"Refonte" (2014) is a series of basic spears and weapons, made ​​from different electronic waste materials. The scrap metal was melted and poured into molds, echoing the ancient techniques of making primitive weapons, made of copper alloys, aluminum and gold. Between contemporary archeology and anachronistic gesture, these weapons offer a redesign of our industrial societies, a post futuristic evocation reminding us about the fragility of our systems and the warlike involvement of humanity.

These weapons suggests a radical change of direction: transforming our technology into primitive tools, placing man before his first nature, bringing the citizen back to the Bronze Age, opposing the state of nature to the social state, in a fierce contemporary "technology war".

Concept: Quentin Destieu, Sylvain Huguet, 2014

About the artists:

The Dardex artists’ collective (FR), was founded in 2003 by Quentin Destieu and Sylvain Huguet while students at the Art School of Aix-en-Provence.

Their collaborative works, involving various other artists and researchers, take the shape of installations and multimedia performances making use of interactivity and real time in the field of media arts. Mainly re-using existing materials, their artistic strategy is based on the ideas of appropriation and hacking. Their work question with sarcasm our “media and technology saturated world”, exploring the borders and relations between technology and popular culture.

Dardex are the founding members of M2F Creations and GAMERZ Festival. They regularly present their works in various exhibitions and festivals in France and abroad.