Hurtubise

:

Orchestrating

Chaos

Jacques Hurtubise was born in Montreal, Quebec, in February 1939. Freshly graduated from the Montreal School of Fine Arts in 1960, he moved to New York, where he discovered American Abstract Expressionism—a movement he would brilliantly integrate into his own artistic language. Through his large-scale paintings, screen printing, and digital printmaking, Hurtubise distinguished himself with the originality of his approach, the complexity of his compositions, and his masterful use of color. Over five decades, his bold and distinctive body of work was exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Jacques Hurtubise passed away in December 2014 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Hippie Hourrah is a Montreal-based neo-psychedelic band consisting of Cédric Marinelli, Miles Dupire-Gagnon, and Gabriel Lambert. Backed on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of collaborators, the trio brings together musicians who have played in acts like Anemone, Elephant Stone, and Les Marinellis. They have travelled across America and Europe with these projects, producing some of the most acclaimed albums to come out of Quebec’s garage, pop, and psychedelic scenes over the past decade. Two years following their debut eponymous record in 2021, the trio released Exposition individuelle, a bold concept album inspired by and built around the work of late Quebec painter Jacques Hurtubise (1939–2014), earning widespread praise for its ambition and originality. Hippie Hourrah now brings Exposition individuelle to a close with the announcement of Hurtubise: Orchestrating Chaos, a large-scale immersive experience. Co-created with Normal Studio, the multimedia project will see animated versions of Hurtubise’s paintings will be projected in 360° onto a dome-shaped screen, woven together with an original Hippie Hourrah soundtrack, set for release by Simone Records in June 2025 to coincide with the launch of the immersive experience.