Néo Valen: Capturing Emotions to Defy Algorithmic Standardization
In a Parisian studio bathed in light, Néo Valen, Délesteur artist, works with the invisible: human emotions. By capturing raw feelings through poetic protocols, he transforms them into vibrances, digital units managed by his Cell-IOn machine, to create emochains, artworks blending painting and technology. In a society where algorithms narrow our emotional spectrum, Valen offers resistance: an art that reawakens humanity. A report on an emotion artist redefining contemporary creation.
Délestage: A Poetic Rebellion
Néo Valen, born in 1974 and rooted in Paris, invented the role of Délesteur, as detailed on delesteur.art. “Délestage is about freeing emotions trapped by algorithms,” he declares. Each emotion is produced through a unique protocol: throwing a Parisian cobblestone into a pond for anger, granting a prayer for spirituality. These moments are digitally captured at a precise instant, encoded in binary, and transformed by Cell-IOn into light flashes sent into the universe. This process, explored in our upcoming article on digital vibrances, lies at the heart of his Vibrance System.
On vibrance.systems, Valen tracks the global stock of emotions in real time, asserting that their absence reflects an impoverished world. Vibrances, visualized as vibrating circles on a phone, can be activated to receive a unique light flash or embedded in RFID chips for emochains, artworks bearing the imprint of an emotion, as we’ll discuss in the article on Cell-IOn.
A Critique: The Shrinking Emotional Spectrum
In a society dominated by algorithms, our emotions seem to fade. Personalized recommendations—movies, music, products—eliminate the burden of choice, narrowing our emotional spectrum to predictable experiences. “Algorithms trap us in bubbles where surprise, anger, or wonder atrophy,” notes a sociologist. This standardization threatens the essence of art, which thrives on the unpredictable, as explored in our upcoming article on poetry and chaos. By capturing emotions, does Néo Valen risk contributing to this codification, or is he forging an alternative?
Néo Valen’s Poetic Response
In response to this critique, Valen offers a lyrical vision: “My vibrances are not chains but sparks of humanity freed from the algorithmic grid. Each Cell-IOn flash is a cry against uniformity, an emotion dancing freely in the universe. My emochains do not codify; they preserve, like stars captured to illuminate a darkening world.” For him, art is not a product but a poetic rebellion, a theme we’ll delve into in the article on participatory poetics.
An Emotion Artist at the Heart of Resistance
Néo Valen’s approach is an invitation to reclaim our emotions. By encouraging the public to trigger protocols—feeding a statue for courage, sleeping for rest—he makes everyone a co-creator, an idea central to our upcoming article on healing through vibrances. His emochains, showcased on emochain.art, are portals where emotions become tangible, defying the blandness of an algorithmic world.
“The emotional spectrum only shrinks if we abandon it,” Valen concludes, standing beside a shimmering emochain. By capturing the invisible, he positions himself as the quintessential emotion artist, a Délesteur who, in a formatted world, reignites the flames of humanity.
