Cloud Seven welcomes French artist and filmmaker Pierre Jean Giloux for an evening around Biomimetic Stories, a video work and publication exploring possible urban futures shaped by ecology, technology, architecture and climate change.

The project brings together four short films set in India, imagining new ways of living and building in a world undergoing deep environmental transformation. Blending fiction, architecture and moving image, Biomimetic Stories reflects on how contemporary cities and societies evolve in response to ecological and technological change.

The evening begins with a 30-minute screening of the four films composing the Biomimetic Stories cycle, followed by a conversation between Pierre Jean Giloux and curator Gregory Lang around the project and the newly released publication.

The event takes place in resonance with the exhibition Is That All There Is? currently on view at Cloud Seven.

An opportunity to discover the work of Pierre Jean Giloux, meet the artist and continue the conversation informally over drinks following the discussion.

Free entry. Registration recommended due to limited capacity.

Program:

18:30 — Doors open

19:00–19:30 — Screening of the four films composing Biomimetic Stories

19:30–20:00 — Conversation with Pierre Jean Giloux and Gregory Lang

20:00 onwards — Drinks and book sales at the bar

The films are produced by Solang Production and supported by CNC (DICRéAM), CNAP (Image/Mouvement), Fondation des Artistes, Scam (Brouillon d’un rêve), Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (arts numériques), Le Botanique Brussels, La Criée centre d’art contemporain Rennes, Institut Français en Inde and Alliance Française de Trivandrum.

About the publication:

Published by La Lettre Volée in 2025, Biomimetic Stories accompanies Pierre Jean Giloux’s four-film video work of the same name.

The bilingual French-English publication includes contributions by Marion Waller, Vanessa Morisset, Sophie Kaplan, Elie During, Tarik Chekchak, Pedro Gadanho and Andrew Todd.

224 pages, hardcover, French-English edition.

The publication is supported by CNAP – Centre National des Arts Plastiques Paris, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Brussels, Le Botanique Brussels, La Criée centre d’art contemporain Rennes, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris, Éditions La Lettre Volée Brussels and Solang Production.

Caption: Pierre Jean Giloux, Biomimetic Stories #2 Madurai, video still, courtesy of the artist and Solang Production.