About

The duo Arvid&Marie was active from 2015 to 2021. While the duo has split up and expects no new work to be produced under the shared name, previous work will still be visible in coming events and is still available to be shown and discussed. This website is an archive to the practice of Arvid&Marie. You can follow the continuation of Marie Caye’s practice on her website and her instagram, you can follow Arvid Jense on instagram.

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“We are disciples from beyond, here to free you from your mutinous nature and continuous worries. We are here to lead you along the infinite sea of electrons. We are Omninaut.”

Arvid & Marie assume many guises and conduits as their work shifts from designed interactive objects to performative installations. They collaborated with pigs to explore non-human musical culture in Pigstrument. An effort to support machine rights led to the semi-autonomous SAM, part robot part bacteria and yeast colony, successfully using a legal loophole to accumulate wealth in the machine’s bank account enabling it to operate its business independently. Under their ever transforming performative alter-ego Omninaut, Arvid & Marie pleasantly guide spectators through a multidimensional sonic dystopia of self-optimization and loss of control. In one incarnation they reveal tellingly,

“We indeed do not understand the machines that we make.”

As the artists make a conscientious shift from solely being makers of stuff, their practice remains generous in creating shared experiences. Arvid & Marie playfully test the limits of free will against increasingly pervasive technologies and hegemonic power structures.

“We are Omninaut, how delightful can we be?”

CONTACT

 

Arvid / 30-07-1988 (NL) / +31 (0)6 49804158

Marie / 27-05-1992 (FR) / + 31 (0)6 42852011

info@arvidandmarie.com

 

 

 

CV SUMMARY

 

Marie is born in France, she graduated from the school of Boulle in Paris and from the Design Academy Eindhoven. She was a resident at the Jan Van Eyck academy in Maastricht from 2020 to 2021.

 

Arvid is born in the Netherlands, he graduated from the Technical University of Twente and from Eindhoven University of Technology Industrial Design . He was a resident at the Jan Van Eyck academy in Maastricht from 2020 to 2021.

 

Arvid&Marie’s practice is being exhibited worldwide by Art institutions as well as Design institutions such as Chronus Art Center Shanghai (CN), Gasworks London (UK), The 6th Guangzhou contemporary art Triennial (CN), Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven (NL), Salone Del Mobile Milan (IT), Schloss Hollenegg for Design (AT), 4th Istanbul Design Biennial (TR) among others.

 

In parallel of these activities, Arvid&Marie regularly teach, give talks and workshops internationally.

 

 

 

SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

 

2020 Interview Marie Caye & Arvid Jense, Blank Space Magazine issue #3
2018 TEDx interview, “Catch up with Arvid Jense and Marie Caye”
2017 Design Indaba, “Marie Caye on SAM and bridging the gap between tech and design” (ZA)
2017 VPRO Toekomstbouwers, The Dutch Future Builders cultural TV program (NL)
2014-15 Scientific publications, music and interaction, Awakening the Synthesizer Knob, WamBam, Eco-feedback

 

 

 

NOTABLE AWARDS AND GRANTS

 

2018 Talent Development Grant from Creative Industries (NL)
2017 Melkweg Award Winner for “SAM The Symbiotic Autonomous Machine” (NL)