French artist Laure Prouvost is unveiling a major new multisensory installation titled "Nous, frissons d'étoiles" at the Grand Palais in Paris. Commissioned by the LAS Art Foundation, the work draws on two years of research conducted with a quantum computer, developed in collaboration with Google Quantum AI scientists and philosopher Tobias Rees. The installation combines video, sound, scent, light, and kinetic sculpture to explore quantum phenomena such as entanglement, translating complex scientific ideas into an immersive sensory experience. It is part of LAS Art Foundation's Sensing Quantum programme, which also includes Pierre Huyghe's installation "Liminals."
The project arrives at a time of growing public fascination with quantum technologies, following the UN's International Year of Quantum in 2025 and major breakthroughs by Google and Microsoft. The Sensing Quantum programme has received the European Commission's S+T+ARTS Grand Prize for Innovation Collaboration, marking it as one of the most ambitious intersections of contemporary art, science, and technology. Prouvost's installation offers a poetic meditation on how new scientific discoveries might reshape our understanding of reality, continuing her exploration of language, perception, and the unseen.