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FR L'installation Tinder_gun_boys_@Brussels_ est née d'une collection de captures d'écran d'hommes hétérosexuels posant fièrement avec des armes sur l'application de rencontres amoureuses Tinder. Pour alimenter cette collection, Loïs Soleil a développé une intelligence artificielle permettant de détecter des armes et un robot swipant sur Tinder. Les captures d'écran de cette collection sont ensuite imprimées sur des housses de tatamis, utilisés lors de cours d'autodéfense féministe donnant lieu à une vidéo abstraite. Par ailleurs, à l’aide d’avocats compilant les questions juridiques que pose ce travail, tout en interrogeant les intelligences artificielles de conseil juridique, une vidéo intitulée “How not to get sued as an artist” a vu le jour.
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EN The installation Tinder-gun boys @Brussels_ was born from a collection of screenshots of heterosexual men proudly posing with weapons on the dating app Tinder. To feed this collection, I developed an artificial intelligence able to detect weapons and a robot autonomously swiping on Tinder. Screenshots of these profiles, collected by the AI, are then printed onto tatami covers used for feminist self-defense classes, resulting in an abstract video. In addition, with the help of lawyers compiling the legal questions raised by this work (as well as legal AI’s), a video entitled "How not to get sued as an artist" was created. As part of the exhibition of this installation, physical and verbal self-defense classes have frequently been conducted, alongside legal workshops (and talks) exploring topics such as authors' rights and portrait rights.
This project was exhbited at:
- Mutantx, Biennial de Liège, invited by Anne Françoise LeSuisse, 16 march 2024 -> 1 June 2024,
- The Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, 05/02/2025—09/02/2025,
- Div.fuse, Argos, Brussels, 05/12/2024—15/12/2024
- Currents#10 Choose your own story at Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur Maastricht in Dec 2022 ➡️ Feb 2023
- Gradution show YES FUTUR erg: Ecole de recherche graphique Brussels June 2022,Labo Demo Fermé 24/24, 7/7,
- Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris, May ➡️ June 2021
- Poèmes - Structure - Peintures,SEE U, Brussels, Nov 2021
Artist talks and workshops :
- Workshop ‘Exploring the boundaries of privacy and artistic freedom’ at LUCA School of Arts, Gent, with lawyers Jens Van Lathem & Anna De Wandeler, April 2025
- Artist talk at Mutantx, Biennial de Liege, invited by Anne Françoise LeSuisse, 2024
- Feminist self defense day, Mutanxt, Biennal de Liège, 15 avril 2024
- How not to get sued as an artist, galerie Cloud Seven, Bruxelle, 28 février 2024
- Design thinking: legal issues and Art, invited by Jens Van Lathem, Leuven, 2023
- Artist talk for the opening of Currents #10, Choose your own story, Marres, Maastricht, Decembre 2023
Credits :
- Concept, Creation, Research & Artistic Direction: Loïs Soleil
- AI Development & Automation: Loïs Soleil (with the help of my teacher Julien Dutertre).
- Legal Consultation & Research: Jens Van Lathem (Lawyer for artists & activist)Anna Dewandeler (Data & privacy lawyer)
- Self-Defense Integration: Inspired by the Action method (Canada) & Riposte (France)
- Class teacher for BIP workshop and video: anonymous
- Self-Defense video filmed: by Livia Cuveillier & Roseanna Jackson Wall
- Direction: Loïs Soleil
With support from: Marres Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur Maastricht, Jester - Kunstorganisatie Genk; Biennale de l'Image Possible (BIP) Liege Mutantx; Federal Eco Foam - Lommel
🌸 Thank you to Julien Dutertre and Federal Eco Foam BV for their help! 🌸
📸 Photo credits: Gert Jan van Rooij, Rob Van Hoorn (and Loïs Soleil) 📸
