The mythical worlds that Humeau constructs in her meticulously researched installations, drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, archaeologists, linguists or engineers, span the deep past and the imagined future. The French artist’s commission at the Centre Pompidou for the Prix Marcel Duchamp, High Tide (2019), comprised an assemblage of futuristic marine mammals engaged in a ritual dance, putting the question to the viewer, in Humeau’s words: ‘What if non-human beings mourn their dead, and weep for the extinction of other species?’ Her compelling meditations on the place of humanity in the world are realised in space as well as time; Orisons (2023) in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, comprises 84 kinetic sculptures brought to life by the wind and dotted across some 65 hectares, making it one of the largest earthworks ever realised by a solo woman artist. Humeau’s smaller works also demonstrate the breadth of her interests: many of her pen and ink drawings resemble maps or diagrams that link human phenomena, such as consciousness, with geological or cosmic imagery. Her most recent solo museum exhibition, ‘Torches’, is currently on view at Helsinki Art Museum (until 15 March 2026).