Léo Raphaël

Portugal (residence)
affiliation: Independant author
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The practice of Léo weaves scientific research with visual arts to examine the variations of humans belief systems and the spatial implications spurred by computational advancements. It delves into phenomena concerning electronic simulations, artificial embodiment and machine predictions. 

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  • Latency Records: The Delay, an Inhabitable Field (2026) author(s): Léo Raphaël published in: Research Catalogue
    'Latency Records: The Delay, an Inhabitable Field' analyses a fictional mediated environment by studying the lapses of time involved in its diffusion. Approaching media as a source for new habits of perception over a landscape, it is concerned with the electronic tools used for the representation of nature; in particular those applied for near-real-time broadcast from sensory meteorological tools, webcams or satellites. Introduced with seven images from audiovisual references, punctuated by fourteen quotes from various sources and interwoven to three poems written exclusively for the essay, 'Latency Records: The Delay, an Inhabitable Field' is inspired by humans’ incomprehension of the artificial structures in which they blindly place their hopes for representing the unrepresentable: a living image of the exterior world. In doing so, it delves into humans’ attempts to portray themselves in order to comprehend who they are. Therefore, 'Latency Records: The Delay, an Inhabitable Field' interrogates the instantaneity of these naturalistic archives, ultimately shaping our cognitive engagement with our environment—which acts both as a mirror and a departure from it.
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