In 1995, one hundred years after the invention of cinema by the Lumière brothers in Lyon, the 3rd Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, which that year was given the title installation, cinema, video, computing, explored the impact of “new technologies” on contemporary art.

Thirty years on, the issues that were raised at this historic event are still relevant, on both the technical and the ethical plane: the place of traditional techniques in contemporary creative art, reality versus virtual reality, collaboration with the public, interactivity, immersion and so on.

The exhibition Univers Programmés [Programmed Universes] takes a close look at how artistic practices have changed with the development of information technology, internet networks, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, NFT, and all the other new developments.

Through a selection of works that entered the macLYON collection after that 3rd Biennale, and others acquired over the years, along with loans from a number of international museums, as well as some new artworks, the exhibition takes in a wide range of practices and media, including installations, films, video games, photographs, conceptual works and even tapestries.

With: Marina Abramović & Ulay, Mathieu Briand, Ian Cheng, KOLKOZ, Jan Kopp, Laurent Mulot, Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Nam June Paik, Christa Sommerer et Laurent Mignonneau, Wolf Vostell, Stephen Willats...

Curator of the exhibition: Matthieu Lelièvre