“Sensation quantique. A preview”, 2025. Direction: Chadi Abo, HECAT Studio. Music: Max-Louis Raugel
‘Atoms trapping!’, oil on canvas, 2024, Caroline Delétoille
Quantum sensation
Atoms and memory
Quantum physics challenges our intuitions about the nature of reality. It is one of the most thoroughly tested theories in the world. Yet, for many, its successes remain veiled in mystery.
Quantum Sensation offers an immersion into the quantum world through a rapprochement with memory and the reconstruction of memories. Conceived as a sensory wandering, the exhibition is built around several installations of paintings by the artist Caroline Delétoille. It is the result of a research-creation project with the philosopher Céline Boisserie-Lacroix and the physicist Aurore Young, in collaboration with quantum research laboratories.
“We must be clear that when it comes to atoms, language can be used only as it is used in poetry.” Niels Bohr
Highly mathematized and with tangible applications, it explores objects ordinarily inaccessible to our senses, which challenge our intuitions and our imaginations.
In fact, it offers a glimpse into radically new orders of reality, evoking an unprecedented sense of vertigo. By explaining our world, it unveils a dimension tinged with mystery.
“Cristal crafting”, 2024. Dongjoon Song. Quantum Matter Institute, UBC Vancouver
The exhibition’s journey is an invitation to follow fragments of memory that could belong to everyone, and thus rediscover a part of the experimental path of researchers at the forefront of quantum physics.
At the crossroads of practices, an incursion into the world of the laboratory is proposed, resulting from the artist’s various residencies in scientific laboratories (Kastler Brossel, Paris and Quantum Matter Institute, Vancouver).
Curatorial team: a philosopher, a physicist, an artist
Céline Boisserie-Lacroix, Aurore Young, Caroline Delétoille.
The curators
Céline Boisserie-Lacroix
Artistic curation
Her research lies at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and contemporary art. She dedicated her master’s thesis to collaborations between artists and scientists. Her doctoral dissertation then explored the role of emotions in our rationality and the justification of beliefs.
Aurore Young
Scientific curation
Aurore Young has been dedicated to quantum physics since 2020, after seven years in Canada programming on major video game productions. She is a doctoral candidate at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory of quantum physics at the Collège de France. Her research focuses on the implementation of long-lived quantum states.
Caroline Delétoille
Artistic creation
“My work is a search for memory, a documentation of the ordinary. Starting from archive images, or from places and people I encounter, my paintings take a step aside from reality, the visual space becomes a playground. As rational reference points are disrupted, the imagination is activated.”
The artistic team
Kevin Lebouvier
Scenograph and artistic collaboration in installations design
Kevin Lebouvier explores the multifaceted art of exhibition design, considering both its aesthetic and functional aspects. He has collaborated with numerous cultural institutions. His work is distinguished by an immersive and innovative approach, where each project is conceived as a genuine dialogue between the exhibition space and the artworks.
Chadi Abo
Animation film direction
Born in Damascus, Syria, Chadi Abo studied architecture and then visual arts at ENSAD. He specializes in animation and visual effects (VFX) and has worked on films such as *The Matrix Reloaded* and *300*. In 2012, he founded HECAT Studio and dedicates himself to production and directing. He is passionate about science fiction and directed the immersive film *Quantum Sensation* with his studio’s team.
Max-Louis Raugel
Curation and music composer
His work explores the intuitive relationship between sound, space, social environments, and the body. After studying film theory, Max-Louis Raugel turned to music and became involved in London’s experimental scene in 2017. He composes for films, exhibitions, and performances, using original recordings and custom-made instruments.
Hermann Petre
Visual curation
Born in Romania, Passionate about contemporary art, Hermann Petre graduated from IESA Paris and developed an independent curatorial practice with the Kontemporama project. He has collaborated for several years with galleries and cultural institutions, and engages in independent projects, with a keen eye and attention to aesthetics and mediation.
