Elouan Le Bars

Side Quest
Video game, 4-channel audio (2026, variable duration)
Presented during 'Side Quest', Ygrec art center, 2026

An exhibition developed for Ygrec-ENSAPC around the commissioned video game Side Quest (2026). Inspired by interviews with e-sport players, the project follows a young man pursuing his ambition of becoming a professional gamer. The player navigates a series of dreamlike environments shaped by different gaming aesthetics, while fragments of the narrator’s memories unfold and familiar gameplay mechanics gradually become subverted.

The exhibition space extends this logic through duplicated objects, theatrical props, and false choices. Through the figure of the aspiring gamer, Side Quest explores contemporary forms of ambition and the pressures of performance that shape our lives.

Production - Centre d'art Ygrec-ENSAPC.

Curation - Guillaume Breton

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

Writing & Game Design – Elouan Le Bars

3D Artist – Lewi Moors

Sound & Graphics Design – Megan Bruinen

Music – Bastien Destephen

Development Assistance – Wiam Zehar