Raphaële Bidault-Waddington (born 1971) is an artist-researcher and writer based in Paris, France, who frequently collaborates with universities, companies and city authorities around the world.

Artistic practice

Bidault-Waddington organized her practice via "labs" all part of the LIID Future Lab to pursue her research on urban development, immaterial economy, images, value and knowledge in the broader context of digital and environmental transitions. As a

post-conceptual Post-conceptual, postconceptual, post-conceptualism or postconceptualism is an art theory that builds upon the legacy of conceptual art in contemporary art, where the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work takes some precedence over traditional ...

artist, her statement has been since 2000 that Art is a multifaceted way of thinking, producing knowledge and experimenting that has a value far beyond the art domain. Her practice shows similarities with the emerging field of

Critical Design Critical design makes aspects of future physically present to provoke a reaction. ''"Critical design is critical thought translated into materiality. It is about thinking through design rather than through words and using the language and structu ...

and speculative design. These laboratories' output includes exhibitions, workshops, conferences, artist talks and publications and mixes artistic, academic and future insights. Her work is often financed by structures outside the art world such as a corporation who aims to benefit from the knowledge production mechanisms surrounding art as a force of creation and renewal. In this instance, the artist's laboratory acts as service enterprise for which she develops particular research tools such as the aesthetic audit, an experimental audit method she applies to both corporations and cities. The findings of her research can take the form of texts, conceptual diagrams,3. 3. Bidault-Waddington, R. (2013). Matière Grise (series of conceptual diagrams). ''Dorade Magazine No. 5'', 2013, 258–265. image compositions or site-specific installations.
Bidault-Waddington is a member of the New Club of Paris, an international network of immaterial economy and innovation experts.

LIID Future Lab

LIID was founded in the year 2000 by Raphaële Bidault-Waddington and stand for Laboratoire d'Ingénierie d'IDées (Idea Engineering Lab). In 2006 it was renamed LIID Future Lab. In 2003, an extensive study on the future of Christiania mapped out the path LIID would later continue on, mixing Art, Economy and urban development. Since 2011, LIID collaborates each year with Peclers Future Trends to co-create their global forecasts - Cahier Futur(s) - and a series of urban prospective studies. The topics addressed range from the construction of the self and identity codes, to the future of the collaborative economy, the city and AI. Other notable partners of LIID are or have been the SciencesPo School in Paris, Architecture Faculty of Republica University in

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

, Aalto University in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Institute for the Future The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is a Palo Alto, California, US–based not-for-profit think tank. It was established, in 1968, as a spin-off from the RAND Corporation to help organizations plan for the long-term future, a subject known as ...

in Palo Alto California, the Center for Molecular Medicine in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

and

Tongji University Tongji University () is a comprehensive public research university located in Shanghai. Established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians in Shanghai, Tongji is one of the longest-standing, most selective, and most pr ...

in Shanghai.

Publishing

Between 2009 and 2011, Bidault-Waddington regularly contributed to ''Tale(s) Magazine'' where she was appointed editor-in-chief of the ''Vision'' section dedicated to art, architecture, ideas and literature.

Exhibitions

*''Semiospace'', Corner College, Zurich, 2014 *''Cities Methodologies'',

UCL Urban Laboratory UCL Urban Laboratory is a cross-disciplinary centre for the study of cities and urbanism, based at University College London. It carries out research, education and outreach activities both in London and internationally. The Urban Laboratory was e ...

at the Slade Research Center, London, 2013 *''Paris Galaxies, a vision for the Greater Paris",'' Paris College of Art, 2012 * ''Mental Matter'', Espace d'En Bas, Paris, 2011 * ''The Incidental Person (after John Latham)'', curated by Antony Hudek,

apexart Apexart is a non-profit art space located in Manhattan, New York, that focuses on challenging the gallery system and democratizing the process by which art is curated and exhibited. The organization was founded by Steven Rand in 1994. Exhibit ...

, New York, 2010 * ''My Small Enterprise'', Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, 2003

References

External links

Idea Engineering Laboratory (LIID)

Paris Galaxies, A Vision for the Greater Paris

Bidault-Waddington's research partnership with Paris College of Art

Bidault-Waddington's LIID on ArteSur

Tale(s) Magazine
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