Georges-Emmanuel
Arnaud
Visual artist and builder of cultural structures
Le Vauclin, Martinique
georgesemmanuelarnaud@gmail.com
georgesemmanuelarnaud.com
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Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud is an artist and builder of cultural structures based in Martinique. Trained with Robert Delpire and Sarah Moon, he works where heritage, the body and technology meet: photogrammetry, motion capture, XR. He founded the non-profit ANISOTROPIE and CARIALITY Studio. In 2026 he spoke at the Arctic Arts Summit (Umeå) and at MTL connecte (Montréal).
Recent highlights
- 2026
- Speaker, Arctic Arts Summit. Arctic Arts Summit, Ubmeje/Umeå, Sweden, June. Talk, and panel "Indigenous Touring Network – Sápmi / Caribbean" (Aira Dance Company, Invisible People Contemporary Dance). Summit theme: Land, Power, Art.
- 2026
- Panelist, digital creation and sovereignty. MTL connecte, Montréal, October. Member of the international delegation.
- 2026
- Panelist, First Nations and digital creation. NAD.
- 2025
- Invited curator. Montréal Connect cohort of invited curators.
- 2025
- Coalescence. Exhibited at Bibliothèque Schœlcher, Martinique (September) and Samiskt Danscenter, Jillat, Sweden (November).
Current activity
- 2018 – present
- Founder, CEO, artistic director and project manager. CARIALITY Studio (creative technology company). VR, games and immersive experiences in development: Detective Philibert, Wouj, Caribbean Native, Coalescence: Ceiba Pentandra, Lépidoptera: from Chrysalis to Flight, Traversées (Commitment series), Mamie Jeanne et sa cuisine, Papè. Research and development. ANISOTROPIE (non-profit, research and heritage): photogrammetry, 3D and lidar scanning, 3D sculpture, performance capture of intangible heritage (Séquences Éphémères), archive creation, Caribbean archaeology, Prisme residency, and the 150 m d'altitude residency (Studio K-AREA). SOLIBO Studio: public brand for motion and performance capture services.
- 2015 – present
- Transmission and teaching. Curation, direction and organisation of the Open Learning Lab. Direction, organisation and training for Mocap Week Martinique, including school outreach. Teacher of photography and cinematography (Parallel 14).
- 2008 – present
- Freelance photo retoucher. Live retouching on set; retouching and compositing for fashion and magazines. Advanced black and white. Clients include Giorgio Armani, Yohji Yamamoto, Chanel Jewelry, Valentino, Dior Homme, Comme des Garçons, Swarovski, Nars Cosmetics, Maurizio Galante, Kris Van Assche, Vogue (Italia, Germany, Korea, Turkey), Numéro, Marie Claire, Another Magazine, 10 Magazine, Beauty Papers, Le Monde, Télérama, Figaro Madame.
- 2006 – 2014
- Assistant. Publication assistant and graphic designer (Delpire Édition). Photo assistant and retoucher (Humberto da Silveira).
Technical practice
Inertial motion capture (Xsens Link, Manus Quantum gloves), iPhone facial capture, Unreal Engine 5, Blender, Character Creator and Reallusion, TouchDesigner, photogrammetry and 3D scanning, lidar, generative image workflows (ComfyUI), multi-machine Unreal setups (nDisplay) and LED-wall production under study.
Exhibitions
- Nov 2025
- Coalescence, Samiskt Danscenter, Jillat, Sweden
- Sep 2025
- Coalescence, Bibliothèque Schœlcher, Martinique
- Mar 2024
- Ceiba Pentandra, Invisible Festival, Belgium
- Oct 2023
- Yonn Art Lot, Studio Lumina, Martinique
- Sep 2023
- Ressemblance intime, Studio Lumina, Martinique
- Feb 2010
- DomTom Process, Paris
- Feb 2009
- Entrevue, Fondation Clément, Martinique
- Feb 2007
- Lycée Brassaï, Paris
Artistic residencies
Maison des Écritures, La Rochelle · Yacht Club Classique, La Rochelle · Studio Lumina, Association Zofi, Martinique · Host resident of his own residency, 150 m d'altitude (Martinique).
Writing
Under the pseudonym Jeanne Pascaline (SACD): Être (Le Mois Laminaire, Tropiques Atrium Scène nationale); Neunzehnhundert elf (“Boule de neige dann pié coco”, CNDOI); Wouj (Le Mois Laminaire, Tropiques Atrium Scène nationale).
Biography
Georges-Emmanuel Arnaud is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural operator based in Martinique. His path is non-academic but deeply rooted in fieldwork, developed over the years at the interface of artistic creation, digital technologies and transmission. He works from the Martinican territory, which he considers at once a place to live, a space for research and a ground for experimentation.
Trained in photography, image and visual sciences, he began his career in publishing (Delpire), photography and post-production (Sarah Moon, Dior, Chanel, Armani), then gradually turned to long-term projects on memory, representation and heritage (ANISOTROPIE, CARIALITY Studio). This shift took place in contact with the Caribbean territory, its landscapes, architecture, stories and cultural practices, often little documented but always alive.
His work takes a transversal approach to heritage, understood as a set of material and immaterial forms in constant transformation. He is as interested in places, archaeological artefacts (Caribbean Archaeology) and architectural traces as in gestures, bodies, music, dances and oral narratives (Séquences Éphémères). Digital tools (photography, video, 3D, photogrammetry, scanning, motion capture, XR, video games) are not ends in themselves but means to observe, document, transmit and reactivate these heritages.
Based in Martinique, he develops and runs an ecosystem of artists, students, cultural institutions, heritage services and external partners. Through creation, mediation, training and residency projects (150 m d'altitude), he explores alternative forms of cultural production and transmission suited to island, overseas and postcolonial realities (SOLIBO Studio, Mocap Week, Open Learning Lab). That context frames his work; it does not define it.
His commitment rests on a situated practice, attentive to uses, constraints and local resources. He favours a logic of “making in order to understand”, where artistic experimentation becomes a tool of analysis and fieldwork often precedes theoretical formalisation. In 2025 he joined the cohort of invited curators of Montréal Connect; in 2026 he spoke at the Arctic Arts Summit in Umeå, and on panels on digital creation and sovereignty (MTL connecte) and on First Nations and digital creation (NAD).
Education and training
- Université de Créteil. Basic course in the explicitation interview, and second-level course, by a GREX-certified trainer.
- Lycée Brassaï, Paris. CAP in photography, specialised in scientific photography.
- Lycée professionnel Raymond Néris, Martinique. CAP in electricity.
- Other training: vision engineer, colour grading, pottery (levels 1 and 2), workplace first aid.
Selected clients and partners
- Video. Vogue Italia, HJB sas, KAYNOU, Victor O, Esy Kennenga, Joël Jaccoulet, B Caribbean Label, Office de l'Eau Martinique.
- Photogrammetry and 3D scanning. Archaeology Service and Architecture and Heritage Service of the DAC Martinique, ARMADA.