Elektra 2013 – Meditations on Anti/Matter

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Elektra 2013 – Jean Piche, Helix

Montreal, the beginning of May, a dark performance space illuminated by an otherworldly glow; this combination of factors could only mean one thing – Elektra! The 14th edition of the venerable Canadian digital arts festival was thematically organized around the idea of 'anti/matter' and – as would be expected – immateriality and ephemerality were pressing topics within the two dozen or so performances and installations comprising the programming. CAN was on hand to soak up the proceedings earlier this month and we've prepared the following overview of some of the (well, our) highlights.

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