote Memories — live performance / The Midway / San Francisco / US
Remote Memories — installation / LaVallée / Brussels / BE
Suite / University Art Gallery / San José / US
Suite / LaVallée / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée / La Louvière / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Urban Spree / Berlin / DE
Mécaniques Discursives / Parcours d’Artistes / Saint-Gilles and Forest / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / LaVallée de l’image / LaVallée / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Galerie Nardone / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Festival RING / La Manufacture / Nancy / FR
2017
Remote Memories — installation / Scopitone / Nantes / FR
Entropy / Sónar / Barcelona / ES
Entropy / EUCLID Consortium / London / GB
Suite / Constellation / Metz / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Die Digitale / Weltkunstzimmer / Düsseldorf / DE
Mécaniques Discursives / IMPACT 17 / Théâtre de Liège / Liège / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Signal Festival / Prague / CZ
Mécaniques Discursives / MAAC / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Galerie Nardone / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Le Pass / Frameries / BE
2016
Remote Memories — installation / LaVallée / Brussels / BE
Entropy / TodaysArt / The Hague / NL
Élytre — permanent installation / Paris / FR
Ressac / Festival Les Beaux Jours / Biarritz / FR
Écume — vinyl record sleeve design for Thomas Vaquié
Mécaniques Discursives / Medrar for Contemporary Art / Cairo / EG
Mécaniques Discursives / Mont des Arts / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Puzzle / Thionville / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Perte de Signal / Montreal / CA
Mécaniques Discursives / L.E.V. Festival / Gijón / ES
Mécaniques Discursives / Jerusalem International Design Week / Jerusalem / IL
Mécaniques Discursives / Blueproject Foundation / Barcelona / ES
Mécaniques Discursives / Concordia Gallery / Enschede / NL
Mécaniques Discursives / Semaine Digitale / Cour Mably / Bordeaux / FR
2015
Mécaniques Discursives / Némo / CENTQUATRE-PARIS / Paris / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / lille3000 — Renaissance / Maison Folie Moulins / Lille / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / I Belgi Barbari e Poeti / Vanderborght / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Graphic Design Festival / Breda / NL
Mécaniques Discursives / Patchlab / Bunkier Sztuki Gallery / Kraków / PL
Mécaniques Discursives / MACRO — Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome / Rome / IT
Mécaniques Discursives / STRP / Eindhoven / NL
Mécaniques Discursives / SAVE Festival / Moscow / RU
Mécaniques Discursives / LUX / Valence / FR
2014
3Destruct / Nuit Blanche / Brussels / BE
3Destruct / Micro/Macro / Gare Saint Sauveur / Lille / FR
3Destruct / Photography Playground / Berlin / DE
3Destruct / Micro/Macro / Maubeuge / FR
Cityscape 2095 / Micro/Macro / Gare Saint Sauveur / Lille / FR
Œdipe / Festival Internacional Cervantino / Guanajuato / MX
Œdipe / International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama / Cyprus / CY
Stage design for Cédric Stevens’ live performance / Nuit Blanche / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Nuit Blanche / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts / Taichung / TW
Mécaniques Discursives / Milan Design Week / Milan / IT
Mécaniques Discursives / Digital Choc / Institut français du Japon / Tokyo / JP
Mécaniques Discursives / Atsuko Barouh Gallery / Tokyo / JP
Mécaniques Discursives / Institut français du Kansai / Kyoto / JP
Mécaniques Discursives / Le Bon Marché / Paris / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects / Brussels / BE
2013
Cityscape 2095 / Sundance Film Festival / Park City / US
3Destruct / Berlin Atonal / Kraftwerk Berlin / Berlin / DE
3Destruct / MUTEK México / Mexico City / MX
3Destruct / Proyecta / Oaxaca / MX
Œdipe / Théâtre Antoine Vitez / Ivry-sur-Seine / FR
