CHANOIRS – MOBILE APPLICATION

This is a mobile application where you take on the role of a black cat that enters a hangar where a party is taking place. It’s a multiplayer and interactive game designed to provide information about alternative culture collective. We The goal here is to make the discovery of a part of our underground scene engaging through an arcade game and a virtual gallery that showcases the collective’s artists.

The Chanoirs metaverse stands out from other developing metaverses due to its cultural approach. Recognizing the variety of ideas that will emerge in the years to come, our collective aims to build connections between the virtual and the real. We are committed to contribute to help different initiative to inter-connect together and emphasizing the concepts of support and mutual assistance in the scene. With the power of digitization, making the the boundaries between international alternative scenes more permeable through culture and celebration.

The application is designed in a modular way to allow for its evolution and adaptation over various versions by adding new features, thus ensuring its sustainability. The goal is to build more and more space and play to discover artistic content.

KINDER FIGHTER III

Kinder Fighter III is right know the most advanced artwork crafted by Chanoirs, connecting their vision between physical and virtual realm. Immerse yourself in a unique experience where art converges with interactivity.

As avatars come to life within the game, they bear the ressemblance of the creators behind the collective. These digital echoes, meticulously scanned and manifested, breathe the essence of the artists, infusing a personal and visceral dimension into the gameplay.

A harmonious blend of sight and sound, the pulsating cadence of « Kinder Fighter III » is orchestrated by the sonic alchemy of Hadone. His soundtrack created for the game, enveloping players in a immersive experience.

The artwork sculpt with mosaic, forms a bridge between the physical and the virtual and are referred to the form of the intricate pixels that form the very core of digital reality, forging a path to explore the connections between art, play, and the interplay of the physical and virtual dimensions.

Artist involved : YANIS SABIR – ANTOINE GRENEZ – BRICE LOPEZ – MIA W.V.D – HADONE

WHO ARE WE

Chanoirs is a constellation of artists working to bring ways to truely connect.

Our identity lies in the difference. The impalpable nature of our way of living on the margins. Our interactions lead to a questioning of the value of our vitality.  This is the game, the arcade of our lives. To distinguish ourselves from an overly rational system focused on exhausting performance, devoid of any collaborative and artistic meaning.

Chanoirs is a network that functions like a constellation of young creative people united around an artistic vision, a common energy. They put forward the freedom to do, the freedom of action. It is a machine whose cogs are the singularity of each entity set in motion. It is the maintenance of a passionate marginality. A collection of broken bricks united by a fast-setting granular cement.

Some links to discover deeply what’s about :

ERROR 404 – RESET

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In September 2022, the brand-new cultural concept RESET took root in the former main quarters of Dexia, right in the heart of Brussels. They obtained permission to animate this location during its intended repurposing period until 2025. To mark the opening of this space, they approached our collective to execute a month-long artistic residency on the theme of collective transformation:

« My skin flakes, from rubbing against the worlds like this. Twilight beings, disturbers of your comfort, witnesses to human madness. All that you untie on Earth, we want to untie in the sky. Transcendence is necessary, to drop the veil of illusions, all of this to realize who we are. In this era, we live to bring invisible connections to life, weaving bonds, uniting forces. Pierce reality to shape it in the image of our desires. Personal mutations, collective evolution; the point of collaboration between two energies in turmoil, writing their myths and adventures. Detachment from oneself, a carousel ride in this sad carnival. What a spectacle to see a circle of people engrossed in a game that possesses them, and that alone is the subject of all reflections in their minds and all desires of their hearts. »

The artists who participated in the collective creation of ERROR 404 are as follows:

ART: ANTOINE GRENEZ – MIA W.V.D – NICOLAS ZANONI – DAMIAN JODOROWSKI – BHADAR BHADAR – ROSIE SOMMERS – HELENA ARAUJO

MUSIC: LOU (dj set) – EUGENE BLOVE (live) – MIHASSOU (live) – OHN (dj set) – ANTOINE 80 (dj set) – SLIM SIM (dj set) – 1337 (dj set) – DECEMBER (dj set) – LUX18 (dj set) – OKO DJ (dj set)

IMMORTAL NIGHTMARE III

Immortal Nightmare 3 is a design installation by Chanoirs crafted for the indulgence of the eyes and the flesh. It consists of a bed made from repurposed plastic, consumed by the fires of the apocalypse. Heaven of voyeurism,

Technical : Burnt plastic structure of 180x240cm squared by 4 webcams linked to a screen

This intimate space is dedicated to non-exclusive connections, facilitating the creation of exclusive content. No blind spots exist for the production of your personal tape. The 4 webcams are link to a unique screen taking place above the bed.

 » I enjoy observing you as you observe yourself « 

Will you be able to reduce this bed to ashes together, aiming for the explosion of heat that originally created it ?

Artist involved (design) : MIA W.V.D – MALIKA ROTSCHILD – ANTOINE GRENEZ

Artist involved (video) : ANTOINE GRENEZ (direction) – NAYNAY DLUX (montage) – MARIA (performance) – DEBORAH (performance)

MIT – BOSTON

Chanoirs has been invited by the Massachusetts institute of Technology to help them create an immersive atmosphere in their space during the 2023’s Hackathon. They’ve been coworking with their team on site to create artworks that will bring the hackers into a space that would promote their imagination and thirst for technological innovation.

Aiming to understand the key actors of augmented reality developers

ARTIST INVOLVED : AARON FOWLER – YANIS SABIR – ANTOINE GRENEZ – ERIN DRESMOND – MIA W.V.D