Flavien Théry was born in Paris in 1973. He holds a degree from the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Strasbourg, and has lived and worked in Rennes (F) since 2000. After a career in the design sector, today his main field of research exists in the filiation of kinetic art, op art and the contemporary practices using new media. Focusing on the relation between art and science, he questions the nature of reality and, more specifically, light.