Olivier Valiente
Photography and artistic advisory
Graduated in cinematography from the Centre d’Études Cinématographiques de Catalunya, Olivier Valiente has developed an intimate approach to the image and is passionate about darkroom techniques. His work explores the poetry of absence and the subtle interplay of light.
Axel Benassis
Graphic Design
After studying at the Rennes School of Fine Arts, Axel Benassis specialized in art direction and graphic design. He seeks simple, recognizable images with a popular design that communicate directly with users and visually convey the message. He contributed to the designs for the scientific outreach materials for the exhibition.
Louis Pierre-Lacouture
Documentary Film
Louis is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses filmmaking, sound, and visual arts. After 10 years of performing under the pseudonym Enzym, he directed several short films and documentaries. From 2023 to 2025, his project Moondog Equestria, currently in post-production and focused on the equestrian tradition of the escaramuza, received support from the CNAP (National Center for Visual Arts). In 2025, he was awarded the ADAGP Video Creation Grant.
Launch at UNESCO
Opening ceremony of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, February 4th and 5th, 2025 in Paris
The exhibition is under the patronage of the French National Commission for UNESCO
Exhibition at the Maison Poincaré, Museum of Mathematics
Dates: April 10th to July 26th, 2025
Location: 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris
Photographs : Olivier Valiente
Public workshops and mediation
Quantum physics is one of the most thoroughly verified theories in the world. Yet, despite its numerous practical applications in our daily lives, it remains largely unknown. This illustrates some of the educational programs offered in partnership with the Poincaré Museum.
Workshops for young audiences
Wave or particle?
1 hour
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Guided tours April-May
1 hour
Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, April 25, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 4:30 p.m
Guided tours June-July
1 hour
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 28, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, July 4, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
Mediation views and visiting audiences (children, school classes and families)
Exhibition at Collège de France
Dates: October 10, 2025 to January 8, 2026
Location: 11, Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
Quantum fairy – Digital fresco, 880 x 360 cm, Caroline Delétoille, 2025. Printed and mounted on the exhibition wall
Photographs : Olivier Valiente
Exhibition at CENTQUATRE-Paris
As par of NEMO, International Biennial of Digital Arts of the Île-de-France Region
Dates: October 11, 2025 to January 11, 2026
Location: 5, rue Curial, 75019 Paris, France
Photographs : Quentin Chevrier
Quantum Sensation in the press
They support the project
News
Exhibition as part of Némo – International Biennial of Digital Arts of the Île-de-France Region
Produced by CENTQUATRE-PARIS, from October 11, 2025 to January 11, 2026, in 24 venues across the Île-de-France region.
Dedicated to digital arts, audiovisual performances, live performances linked to new technologies, and to the relationship between art and science, Némo – International Biennial of Digital Arts of the Île-de-France Region presents exhibitions, shows, concerts, and performances in venues across the Île-de-France region for three months.
For this edition, under the theme “Illusions Rediscovered – New Utopias in the Digital Age,” the Némo Biennial explores new utopias in the digital era.
Exhibition – “The quantum studio: artistic perspectives on the infinitely small”
October 8, 2025 – January 8, 2026, at the Collège de France
On the occasion of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the exhibition “The quantum studio: artistic perspectives on the infinitely small” presents at the Collège de France works created during the artist residency of Caroline Delétoille at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel.
The exhibition offers a sensory immersion into the infinitely small and its mysteries, at the heart of the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, a major center for research in quantum physics.
Paris Science Festival, organized by the City of Paris
February 4, 2025, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., 18th Arrondissement Town Hall
This event brings together, for one day, associations, institutions specializing in science communication, and the general public (elementary schools, middle schools, families). Interactive booths, games, exhibitions, and screenings are offered to discover science in a fun and participatory way.
Cisco Connected Girls Event with High School Girls
December 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Cisco France
The Connected Girls event aims to raise awareness among approximately one hundred students, primarily middle and high school girls, about careers in technology. The organizers participated in plenary sessions and small group workshops.
Talk, book signing, and performance at Librairie L’Arabesque, CENTQUATRE-Paris
November 30, 2025, 4 p.m.
