Montreal-based visual artist Lydia Yakonowsky evolves at the frontier of digital art, immersive short film and performance. In her work, she reworks the visual elements of graphs and econometric models, the basis of her training, questioning the usefulness and reliability of modern economic models. The result is a vast statistical choreography in which dismantled grids, wandering parabolas and strings of data intermingle, all freed from their original function. www.lydiayakonowsky.ca
Allison Moore is a new media artist working in expanded cinema and based in Montréal and holds an MFA in film from Concordia University. Her work has been programmed at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, le Grand théâtre du Québec, Society of Art and Technology (Montreal), Place des Arts (Montreal), Tokyo Arts and Space (Japan), OBORO (Montreal), Traverse Video (France), Museu de Arte de Belem (Brazil)…. Moore’s works reinterpret and rebuild the world as a metaphoric landscape in which sensitive beings are in synergy with their allegorical macrocosm. www.allisonmoore.net
Étienne Rochon aka Arthur Desmarteaux is an interdisciplinary artist from Montreal with MFA in print media from Concordia University in 2017 and a BFA from Université du Québec à Montréal in 2003. Desmarteaux has developed several multi-channel soundtracks composed for installations presented in art galleries, outdoor video projection mapping events or shadow puppet performances. He recently completed a residency at MMCA (The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Seoul, Korea. He is co-directing Egotrip Productions company with Allison Moore since 2006 and developed several shadow plays involving video projections as light sources. www.arthuro.ca
Jules Roze, a French multimedia artist and researcher based in Montréal, specializes in computer music, visual art, and digital culture. He crafts sensory experiences by blending spatialized sound, audio-reactive visuals, and light within immersive environments. Roze’s innovative work has been showcased globally, including venues like the Arario Museum in Seoul, CNRS in Paris-Saclay, Photon Foundation in Krakow, the SAT dome in Montréal, and MUTEK. www.julesroze.com
Pablo is a Belgian-Spanish composer and sound artist, currently based in Montreal, Canada. Influenced by a wide variety of musical genres, his work is rooted in experiential narrative and sound-sculpture. Shifting between contemporary electroacoustic aesthetics and popular structures, his music is constantly in search of unifying these different discourses.He has received international recognition for his work and has presented across different countries such as Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, and Italy. He is the co-founder of the multidisciplinary composers’ collective FeltWork. saneaima.com
Nora Gibson is a media artist and choreographer whose work investigates the body-mind, selfhood, connection, and conscious experience. She makes immersive/interactive work, bio-reactive video, light, and sound installation, choreography, and full dome projection. She earned a BFA in Dance from Tisch, at NYU and an MFA in Intermedia from Concordia University. Her work in new media has been presented internationally by MUTEK, Ars Electronica , The SAT, the Fels Planetarium, Contemporary & Digital Art Fair… Her work has been further supported through an internship with the BIAPT neuroscience lab at McGill University. www.noragibsonvisualist.com
Montreal composer and multimedia artist Line Katcho explores sound and image as dynamic and evocative materials. Her hybrid, experimental work blends abstraction, narrativity and cinematic influences to create intense sensory experiences. Presented internationally (Ars Electronica, MUTEK, Sonar+D), she has appeared in prestigious competitions such as the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Winner of JTTP 2014 and MA/IN 2016, she has collaborated with SAT and Totem Contemporain. In residence or as a VJ, her creations extend to dance, cinema and video games, affirming her unique and versatile style. www.instagram.com/linekatcho
His artistic universe is deeply rooted in the exploration of lines. To him, lines are much more than mere graphic elements; they embody time, its presence, its limits, and its fatality. He aligns, cuts, copies, curves, and erases lines with precise intention, sometimes using them aggressively, sometimes gently, and often to tell a unique story. The line acts as a tension, allowing him to rise to the surface and express what is buried, unfinished, or incomplete within him. www.instagram.com/guillaume_bourassa
From Amos, Quebec, Meisam Nemati, founder of “Sulfation”, is an Audio Visual artist and developer, creative technologist and Engineer, who specializes on creating 360, immersive and interactive pieces. Farshad Shokuhfar, from Germany, is a Tonmeister, creative technologist and sound engineer. He focuses on creating spatial and immersive sounds for theaters and live performances. sulfation.net