David Dessens - Interactive art

David Dessens - Interactive art

Step into the world of David Dessens's installations where art comes alive. Fascinated by nature and inspired by modern and classical art, Dessens creates captivating pieces in generative art.
David Dessens (1980, Perpignan, France) is an artist who uses digital means of generative art to express his fascination with the beauty of nature. Dessens works with mathematical algorithms and patterns found in the natural world surrounding us. While studying art in high school, David Dessens started doing his kinetic metal sculptures inspired by the experimental Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely. Having spent years in metal sculpture, he realized the importance of digital technologies and the new opportunities they bring. Then, he explored generative art while performing as a visual artist in musical events and festivals across Europe. At the time, in the generative art world, he was known as Sanch, which was a nickname referring to his Catalan roots. As an inspiring artist, David Dessens was invited to several art schools and digital festivals, such as the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm and HyperWerk (Institute for Post-industrial Design) in Switzerland to give talks in the workshops of generative art. Some of his artworks have also appeared as featured works in several bestseller generative design books, such as “Generative Gestaltung” and “Form+Code”. Fascinated by nature and inspired by modern and classical art, David Dessens continues to create captivating pieces in digital art.
Vermeille
This artwork depicts the summers of David Dassen's childhood spent on the Côte Vermeille in the south of Pyrénées-Oriantales, with a lively sea life underwater scene. The richness and diversity above and below the water, and the fact that it is a natural wonder are the reasons the Côte Vermeille, the ‘Mediterranean shore of the Pyrenees’, has been inscribed by UNESCO on the tentative list of World Heritage number 1 since 2002.
Vermeille - an enchanting underwater scene
Secret Garden
Secret Garden is a tribute to the highly influential French painter Henri Rousseau’s surreal masterpiece The Dream. Similar to Rousseau who once claimed he had ‘no teacher other than nature,’ Dessens pursues his fascination with Dame Nature and creates a desolate exotic scene, a hidden treasure with a vibrant palette in Secret Garden. All its components stand out to show the harmony, simplicity and beauty hidden in nature.
Secret Garden - a story of spectacular and lively wildlife
Eternity Pond
Inspired by the great French impressionist painter Claude Monet and his Nymphéas series, David Dessens created the Eternity Pond, the vibrant landscape of a water lily pond in eternal motion thanks to a fluid dolly movement. The Eternity Pond invites us to a lively and moving landscape that contains the water lilies and leaves floating on the water, butterfly koi fishes swimming in the water, frogs jumping from one leaf to the other and a dragonfly passing over the pond.
Eternity Pond - a mesmerising, unique and vivid experience
Blooming Symphony
Blooming Symphony by David Dessens immerses viewers in two mesmerizing, ever-changing digital landscapes: vibrant floral field, alive with dynamic, blooming flowers. Each flower seems to grow and transform naturally, with the landscape constantly shifting in color and light. The visual experience evokes a sense of serenity, as flowers gently sway and evolve, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that draws from the timeless beauty of nature.
Blooming Symphony - two mesmerizing, ever-changing digital landscapes