Why not breathe real soul into the objects around us? I am fascinated by the idea of animating inert things, thus materializing the notion that each object has a soul. With this in mind, I designed a sofa in permanent connection with a qualified psychiatrist, thus revisiting the famous configuration of the shrink’s couch. Here, the sofa is not content to be a simple support, it becomes the shrink itself. And that’s not all. I also imagined various objects like stools on which, at first glance, you think you are sitting. In reality, thanks to an ingeniously integrated microchip, you’re sitting on something else. The chip sends an alternative image of the stool, such as a rock, a haystack or the like, thus disrupting your perception and calling into question your interaction with the object. These works question our relationship to reality, to authenticity, and above all, to our daily environment. In a world where we take everything for granted, isn’t it time to question what we think we know? I give a soul to objects.Arsen Eca