As the new year begins, a moment of reflection opens up: an invitation to reflect on past achievements and to look forward to what may come in the months ahead. Through dreamlike and architectural environments, the artists brought together in this exhibition give form to the idea of transformation, weaving together memories, aspirations, and new perspectives. Three artistic propositions, three distinct ways of approaching what emerges from within and shapes our relationship with the world. With What Starts Within, the January exhibition explores a pivotal moment: one of quiet aspirations, introspection, and new beginnings.
Gaël Corboz creates 3D worlds where the laws of physics dissolve in favor of an oneiric logic, informed by painting, photography, and fantasy literature. Through a precise mastery of light, color, and depth, he composes landscapes in which floating rocks and iridescent nature intertwine, guiding viewers into spaces suspended between contemplation and imaginative escape. Floating trees, hovering stones, and unreal lakes form scenes where everything seems possible.
Canadian artist Lindsay Kokoska, also known as Infinite Mantra, develops a more introspective approach, at the crossroads of abstraction and surrealism. Drawing on digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, she creates works that explore states of transition as the invisible thresholds between consciousness and intuition. Through fluid, meditative forms, her practice gives shape to moments of inner transformation, where renewal unfolds with quiet subtlety.
Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell reclaim abandoned architecture and breathe new life into it. Their practice is rooted in the exploration of deserted buildings, photographed on site during their travels across Europe and the Middle East, then digitally reconstructed. By combining photography, 3D animation, and sound environments, they place nature at the heart of ruins charged with history. Situated between past and becoming, their works celebrate the cycle of life and highlight the capacity of places, like individuals, to transform and regenerate.
Together, these works form a journey where imagination, contemplation, and inner transformation intertwine.