Humanoïde, devenons-nous tous androïde ?
An exhibition byClaude Berlie-Caillat
This site presents a virtual exhibition of the latest work (2019-2023) by Claude Berlie-Caillat, a French ceramic artist and pioneer of Réunion ceramics. It showcases a generous output, fueled by the colorful blend of materials. All the pieces presented in this exhibition are available for sale or long-term rental.
The rooms
"Humanoïde, devenons-nous tous androïdes ?" is an exhibition comprising six rooms.
Rooms 1, 3, and 5, the main rooms, reflect our world's shift toward an increasingly digital and dematerialized reality, where the tangible and the tangible struggle to subsist.
Rooms 2, 4, and 6, designed as transitions, are bubbles of air that offer a change of scale and perspective. This alternation creates a rhythm, a breath of fresh air, a tension in search of harmony amidst chaos.
Room 1 – Gestation
Room 1 catalogue
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What will become of our future when our technological delusions merge into the human? What future for life, when it is composed of both biological and digital elements?
Room 2 – Hybridization
Room 2 catalogue
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Technical, biological, ethnic hybridization: when colors meet, when worlds come together, and when their union reveals the richness of our world.
Room 3 – Birth
Room 3 catalogue
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A human, a robot, a stammering, unfinished being, both dystopian and utopian. An amorphous, fragile form, sometimes ugly, yet already sketching the outlines of a future that is both fascinating and unsettling.
Room 4 – Presence
Room 4 catalogue
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The future oscillates between excitement and anxiety, between promises and uncertainties. It takes shape from our past, whether joyful or painful. As for the present, without pretension, it simply offers a space of serenity.
Room 6 – Révérence
Room 6 catalogue
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Reverence, or rather resilience: what real power do we hold in the face of these mechanisms that surpass and engulf us, caught between awareness and blindness?
The Exhibition
This exhibition, designed as a “turnkey” project in collaboration with artist-designer Rémy Thélier, is based on a scenographic system made entirely of stainless steel. More than simple frames or supports, the structures serve simultaneously as transport crates, handling elements, and exhibition modules.
The support becomes an artwork in itself, just as the artwork engages in dialogue with it. Each piece used for transport is repurposed for the scenography, eliminating any need for storage. The setup was conceived to amplify the tension evoked by the exhibition’s title: “Humanoid, are we all becoming androids?”, through both its materiality and its shapes.
All pieces presented in this exhibition are available for sale or long-term rental. For any request regarding information, availability, or pricing, please contact the artist.
Contact the artist
Claude Berlie-Caillat
Born in 1952 in Chambéry, Claude Berlie-Caillat discovered ceramics during an initiatory trip to India, fascinated by the simplicity and power of the potter's gesture. Trained under masters such as René Chaix and Jean Girel, he opened his first studio in Savoie before moving to Réunion in 1982.
On the island, he developed a unique approach based on basalt, a volcanic material that he explored in fusion with glass and enamel. In 1993, he co-founded Art Sud in Saint-Joseph, a center dedicated to the arts of fire, transmission, and contemporary creation.
Claude Berlie-Caillat has pursued a sensitive and instinctive empirical work for over 30 years, rooted in the region and open to international exchange.