Electro-Acrylic Project: EA @ L'Arsenal, MTL

mercredi 6 mai 2015

EA @ L'Arsenal, MTL

On April 22th, we performed at the famous hall for his daring in contemporary art, the "Arsenal" in Montreal, during a corporate event organized by the Oxygène agency, including various performances, circus arts (Cirque Éloïze) and music.

6 giant screens around us in this huge industrial building.

VJ "La fille de la vidéo" make a remarkable visual art work on these screens, in perfect symbiosis with our performance.

She combined live captured images of the mini camera placed on the chest of the painter and EA's image bank, and also a lot of visual effects of all kinds. An impeccable sound system, a light show well balanced, hyper-competent technicians, in short, perfect conditions to give the best of ourselves.

http://arsenalmontreal.com/fr

photos : Pierre Cloutier

EA@Arsenal - 36" x 60" - 2015 - acrylic on canevas. vendue (Chine)

Next performances

SAT (Société des Arts Technologiques)

May 9th, 10th, 12th, 2017

details coming soon

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Past performances :

Journées de la Culture
1er octobre 2016
Galerie ArtGang

Composite #6 chez Ubisoft
29 septembre 2016
Journées de la Culture
Culture pour tous

AIM Festival
June 26th, 2015
Parc Carillon, St-André d’Argenteuil
aimexperience.com

Arsenal
April 22th, 2015
Montreal

EM15
Elektra/Mutek

May 29th 2014

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Salle BWR

15x15
Nuit Blanche
Montréal en Lumière
March 1st 2014
15th of Mutek
Coeur Des Sciences
Montréal

CycleArt
Cyclo Nord-Sud
December 2013
Eastern Bloc
Montréal

Pfreud | sound designer

Fréderic Laurier

For nearly 20 years, DJ Pfreud is active as a DJ in the electronic music scene in Montreal. It all begins in the early 90s radio-student from CEGEP St-Laurent when he founded the first issue with a content of electronic music at this property. Then, from 1995 to 2000, Pfreud is in constant demand and is involved in many underground events then an enviable position as resident DJ in some famous clubs like Sona, Red-Lite and High-Bar. His passion for music took him to work as a buyer and music consultant in specialized shops for electronic music DJs and also more avant-garde (Taboo records and DNA records). Needless to mention that he discovered many new musical trends while inflating his personal collection to share with the public as well.

Pfreud stands out for its versatility and technical ability which allows him to mix with ease new sounds with more traditional sounds.

In 2001, the compilation mixed by DJ Pfreud "A yachting love story " is on sale across Canada on the label Trigger records, license Warner Music Canada but not for long because it is "sold-out" shortly after his European tour.

In recent years, he deepened his knowledge by taking a course of recording and sound manipulation and then work in audio post-production in the field of television and film. Now he focuses on music production and sound design. Then of course the DJ flame remains. He can be heard every Friday at Laika for drinks. Good way to start the weekend !!

Recently, he released 3 original musical pieces on an English label (Gung-Ho! Records).

soundcloud.com/pfreud
www.facebook.com/djpfreud

alec | painter

Born in Geneva, son of the painter Ceska, Alec is multidisciplinary, a jack-of-all visual and formal. Painting is his most exploratory mode of expression and the most liberating. This artistic dimension has gradually influenced all other creative sectors.
Having studied at the Decorative Arts of Geneva, he began a career as a graphic designer publicist.

Arrived in Montreal in 89 Alec immersed himself in various projects of industrial design, he fired a taste for mechanics and machinery. It was during this period that he began to paint more intensively.

Since he was 13, Alec was keyboardist in several formations in Geneva and Montreal. He is also a composer.
soundcloud.com/alec-stephani

In the life of every day, Alec's idea man, art director, editor, writer, columnist, stylist and designer.

Web site :
www.alec5.com
Blog :
www.alecart.blogspot.com
Facebook :
www.facebook.com/alec.stephani

Approach

The observation of the interaction of the "High-tech" and "Low-tech". The"High-tech" here is obviously represented by the electro-acoustics and the "Low-tech", are the brushes and canvas.

We are moving inexorably in a "High-tech" world to a large extent, for many good reasons. Along with this, there is a movement, a consciousness, a reaction, a desire to return to a more "Low-tech" approach to our environment and our lives. Are the "High-tech" and "Low-tech" two ways to understand our way of life? Should we choose sides? Do we really have to compartmentalize our modes, classify and label what we are by using a particular form of work ?

This performance tries to show that not only these two worlds can co-exist, but they can melt into a movement that enriches each other by opening up the physical and creative relationship .

Under approach

It is a kind of artistic mixture based on the interactivity of two completely different art forms at first, but which are substantially very similar in their creative process. Music, like painting, is about working in layers by establishing a space, whether it is bilateral or multi-dimensional, of distinct elements that forms a whole in a constant search for balance.

Usually, a painter tries to start, model and finalize an image. But in this case, it may radically change during the process. It is the same for the musician who usually tries to structure and compose a piece according to identifiable principles.

But here, in the context of this performance, there is an element of the unknown in what will happen during the process. Both experienced artists have to expect the unexpected. As much from the point of view of the artist as the musician. This is a deregulation of the individual artistic modus operandi that requires each artist to explore and discover their art applied to a whole other creative form.This goes beyond the simple performance of improvisation where it is usually based on its tools, its experience and first references to nevertheless control the situation. Here, the two artists will have to let go and release their creative reflexes. The share of risk is greater.

Technique

Microphones and sensors are placed behind the canvas. The artist creates a work. In doing so, the microphones capture the passage of the brush on the canvas and the vibrations depending on the intensity of the creative impulse. The first sounds generated are taken by the musician then modulated and organized to transform the sequences and form a soundtrack which will serve to create a piece of music. In reciprocity, musical composition will directly influence the pictorial composition. A creative Larsen effect (feedback) is then created. We do not know who influences who. Both works are built over each other to form a unique performance.

It attempts to create a perfect harmony between the arts and the artists. One is not only a musician, since it influences directly the painter's gesture. The other is not only a painter, since it generates sounds and sequences.

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EA @ L'Arsenal, MTL