Collectif Furtif - Traces
A 360° interactive sound installation where visitors dialogue with invisible entities inspired by Alain Damasio's novel 'Les Furtifs'. Combines spatial audio, reactive LED systems, and touch-sensitive ceramic interfaces to explore humanity's sensory relationship with imperceptible ecosystems.
- Project
- Immersive Installation
- Date
- Role
- Co-Creator, Narrative Designer & Developer
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- Client
- Collectif Furtif
- Agency
- Supported by Stéréolux, La Volte
Traces creates a dialogue between visitors and invisible beings living in humanity's perceptual blind spots. Through voice interactions and tactile exploration of a ceramic interface, participants discover sonic entities that evolve based on their engagement, mirroring our complex relationship with unseen environmental forces. 
As philosopher Baptiste Morizot asks, "How do we care for what we cannot perceive?"
The installation's beating heart is a network of 8 spatialized speakers reacting to visitor input through microphones, while 2-meter LED pillars trace the invisible entities' movements. At its center, a ceramic sculpture transforms touch into metallic soundscapes using embedded sensors.
Developed during residencies at Château Éphémère and Stéréolux, the system combines sound spatialization data with Arduino-based proximity detection. An AI-driven entity evolves through three behaviors: mirroring visitor voices, improvising from its metallic sound library, and responding emotionally through light patterns. The furtifs' language emerges from environmental recordings transformed in real-time.
Traces invites us to reconsider our sensory limitations and rediscover the invisible ecosystems that surround us. Through sound, light, and touch, it creates a space where the imperceptible becomes tangible, and the unseen demands our attention.
