[ISEA2023] Curator Statement: Alain Thibault (Curator) — Focus Québec: Symbiosis

Curator Statement

Exhibition. Forum des Images, May 16 – 21

As a recognized actor in the field of digital creation, Québec participates in the dissemination of contemporary digital art internationally. On the occasion of this worldwide meeting around creation and research ISEA2023 Paris, ELEKTRA presents the Focus Québec event dedicated to a selection of works by Québec artists of international scope.

ELEKTRA proposes to take a first look at the digital creation from Québec with an exhibition in the Forum des Images. A dozen artists will exhibit recent works on current issues such as artificial intelligence, the place of nature in our increasingly technological society, robotics and interactivity.

Moreover, you are invited to live this human/machine symbiosis by participating in the extraordinary robotic performance, Inferno, at the Cube Garges. Presented in its maximum version with 18 exoskeletons, Inferno will give you a rare symbiotic moment, which you will remember for the rest of your life.
https://www.elektramontreal.ca/isea-2023

  • Alain Thibault (CA) is a composer, sound designer and electronic music artist. His works has been presented in several contexts, contemporary music and digital arts festivals, in Canada, Europe (Chatelet Theater and Radio- France in Paris, etc.) and Asia (Yamaguchi YCAM Japan, South-Korea, Taïwan, etc.). With media artist Yan Breuleux, he formed the duo PurForm. They are presently touring their new AV performance, abcd_light, in Europe and Asia. With American artist Matthew Biederman, he created the duo RAY_XXXX, whose PULSE performance was presented in Italy, France and Brazil. Thibault is presently artistic director of Elektra, an international digital arts festival, presented every year in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://www.alainthibault.com

Focus Québec is presented with the support of the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, the Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie as part of the France-Quebec Year of Innovation, under the auspices of the Délégation générale du Québec à Paris.