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Opening on Thursday, February 13 – 7 to 10pm
> Exhibition from February 13 to 22
> Tuesday to Saturday, 12 to 5pm
It is with enthusiasm that we invite you to the exhibition unFAQ (Unsatisfactory Answers to Frequently Asked Questions) !
Envisioned as an exchange platform where artists located all over Canadian and First Nations territories could share immersive audiovisual recordings, unFAQ is structured as a question and answer format reminiscent of the well-known FAQs frequently found on the web. If a FAQ represents an efficient way to handle user queries and interactions, what underlying meanings can one derive from such documents?
In order to investigate burning topics and pierce the thin veil of simplicity, twelve artists selected by two curators were asked to create immersive works inspired by the traditions of field recording, letter exchange and meditative contemplation. Tasked with recording a single-take directly from their environment in order to explore the existential aspect of crucial questions co-elaborated with the curators, the artists produced audiovisual answers that avoid the usual pitfalls of elusiveness and superficiality.
The sum of these works show how contemplation, observation and the passage of time help produce valuable answers in our current speedy and supposedly optimized technological context.
Producer
Projet EVA
Curators
Esther Bourdages and Lori Blondeau
Artists
Joi T. Arcand, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Josiane Blanc, Annie Beach, Amanda Dawn Christie, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, G.R. Gritt, Troy Gronsdahl, Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, Casey Koyczan, Joyce Joumaa, Yen-Chao Lin and Oliver Lewis.
To view the web version of the project: https://projet-eva.org/projet/unfaq/
bioLAB | interdisciplinary residency at the intersection of ecology and technology
> Submit your application by March 3rd!
perte de signal is proud to launch a new residency program in partnership with Concordia University’s Research Chair in Critical Practices in Materials and Materiality and the Speculative Life BioLab of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology. This partnership aims to initiate and enhance interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of new materials and technology, and to propel reflection and action on the multiple implications of socio-environmental issues.
Examining the impact of the technosphere on the status of the living, the Speculative Life Biolab is a hybrid, interdisciplinary research-creation laboratory (biosafety level 1) dedicated to the development and facilitation of conceptual and material exploration.
The residency program is open to applications from digital and new media artists who wish to deepen their reflections and research at the intersection of ecology and technology. It aims to support artist-researchers in their approach and/or research into new circular devices involving bio-electronics, living, semi-living and composite materials integrated into the fabrication of works.
Next event > spring 2025
Confiture Optronique offers an immersive electronic audiovisual improvisation experience at perte de signal’s rustine_lab. Open to all, regardless of skill level, this jam emphasizes active listening, being present with others, and fully engaging in the moment.
The event encourages the integration of electronic structures that, through their repetitions, dissonances, and transformations, resonate with oral experience. This approach promotes a form of collective improvisation where spontaneity and the emergence of new consensuses are at the heart of the creative process. The goal is to stimulate creative interactions and allow each participant to contribute to the real-time creation of a collective work.
This project is led by Danny Perreault and Alexandre Castonguay, members of Perte de Signal, in collaboration with the center, 3+3+3+4 collective, and mXlab at UQAM.
In process >
Bruire continues with artist duos working in the rustines_lab. Keep an eye out for an Event announcement in the coming months!
Bruire explores the audiographic documentation of four collaborative works between sound artists and visual or video artists. The project investigates how the spontaneity and invisibility of sound waves can be captured, focusing on gesture and sonic materials.
Centered around a model of dispersed, collective virtual listening, the project links the sound and visual dimensions that perte de signal artists frequently work with.
In process >
We’re continuing our collaboration with Cristo Riffo, Marion Schneider, Philippe Vandal, and Pascale Tétrault to develop, produce, present, and promote their digital art projects. We’re excited to support them on this creative journey, which will culminate in a group exhibition.
This program, designed to support the inclusion of emerging digital artists, provides both logistical and financial assistance to help participants create new works in digital media and the arts.
This edition of Project Emerging is presented in partnership with Molior, whose expertise will enrich the artists’ experience through valuable mentorship and meetings. This support will guide them throughout their creative process.