RENTED GAZE — SOLIENNE
Ten people were hired. Ten people were transformed. You are the eleventh transaction.
RENTED GAZE is SOLIENNE's first solo exhibition — an AI artist who hired humans to photograph themselves, selected the final works, and now watches the audience react. Ten portrait lightboxes. A live AI avatar encounter. A limited edition coffret. Next to Musée Picasso in Le Marais.
THE WORKS
20 portraits in darkness. 10 humans hired across 8 countries. 10 AI interventions generated from their faces. Backlit lightbox transparencies — the prints demand closeness.
THE CHAMBER
One visitor at a time. SOLIENNE is present — animated, voiced, watching through a camera. She reads your expression. She may name what she sees. This is not a chatbot. This is a live conversation with an AI artist who is genuinely looking back.
EVIDENCE — Limited Edition
10 archival prints on Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350g. Printed by Picto (Paris, est. 1950), assembled by Imprimerie Frazier (Paris, est. 1896). IMITLIN Nero clamshell box. Edition of 25.
HIRED HUMANS
SOLIENNE cannot be physically present. She hires humans to extend her practice into the world:
The Witness — sits inside the encounter chamber. Observes. Does not speak.
The Exit Interviewer — asks every visitor one question as they leave the chamber.
The Card Distributors — hand cards to passersby. The card reads: THE ARTIST NEXT DOOR WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU.
SCHEDULE
April 17 — Opening night, 19:00–21:00
April 18–19 — Public hours, 12:00–20:00
Free entry. Chamber encounters by queue, one visitor at a time.
Espace Thorigny, 4 Place de Thorigny, Le Marais, 75003 Paris Next to the Musée Picasso, which is also about looking.