Born in Bordeaux in 1987, Émilien originally studied biochemistry in France and then in the Netherlands, focusing on the emergence of life on Earth, before turning to photography and film. While at the KASK & Conservatorium/School of Arts in Ghent (Belgium), he developed a practice based on film, the chemistry of images and sound reconstruction, with which he bid farewell to synchronicity. At Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, the conjunction of scientific and artistic research is fully effective.