PERCEPTION LOOPS — Of Humans, Machines and Hybrid Nature

As developers, founders, and investors gather in Cannes for the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC 2026), a parallel exhibition will bring curated contemporary art into the Web3 conference environment — part of a growing effort гоа to create new cultural encounters between technology communities and artists working with emerging computational tools.

“PERCEPTION LOOPS — Of Humans, Machines and Hybrid Nature” presents physical artworks by aurèce vettier and Patrick Tresset that combine artificial intelligence, robotics and traditional artistic media.

The exhibition is curated by Diane Drubay and produced by Brian Beccafico, with support from 1inch and P2P.org. It is organised with the involvement of Ekaterina Rumianceva, who leads events initiatives at 1inch, and Valeriya Dementyeva, who works on partnerships and strategic communications for the project.

“Web3 events are increasingly becoming spaces where culture and technology converge,” said Valeriya Dementyeva. “This exhibition is the beginning of a programme we’re building to bring serious contemporary art into crypto spaces – not through screens or NFTs, but through physical works encountered in person.”

“For me, this exhibition is about creating a bridge between two worlds,” said Ekaterina Rumianceva. “We’re bringing physical contemporary art into one of the most digital communities in the world and inviting people to reflect on how humans and machines are beginning to shape creativity together.”

Hosted at Galerie MO-11 in central Cannes, the exhibition brings together works by aurèce vettier (the artistic project of Paul Mouginot) and Patrick Tresset, two artists whose practices explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics and traditional artistic processes.

“PERCEPTION LOOPS” invites visitors into a shifting ecosystem where humans, machines and organic forms observe one another. Across the gallery, attention moves between humans, machines and images. Robots draw attentive portraits of visitors, while AI-generated dreams take shape as paintings, sculptures and hybrid forms that are themselves observed by viewers.

Patrick Tresset presents his installation Human Study #1, in which robots sketch portraits of visitors seated as subjects, evoking the quiet intensity of a life-drawing studio. The work transforms portraiture into a performative encounter between human sitter and machine observer. Additional works from his Human Study #2 series and The Birth of Venus continue this exploration through robotic drawing systems that revisit classical artistic traditions such as vanitas and still-life painting. Visitors are invited to sit for a portrait drawn by Patrick Tresset’s robotic system during the exhibition.

aurèce vettier presents a series of paintings and bronze sculptures derived from artificial-intelligence-generated imagery. Drawing from dreamlike scenes produced through algorithmic processes, the works translate machine-generated forms into physical objects through painting, bronze casting and collaboration with skilled craftspeople. Butterflies, landscapes and hybrid figures emerge as material expressions of images first generated in computational space.

Together, the works form an evolving landscape where craft, nature and computational systems intertwine. Robot arms resemble branches, lines of code circulate through gestures and images, and artificial agents appear both as artists and as artworks.

While art has often intersected with the crypto ecosystem through NFTs and digital media, the exhibition focuses on physical artworks that engage with artificial intelligence and machine creativity, bringing a different register of technological inquiry into dialogue with the Web3 community gathering in Cannes for EthCC 2026.

The exhibition also reflects a broader shift underway in the blockchain industry toward real-world assets. As decentralized finance increasingly explores tokenized representations of physical assets – from commodities and real estate to cultural objects – contemporary art offers a unique lens through which to examine how tangible works may coexist with digital infrastructure, new ownership models, and programmable provenance.

“PERCEPTION LOOPS — Of Humans, Machines and Hybrid Nature” takes place on April 1, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Galerie MO-11, 11 Rue des Belges, Cannes. Attendance is by invitation.

Artists: aurèce vettier (Paul Mouginot), Patrick Tresset

Curated by: Diane Drubay

Produced by: Brian Beccafico

Supported by: 1inch, P2P.org