Alexandre Saunier

Alexandre Saunier (he/him) is an artist and professor in the Audiovisual department at LUCA School of Arts, KU Leuven. With a deep interest in the theory and history of media arts, cybernetics, and complex systems theory, his work merges artistic practice with academic research, focusing on the interactions between light, sound, autonomous systems, and sensory perception.

Alexandre holds a PhD from Concordia University (2023), where he studied the contemporary and historical practices of light as an artistic medium driven by real-time computational systems. His previous studies include mathematics and physics (CPGE, 2009), sound design and engineering (ENS Louis Lumière, 2012), and he was a fellow at ENSADLab, where he conducted research on behavioral robotics and interactive lighting (ENS Arts Décoratifs, 2015).

Alexandre is a member of the artistic duo ALMA with Marc-André Cossette since 2020. Together they create live audiovisual performances that combine instrumental and electronic music with cutting-edge video game engine, motion capture, audio synthesis, and Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life techniques.

Alexandre’s artistic and research work is regularly presented at major international venues, including Mutek Montreal, Elektra BIAN, Festival Internacional de la Imagen, Ars Electronica, ISEA, Impakt Festival, MuffatHalle, Bcn_llum, ALIFE Conference, Media Art History, and Nuit Blanche Toronto.