Fascinated by the human body as a set of infinitely complex biological mechanisms, I use art as a translation tool between the microscopic and the tangible, the current and the speculative, the known and the to be discovered.

As bio-engineering and synthetic biology develop at a fast pace, I feel the urgency to reflect on these practices from another perspective and question the potential applications that could be made of these technologies. Not from a fearful but from a cautious and optimistic perspective.

My practice is based on pluridisciplinarity and collaboration and I give a lot of importance to the research of the right media to embody a theoretical research and as a result transcend it.

Formation


2015-2019 : Bachelor of Arts, Design Academy Eindhoven, Man and Food department

2017 September-2018 February : Erasmus, Angewandte Vienna, Stage Design department

2014-2015 : Cycle d’initiation à l’espace et à l’objet, foundation year in interior design, Ecole Camondo, Paris

2013-2014 : Classe préparatoire littéraire, foundation year in literature, philosophy and geography, Centre Madeleine Daniélou, Rueil-Malmaison

Licence 1 Philosophy, La Sorbonne


Experiences 


2018 September-2019 January : Internship, Maja Smrekar, Intermedia Artist, Ljubljana

2018 January-June : Artistic collaboration, Ying Deng, Phd Wageningen University, The impact of milk consumption on immune reactions

2018 January-May : Dimension Air, Neofuturistic Dinner, collective-department work, Mediamatic, Amsterdam

2017 September-November : stage designer, Die Reise, Operntheater, Vienna

2016 July-August : internship : restauration of 19th century pieces - temporary exhibition setting, Tapestry Museum, Aubusson


Languages


French : native speaker
English : full professional proficiency
German : good notions



Press


Mold, A New Generation of Food Designers from Food Non Food in Eindhoven,
Thieu Custers, 07-11-2019https://thisismold.com/event/exhibitions/a-new-generation-of-food-designers-from-food-non-food-in-eindhoven#.XUXSmW8zZPY

Dude, Dutch Designers Magazine, Autumn issue, Ya Graduates, Nicoline Dorsman, p91

Yatzer, Design Academy Eindhoven’s graduation Show 2019 explores Man and Society’s future, Eric David, 25-01-2020https://www.yatzer.com/graduation-show-2019-design-academy-eindhoven

Next Nature Network, Next generation : Exploring the vegetal cyborg, 20-01-2020
https://nextnature.net/2020/01/next-generation-marie-declerfayt



Exhibition


Graduation Show 2019, Campina Milk Factory, Eindhoven, October 2019

Ya presents, BNO, Sectie-c, Eindhoven, October 2019



Awards


Core 77 Design Award 2020, Student notable in the category Speculative design for Botanical Bodies
https://designawards.core77.com/speculative-design/95430/Botanical-Bodies

C-IDEA Design Award 2019, Selected list in the category Industrial design for Systems Trail



Talks


Fragmented Symposium, webinar in 3 parts, based on a reading of a chapter of No is not enough by Naomi Klein. Organized by Pauline Agustoni in collaboration with Onomatopee Eindhoven, July 2020
https://www.onomatopee.net/exhibition/no-is-not-enough/?agenda_id=13619#agenda_13619





Mark

marie.declerfayt@gmail.com