(1)consciousness at Subtile Gallery: Luxembourg’s first phygital art experience

A first for Luxembourg: step from the gallery into the 3D twin of (1)consciousness) by Benoît Theunissen— a phygital experience in collaboration with Subtile Gallery.

In October 2025, I presented my exhibition (1)consciousness at Subtile Gallery in Luxembourg — and we used the occasion to do something that hadn’t been done in Luxembourg before: launch a truly phygital exhibition, experienced first in a live 3D space and then in the gallery on the same day. This wasn’t a simple online teaser, but a real-time guided visit in a virtual twin of the show, followed by the physical vernissage.
👉 The exhibition is accessible on site until 30 November 2025.

One hour before the opening at Subtile, we welcomed guests into a 3D virtual gallery. I introduced the different series, explained the techniques I work with (Intentional Camera Movement - ICM -, composite photography, glitch art, AI-assisted pieces, digital painting…), and answered questions live — including from people who weren’t in Luxembourg.

Preview the 3D pre-opening: watch the video!

If you’d like to experience the virtual part the way we designed it, you can also book below a private 45-minute tour of my 3D gallery.

Then, those who were nearby joined us at the gallery to discover the works “in the flesh”: fine art prints, audiovisual works and sound pieces installed so that the physical elements resonated with their digital counterparts. Same body of work, two modes of presence.

This format is very much aligned with my practice. I work at the intersection of the digital, mythological narratives and the human gaze. I’m part of the last generation that still remembers the analogue world, yet I create with and about emerging technologies — conscious AI, augmented vision, image saturation. Rather than adding more speed to that environment, I try to pause it, so that symbols, archetypes and fragments of reality can surface and question our collective unconscious. A phygital exhibition is ideal for that: it lets the work travel, but it also brings it back to a human, multisensory space.

The press release below goes into detail about how we did it: the vision of curator Catherine Lebrun for Subtile as a warm, inhabited and hybrid gallery; the immersive solution by Xclusiv.World that made the 3D visit possible; and the way we offer these works as exhibition licences and limited signed physical artworks so they can be integrated into galleries, hotels, offices or public venues.

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