NAME TO KNOW: AURELIE HOEGY
Having studied at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, French designer Aurelie Hoegy found rattan the ideal material to transcribe the movement quintessential to her creations. In 2018, she trained with Balinese artisans, who taught her how to make complex structures and weave the rattan fiber like a fabric. Since then, she has dedicated her Val-d'Oise workshop to creating tailor-made pieces for residences and hotels and continues to explore the potential of spotted rattan. “Color allows you to work on movement differently and brings a different dynamic,” said Aurelie Hoegy. Her tapestry “Wild Fibers” was recently exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston (Texas) • aureliehoegy.com
PAUL MOUGINOT, AKA AURECE VETTIER CODED NATURE
Paul Mouginot is an entrepreneur, artist, engineer, poet, artificial intelligence specialist, and collector. In 2019, he launched the aurece vettier project, whose name was generated by an AI from those of his favorite artists. His concept? Develop imaginative ideas using AI and collaborate with craftsmen to bring them to life. He has trained an AI with hundreds of thousands of botanical plates in order to “teach” it the plant kingdom. After this training period, he asked it to generate plants, which he then had made into sculptures by painters and artistic bronzers. For the “D3SIGN CAPSULE” exhibition, organized by ELLE Decoration in 2022, he designed the base of a cabinet, crafted with architects Gilles & Boissier. Last year, this precursor of “AI art” collaborated with Vera Molnar, pioneer of digital art. Algorithms will be at the heart of his upcoming solo show in the fall: a forest of bronzes and tapestries bathed in a scent created for the occasion. And to the question of if AI will replace artists, he prefers to return the question: “When will artists replace AI?”■ aurecevettier.com
