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We, the two of us, the three of us, us, us too, all of us.
Behind this pronoun lies a crowd, a multitude of faces and bodies. And behind each of these characters, there is a story. Bringing together a multitude of individuals to form a coexisting whole: this idea was the driving force behind the exhibition ‘Nous’ (Us), conceived by Émilie Sandoval and Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet.
"It is the story told by these little characters, all together, that matters to us here.
Beyond the narrative it conveys, the drawing also questions the surface on which it comes to life. And in this exhibition, the paper also comes to life: it folds, cuts and curves to define new spaces to inhabit. It becomes a door, a window, a curtain, a wave. It is airy, reflects light and weighs a tonne. The characters who navigate from room to room are like the exhibition's visitors: they wander and discover. They adapt to live together and inhabit these places. Each room they visit thus tells the story of the bonds that unite us."
BIOGRAPHY :
Emilie Sandoval and Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet make up the duo Campana Studio, a couple of illustrators and directors who work with both sound and image.
Together, they create a gentle, colourful world populated by dancing characters that they enjoy animating and staging. Their graphic influences are many and varied, ranging from graphic designer Paul Rand to cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, via the crazy world of Isao Takahata's manga My Neighbours the Yamadas.
As a duo, they take on unusual commissions that showcase drawing in space and explore all forms of hybridisation: paper sculpture, murals, animated projections, augmented reality and VJing. Both are graduates of the Arts Décoratifs in Paris and enjoy directing and animating their own drawings.
They have worked on scenography and animated murals for Le Bon Marché and MK2, the Louis Vuitton Foundation, the Inspire Festival and the Terre de Paroles Festival.
In November 2025, they will exhibit Nous, their first exhibition of unique pieces in display cases at the Slow Galerie in Paris.
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