Elouan Le Bars — Side Quest

Side Quest
Video game, 4-channel audio installation (2026)

Side Quest is an exhibition developed for Ygrec-ENSAPC around a commissioned video game built from interviews with professional players. In the game, the player moves through a series of rooms by pushing open doors, guided by the voice of a narrator reflecting on his experience of competitive gaming.

As the player progresses, the narration and the actions performed in the game begin to echo one another, gradually revealing the system that structures both.

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Produced by Art Center Ygrec-ENSAPC.

Curated by Guillaume Breton

Exhibition text by Ingrid Luquet-Gad (FR / ENG)

SIDE QUEST, EXCERPT FROM THE GAME

Writing & Game Design – Elouan Le Bars

3D Artist – Lewi Moors

Sound & Graphics Design – Megan Bruinen

Music – Bastien Destephen

Development Assistance – Wiam Zehar

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

SIDE QUEST (2026) - Still from the game

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus

Side Quest at Ygrec-ENSAPC, installation view, credits Objets Pointus