Video works – Franz Fischnaller & Shaohan Cui

Two artists, two ways of looking at images, perception and technology, presented in the “Art & Quantum” trail of the World Quantum Cannes Festival, 17–18 November 2026.

Franz Fischnaller

Franz Fischnaller is a transdisciplinary researcher, educator, designer and new-media artist born in Bolzano, Italy. For more than twenty years he has worked at the crossroads of art, design, technology, science, digital humanities and cultural heritage. Through research, teaching and creation, he develops innovative projects that connect disciplines, cultures and emerging technologies to produce a meaningful social and cultural impact.

Binary Eclipse

Humanity fades away… Reality dissolves into layers of data, algorithms and machine logic.

Binary Eclipse – silhouettes humaines dissoutes dans une trame rouge de données et de zéros
Binary Eclipse © Franz Fischnaller
Quantum Apple – une pomme en suspension dans un cosmos étoilé, chair et cristaux révélés
Quantum Apple © Franz Fischnaller

Quantum Apple

Quantum Apple turns an apple into a doorway onto the invisible dimensions of reality. Through an immersive journey, the work connects living matter, the quantum world and the cosmos.

Portrait de Shaohan Cui coiffé d’un casque de câbles et de circuits électroniques
Shaohan Cui

Shaohan Cui

A graduate of the China Academy of Art and founder of the Double Fly Art Center, Shaohan Cui explores perception, self-awareness and the way images and technology shape our relationship with reality, with humour and philosophical depth.

Image de l’œuvre vidéo de Shaohan Cui – une lune entourée de lunes plus petites sur fond étoilé
Shaohan Cui – still from the video work presented

Discover the other stages of the trail: Arotin & Serghei – Infinite Time Machine, Studio Above&Below – Quantum Lens, From the visible to the invisible and From bits to qubits.