Œdipe / Théâtre Royal du Parc / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / MIRA Festival / Barcelona / ES
Mécaniques Discursives / Slick Art Fair / Paris / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Nuit Blanche / Metz / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Slick Art Fair / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / European Media Art Festival (EMAF) / Osnabrück / DE
Mécaniques Discursives / Mirage Festival / Lyon / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / iMAL / Brussels / BE
2012
Paleodiction / Centre Pompidou-Metz / Metz / FR
3Destruct / Antigel Festival / Geneva / CH
Cityscape 2095 / Electroni[k] / Rennes / FR
Cityscape 2095 / Mapping Festival / Geneva / CH
Animal / Théâtre de Thalie / Montaigu / FR
Animal / Théâtre National / La Roche-sur-Yon / FR
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / Transvizualia / Gdynia / PL
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / De Werf / Bruges / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Némo Festival / Paris / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Shiny Toys Festival / Mülheim / DE
Mécaniques Discursives / Electroni[k] Festival / Rennes / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival / Brussels / BE
Mécaniques Discursives / Scopitone Festival / Nantes / FR
Mécaniques Discursives / Mapping Festival / Geneva / CH
2011
Clair Obscur / Collégiale de Neuchâtel / Neuchâtel / CH
3Destruct / Scopitone / Le Lieu Unique / Nantes / FR
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / Mapping Festival / Geneva / CH
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / Festival Interstice / Le Cargö / Caen / FR
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / Domino Festival / Ancienne Belgique / Brussels / BE
2010
St-Gervais / Temple de Saint-Gervais / Mapping Festival / Geneva / CH
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / kc nOna / Mechelen / BE
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / Plastic Festival / Brasseries Belle-Vue / Brussels / BE
Intangible States — with Stray Dogs / Almost Cinema Festival / Vooruit / Ghent / BE
2009
3Destruct / Yota Space / Saint Petersburg / RU
Songdo / New Songdo City / KR
2008
3Destruct / Montpellier à 100 % / Montpellier / FR
Chatila / Compagnie Lazzi Zanni / Périgueux / FR
2007
3Destruct / Image Radio / TAC / Eindhoven / NL
3Destruct / Mapping Festival / BAC / Geneva / CH
3Destruct / Biennale d’Art contemporain / Louvain-la-Neuve / BE
2006
Fragments urbains — first solo exhibition / Mediaruimte / Brussels / BE
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2026
Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée — conference on AI and media literacy / Brussels / BE
Académie des Arts de Braine-l’Alleud — conference / Braine-l’Alleud / BE
2025
ULB–VUB — Crossing Wires: Arts, AI & Robotics — conference on AI and media literacy / Brussels / BE
Mapping Festival — conference on AI and media literacy / Geneva / CH
Ateliers Mommen — conference on AI and media literacy / Brussels / BE
Académie des Arts de Molenbeek — conference on AI and media literacy / Brussels / BE
UCLouvain — conference on AI and media literacy / Louvain-la-Neuve / BE
2024
UCLouvain — conference on AI and media literacy / Louvain-la-Neuve / BE
MAD Brussels — conference on AI and creative practices / Brussels / BE
2022
California State University, Fresno — workshop and conference / CSU Summer Arts / Fresno / US
2017
California State University, Fresno — workshop and conference / CSU Summer Arts / Fresno / US
2016
Museo del Design — workshop / Milan / IT
2015
California State University, Monterey Bay — workshop and conference / CSU Summer Arts / Monterey / US
Tama Art University — workshop / Tokyo / JP
2014
Institut français du Japon — conference / Tokyo / JP
Institut français du Kansai — conference / Kyoto / JP
Video Sound Art Festival — workshop / Milan / IT
2013
European Media Art Festival (EMAF) — workshop / Osnabrück / DE
MIRA Festival — conference / Barcelona / ES
2012
see-Conference #7 — conference / Wiesbaden / DE
2009
e-magiciens — conference / Valenciennes / FR