A discussion between philosopher Céline Boisserie-Lacroix, artist Caroline Delétoille, and physicist Dominique Mouhanna on the intersections of contemporary art, philosophy, and quantum physics, moderated by Naima Publishing. Featuring a dance performance by Marina Cagnon-Trouche.
International Symposium on Arts and Sciences at the Collège de France
October 15, 2025, 2:00–6:30 p.m.
Interdisciplinary symposium organized by the “Atoms and radiation” Chair of Professor Jean Dalibard and the “Sociology of creative work” Chair of Professor Pierre-Michel Menger.
Science Festival 2025, The Quantum Workshop at the Collège de France
October 11, 2025, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
The exhibition welcomed the public and organized guided tours and workshops to coincide with the Science Festival and the opening of Quantum Studio at the Collège de France.
Women For Quantum Launch at Sorbonne University
September 17, 2025, 10:00 AM–8:00 PM
Presentation by the curators of Sensation Quantique as part of the “Quantum & Society” theme, during the inaugural day of the European Women For Quantum network.
JLab 25
July 8, 2025, 9:00 AM, United States Foundation
The curators were invited to present the cross-disciplinary research approach in art and quantum mechanics at a symposium with quantum researchers.
Night with Henri. Debate followed by a book signing (Naïma Editions)
June 17, 2025, 7 p.m., Maison Poincaré
Does quantum physics suggest new “interpretations” of the world? A discussion with Michel Bitbol, philosopher of science, and Franck Laloë, physicist at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory, both CNRS emeritus research directors.
“Carte Blanche” to Alain Aspect, 2022 Nobel prize winner
April 17, 2025, 7:00 p.m., Maison Poincaré
With Alain Aspect, Professor at the Institut d’Optique Graduate School, Professor at École Polytechnique, and Emeritus Research Director at CNRS. A look back at the two quantum revolutions.
Workshop at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris
January 8, 2025, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
A teaching/workshop session with first-year students exploring the connections between philosophy, quantum science, and art-science approaches.
Bram Day 2025 at the École Normale Supérieure
January 10, 2025, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Despite all the differences between the conditions and methods of scientific research and artistic production, both share the same driving force: creativity. What are their profound and/or institutional interactions?
Innovation Symposium: Art-Science Approach at Centquatre Incubator
September 27, 2024, 3:30–6:00 p.m.
The Centquatre hosted a symposium for incubated creative startups, focusing on the dialogue between art and science. Participants included Céline Boisserie-Lacroix, Caroline Delétoille, artist-in-residence Ben Bogart, and Professor Valentina Parigi, a researcher at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory.
Interview on CBC Radio-Canada’s Phare Ouest Morning Show
October 15, 2024, 8 a.m.
To mark the start of her residency at The Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery with the University of British Columbia, Caroline Delétoille was a guest on Marie Villeneuve’s Phare Ouest morning show on Radio-Canada.
Art talk at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery at UBC, Vancouver
October 16, 2024, 3 p.m.
Caroline Delétoille was invited by The Belkin Gallery to give a talk about her artistic work to the gallery’s audience.
Residency closing reception hosted by the French Embassy in Canada, Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver
November 7, 2024, 6:00–9:00 p.m.
The French Embassy in Canada invited residents of the French Consulate’s scientific and cultural program in Vancouver to present the results of their research to partners, journalists, and cultural and academic institutions in Western Canada.
Conference at the Quantum Matter Institute, UBC, Vancouver
October 17, 2024, 10:00 AM
Discussion with quantum researchers from the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute about the upcoming residency and the Quantum Sensation research and creation project.
Evening for Friends of the Henri Poincaré Institute Endowment Fund
November 13, 2024, 7:00 PM
As part of the Evening for Friends of the Henri Poincaré Institute Endowment Fund, the Convergences Créations association was invited to present its project, currently under development, to the invited audience.
Innovation Seminar x Art-Science Dialogues
October 1, 2024, 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Workshop and discussion between artists and researchers, facilitated by Dowell Innovation, on the links and collaborations between art and science as catalysts for innovation in businesses.