{"id":2451,"date":"2025-03-19T09:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/artists\/olivier-ratsi\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:29:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:29:27","slug":"olivier-ratsi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/en\/artists\/olivier-ratsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivier Ratsi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2451\" class=\"elementor elementor-2451 elementor-1422\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe02a88 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fe02a88\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22db84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c22db84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2843a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d2843a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ccfea9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ccfea9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaacbf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eaacbf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0641_DxO-HD\u00a9Olivier-Ratsi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0641_DxO-HD\u00a9Olivier-Ratsi.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0641_DxO-HD\u00a9Olivier-Ratsi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0641_DxO-HD\u00a9Olivier-Ratsi-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0641_DxO-HD\u00a9Olivier-Ratsi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.intothelight.paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0641_DxO-HD\u00a9Olivier-Ratsi-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e38db3 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e38db3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0bf71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d0bf71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Creation date: 2020<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f676dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f676dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sound design: Olivier Ratsi<br>Production: Crossed Lab &amp; la Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique &#8211; \u00a9Olivier Ratsi<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f426e06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f426e06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NEGATIVE SPACE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b574cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b574cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">by Olivier Ratsi (FR)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5feefe elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b5feefe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf3da79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf3da79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With <em>Negative Space<\/em>, Olivier Ratsi invites us to navigate both physical space and our own thoughts. 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