Within the framework of the exhibition, artist Antonin Detemple, Doctor of History of Art and visual studies specialist Elsa De Smet, and Doctor of Philosophy of Science Pierre Uzan are invited to engage in a dialogue surrounding the notion of entropy and its potential within contemporary creation.

Conceived as a space for dialogue between science and creation, the Entropic Talk proposes to approach the notion not merely as a physical principle, but as a sensory, everyday, and deeply human experience.

A discussion to be (re)discovered online here.

Antonin Detemple (b. 1990 in Strasbourg) is a visual artist whose nomadic and multidisciplinary practice explores the interdependencies between humanity and the living world, utilizing speculative fiction to question the impact of our global myths on the transformation of the biosphere.

Elsa De Smet is an art historian specializing in visual studies. She is the author of several volumes, including Voir l’Espace : astronomie et science populaire illustrée (1840-1969), published in 2016 by Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg (PUS), and Voir sans limites : sciences, techniques et esthétiques des origines, released in 2025 by Éditions Mimésis. She currently serves as Head of Audiences and Cultural Development at Centre Pompidou-Metz.

Pierre Uzan holds a doctorate in the philosophy of science and is an associate professor-researcher at the Institut Catholique de Paris within the "Religion, Culture, and Society" Research Unit. He is an associate researcher at the CHArt laboratory (Human and Artificial Cognition), an interdisciplinary unit bridging Paris 8 University, EPHE, and UPEC. His work focuses on the interfaces between cognitive systems and the theoretical frameworks of physics.

Saints la nuit and Lacase contemporaine extend their most sincere gratitude to Maxime Talleu, head of artistic production, and to the teams at Espace Parallèle for their warm hospitality.

* An itinerant art center dedicated to the exhibition and experimentation of contemporary art, founded by Ronan Debosque.

**Those that come into being rather than those that remain, cf. Robert Smithson (1938-1973).

*** Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Abattoir Blues.

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