A meeting with the authors of "Ceci est mon coeur"

Ceci est mon cœur is an immersive work by Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies that explores an extraordinary love story, that of a child’s reconciliation with his body. An intimate story shared in the form of an immersive tale combining connected clothing and interactive video-mapping. This exchange with the authors is a wonderful pretext for tackling important issues such as body shaming, sexual abuse, bullying at school and depression. By portraying their own intimacy and fragility, the authors aim to show that by accepting our traumas, we are able to reclaim our bodies and thus reconcile with them and with ourselves.

This sensory and narrative creation highlights the distorted perceptions we have of our own bodies. It is an immersive tale in which the audience, wrapped in a connected garment and embellished with luminous embroidery, is carried away by a poetic experience that is both aural and visual.

Ceci est mon coeur offers a sensory odyssey where the connected garment lights up in synch with the story’s text. A ballet of lights takes shape in response to the narrative, which is conceived as a dialogue between the narrator and his own body. This immersive work is intimate, whole and organic: from the visual projections and soundscape to the choreography of light moving through the audience, everything seems to breathe and react to the story.

Ceci est mon coeur celebrates the beauty of human fragility and underscores the importance of self-acceptance.

Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies (Blies brothers) are two filmmakers and digital artists who create their works together. In 2015, they conceptualized the documentary music transmedia Soundhunters (ARTE) imagined to transform the world into an infinite musical instrument. The project was presented at Lincoln Center during the New York Film Festival and placed under the high patronage of UNESCO. In 2019, they wrote and directed Zero Impunity about the impunity of sexual violence in wartime (Thessaloniki IFF, Annecy IFF, Moscow IFF, Mostra de Sao Paulo, Guadalajara IFF, Palm Springs IFF, Trophées Francophones du Cinéma...). Hybridizing animation and live action, the film is considered one of the precursors in the field. In 2024, they released the digital art installation Ceci est mon coeur, about the reconciliation of a child with his body, mixing video-mapping and connected clothing (81st Venice International Film Festival). The Blies brothers have also served as jurors at prestigious festivals like Annecy and Biarritz, and continue to develop innovative projects such as their first feature film Maman Sopra.

It is recommended to have experienced the artwork* beforehand..

In the framework of the Entre réflexions et immersion exhibition

*Ceci est mon coeur:

Production: a_BAHN, Lucid Realities, PHI Studio

Year: 2024

Country: Luxembourg, France, Canada

Organisation: Cercle Cité

Location: Ratskeller exhibition space (rue du Curé)

Registration: via cerclecite.lu

Language: 15:00 - 16:15: in French / 16:30 - 17:45: in English