THE WHITE SABOTEUR

Written and directed by Barthélemy Antoine-Loeff & Hugo Arcier
Visual & CGI Development: Hugo Arcier
With sound compositions by Olivier Girouard
Sound design & interactive audio systems by Pierre-Marie Blind
Based on scientific data provided by Dr. Heidi Sevestre, Dr. Richard Hann, Dr. Léo Decaux and Cap au Nord
Produced by Pierre-Arthur Goulet – Risette
In co-production with Actrio Studio, N°130, Zéro de Conduite Production
With the support of the CNC – Immersive Experiences Creation Fund, the City of Paris, Région Hauts de France – Pictanovo, FFF Bayern, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

The White Saboteur is a persistent, immersive world in which every visitor becomes an agent of its disappearance. Their gaze alone melts icebergs that never return, leaving each subsequent visitor to inherit a landscape already transformed by those before them. As the exhibition unfolds, no two visitors ever enter the same world. A paired screen renders the fossilized remains of each encounter in real time, creating a contemplative reflection on our appetite for consuming both the planet and the technologies through which we experience it.

“Data tells us that the cryosphere is disappearing, but it doesn’t make us feel its loss. The White Saboteur transforms that reality into an intimate experience: every gaze melts a little more of the world, forever. That’s the emotion that matters to me, because it’s what stays with us.”
Hugo Arcier

Installation view at the Venice Mostra, Venice Biennale 2026

PRESS:
CLOT, Insight: ‘The White Saboteur’, when looking becomes an action with consequences; PDF
Fisheye Immersive, dans les coulisses de l’œuvre de Barthélémy Antoine-Loeff et Hugo Arcier; PDF
FLAUNT, What stays with us; PDF
Refresh, A Masterpiece of Ecological Caricature; PDF
XRmust, At Venice Immersive, The White Saboteur Turns Every Visitor Into the Author of the World’s Disappearance; PDF