The Feral is a collective artwork at the scale of a landscape - a place of learning for a specific artificial intelligence in charge of creating a film.
This environment, as it grows, is progressively populated and transformed by the interventions of artists invited — each within a period called an "Epoch" — to feed its learning, becoming co-authors of this «concrete fiction» that will unfold over the next 1000 years.

The Feral will open to the public in 2027 with the completion of the first Epoch by Fabien Giraud and the beginning of the second Epoch by Pierre Huyghe.

In the 11th century, in a forest in the Limousin region ravaged by ergotism—known as the "burning plague"—a community of heretics lives in seclusion, deliberately inoculating themselves with ergot of rye and inhabiting its hallucinations. Convinced that the Heavenly Jerusalem is appearing on earth, they perceive it within the mud. They evolve in a world where all times and situations seem to coexist simultaneously.

This first Epoch retraces the life of Emme through a series of tableaux that constitute the machine's initial learning space.

The Institute is a research and education platform that unfolds the concrete concepts and experiences developed within The Feral, along with their philosophical, technological, and political implications.

It is structured around three axes: an artist and researcher residency program, an online school, and an annual publication.

The Studio aims to ensure the transferability of the technological tools developed within The Feral — both within the Institute and the artwork itself.

It offers external productions access to its expertise, as well as the rental of its cutting-edge equipment.