Colorful forest spirits in animal form get up to mischief, folded paper landscapes blossom and do-it-yourself postcard sets come to life. Take out your cell phone and enter the virtual paper world of Julie Stephen Chheng.

On the first weekend in April, the Paris-based designer and illustrator will be presenting her wonderful pop-up books and talking about her journey from illustration to developing her own apps that combine paper and augmented reality.

 

How did this idea come about and how can the haptic, sensual dimension of paper be transferred to virtual space?

We will find out.

Be part of it!

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The talk will be held in English and is included in museum admission on the day. Seats can be reserved, standing room is available in unlimited numbers.

 

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About the artist

A graduate of the Arts Décoratifs de Paris, Julie Stephen Chheng works in the fields of books, design and scenography, both on paper and in the digital realm. In 2014, she was Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Arts Center and in 2016, she won the Digital Art Prize at Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. Since 2018, she has created window installations for Maison Hermès in Tokyo and Shanghai and exhibited Uramado AR, an augmented reality experience tour, worldwide. The Institut français is showing her interactive exhibition “Dream Hunt” from April 10 to June 30, 2025.

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