Joanie Lemercier

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Acquired by RFC_ART

Joanie Lemercier is an internationally acclaimed visual artist whose practice lies at the intersection of light, geometry, nature, and code. Known for his immersive installations and projection-based works, Lemercier’s art often explores the interplay between human perception and the sublime forces of the natural world. With a background in both digital technology and environmental activism, his work navigates the tension between artificial systems and organic phenomena.

Pointcloud (Trang) captures this tension with poetic precision. The work, rooted in Lemercier’s ongoing exploration of particle systems and 3D simulation, is a meditative digital rendering of a single moment: a towering cumulus cloud suspended above Trang Airport in Indonesia, photographed on January 8th, 2018. Through a process of computational abstraction, Lemercier transforms this ephemeral meteorological form into a dense cloud of data points—each one carefully selected, processed, and composed into a digital “pointcloud.”

This curated sky becomes more than a study in form; it becomes a portrait of the sublime- nature filtered through the lens of technology. The result is both ominous and awe-inspiring, evoking the grandeur and fragility of Earth's atmosphere while confronting viewers with the silent force of a systematized gaze. There is a haunting serenity in the work’s stillness, a digital snapshot that captures not just a cloud, but a moment of reverence for the natural world in flux.

In Pointcloud (Trang), Lemercier invites viewers to reconsider scale, time, and perception- reminding us that even the most advanced simulations remain reflections of our relationship to the planet. A testament to the artist’s dual commitment to technological innovation and ecological awareness, the piece stands as a contemporary meditation on the digital sublime.