This weekend (September 7th to 11th), the 8th edition of Les Escales Improbables will be taking place at the Quays of the Old Port. The mutli-disciplinary festival features installations, performances, and exhibits--many of which are free. Head down to the Old Port this weekend to catch some live painting by the Collectif RGB, travel the world through sound with La Babel Sonore, and enjoy L'Ensemble Karel's musical motorized machinery (to name a few).
For more information, visit the festival's website: www.escalesimprobables.com
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Friday, 19 August 2011
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
ART FORMS: Second edition
Centre St-Ambroise has been a generous host to us twice now--and both times it has been nothing but a pleasure to work with them. This edition, we had the pleasure of screening several short films, courtesy of Concordia Film and Animation graduates Jose Luis Saturno, Samuel Martin, Francois Harvey, Michael Baggio, and Alexandra Lemay. Short film mediums included stop-motion animation, oil paint on glass, animation and mixed media.
Performances were given by guitarist Andy Kerr, singer/songwriter Mike Beaton (who also doubles as the drummer for Les Monstres Terribles), live looped cello songs of Christina Gavino aka SoMA, and Nukhalu Callaghan-Patrachar, who recently moved from Nova Scotia and played his first show in Montreal for ART FORMS.
The gallery featured paintings and drawings by artist William Mak, who also designed the flyer the event. William, along with architect Enzo, have a blog dedicated to reviewing and recommending local art exhibits, shows and anything else art-related. Willy has recently updated the blog with his photos of the night, which you can check out here.
Our next show will be held in October, and we are always looking for more artists to participate. If you are an artist or know some one that is interested in participating, give us a shout at artforms.montreal@gmail.com. For more information, visit the ABOUT ART FORMS page.
Monday, 27 June 2011
ART FORMS: First edition
Thank you to everyone who made the first edition of ART FORMS such a success! The show featured paintings by 3rd year Concordia Fine Arts student Angelo Russo, an acoustic set by progressive rockers Forme, live looped cello songs from SoMA, and a short film by Concordia Film and Animation graduate Michael Baggio.
The night also featured electroacoustic listening of pieces by David Arango-Valencia, Jullian Hoff, students in Composition électroacoustique at Université de Montréal, and Matthew Schoen, also studying Composition électroacoustique at Conservatoire de musique de Montréal. For those unfamiliar with electroacoustic music (as I was up until a few months ago), electroacoustics first started in the 1940-50s when musicians realized they could take recorded sounds and manipulate them to resemble completely different sounds. A good example of early electroacoustic music is Pierre Schaeffer's 1948 piece "Etude aux chemins de fer", in which he recorded, manipulated and arranged various sounds produced by trains.
Of course, modern electroacoustic music has expanded to include the multitude of digital effects and processing that technology now offers. Listeners are encouraged to close their eyes and let their imagination create stories and images inspired by the sounds, and pieces are often accompanied by abstract videos. Personally, I enjoy electroacoustics most when I keep in mind that it is an art that focuses on sound itself, and that sound is inherently independent on traditional melodies or harmonies.
The Music faculty at Université de Montréal regularly holds an Electroacoustic show called "Électro Buzzzzzzz" at the end of each semester. Unlike our limited 2 speaker setup, students have control over the 24 speakers that surround the salle Claude-Champagne auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, so it's an amazing chance to discover the world of electroacoustic music.
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