La Caverne
La Caverne is a space for exploration, interpretation, and connection through digital arts. It addresses the urgent need to rethink access to art and engagement with contemporary social issues in a digital space.
La Caverne results from a partnership between the Société des arts technologiques (SAT) and 4D ART. Together, they co-created a multiplatform model for the dissemination and mediation of digital art, with the deployment of the virtual gallery on Satellite. Inspired by Plato's allegory of the cave, this initiative challenges the illusions shaped by a predominantly Western hegemony, inviting visitors to experience the world through a diversity of artistic perspectives.
The exhibitions and installations will highlight often invisible realities: solitude, loss of autonomy, excess, injustice, and collective memory. By creating an immersive, accessible, and easy-to-navigate space, this initiative promotes inclusion, dialogue, and cultural transmission. It is a space of vigilance, where art becomes a catalyst for social cohesion, unity, and shared reflection.
Through decentralization and accessibility, the project aims to collaborate with artists from all backgrounds to awaken minds and build a more connected and engaged world—one that goes beyond imposed narratives and explores the full depth of the human experience.
The CSSDM, another key partner of the project, allowed the team to conduct real-world testing by inviting high school students to try the platform and provide their feedback and suggestions.
"Naturally, 4D ART's La Caverne will interest young people because digital technology is a medium that really resonates with them: the dematerialization of spaces and the ability to visit art galleries from anywhere appeals to them."The school mediation program connected to La Caverne feels very natural. Following the tests with high school students, their feedback truly delighted us: the observations they made were not really technological in nature, but focused much more on the works presented in La Caverne, and on the themes explored in 4D ART’s VR films. This gives us hope that there is still a desire among young people for artistic and intellectual depth, for reflection on the human condition, on philosophy, and on our relationship with technology. - Michel Lemieux, artist and artistic director of the projet