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As per tradition each year, December is when we look back at the amazing work published on CAN. From ingenious machines and installations to mesmerising experiences that leverage new mediums for artistic inquiry – we added scores of projects to CAN’s archive in 2019. Here are some highlights.
23/12/2019HOLO curates a series of critical conversations and hands-on exercises as part of the 20th Edition of MUTEK Monreal, Aug 20-25.
05/08/2019It was just three weeks ago we were in Montréal for the 4th edition of MUTEK_IMG, MUTEK’s forum on digital creation. Invited to contribute to its symposium, we curated five panels. In this post-festival report, we share some highlights.
04/05/2018On April 11–13th MUTEK Montréal presents the 4th edition of MUTEK_IMG, their offshoot festival focused on digital creation. CAN/HOLO was invited to curate five panels within this year’s program, that bring together leading artists and thinkers to consider pressing aesthetic and sociopolitical questions.
08/03/2018Quartier des spectacles has posted a call for innovative interactive projection mapping projects and their ponying up up to $10,000 (CAD) funding, expert tutelage to support selected projects’ development, and the opportunity to present finished works near the bustling Saint-Laurent metro station.
02/02/2018“Three Pieces with Titles” is the latest audiovisual performance by Montreal’s artificiel. In it Alexandre Burton and Julien Roy manipulate an eclectic collection of objects within the field of view of a computer vision system to generate real-time video and abstract sonic collage.
24/11/2017The CAN/HOLO team is headed to Montréal for the 18th edition of MUTEK. A celebration of the best and brightest in audiovisual performance, we’ll be hosting ‘HOLO Encounters’ with several of the festival’s featured artists.
01/08/2017CAN’s report on the audiovisual highlights (and our participation) in the 17th edition of Montréal’s venerable MUTEK festival.
22/06/2016The CAN/HOLO team is headed to Montréal for the 16th edition of MUTEK. A celebration of the best and brightest in audiovisual performance, we’ll be having ‘HOLO Encounters’ with several of the festival’s featured artists.
17/05/2016Berlin-based Canadian artist Darsha Hewitt engages in an extended conversation with CAN about her new online video tutorial series dedicated to the Wurlitzer Side Man—the world’s oldest drum machine.
21/10/2015Created by Copenhagen-based artist and researcher Tobias Ebsen, Poème Mécanique is an electromechanical sound sculpture produced for Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme, a public walkway connecting the Place-des-Arts metro and Complexe Desjardins in Montréal.
14/10/2015Taking place in Montréal on Oct 1st-3rd, the second edition of MUTEK_IMG takes a deep dive into the creative possibilities of VR and immersive media.
24/09/2015CAN reports on MUTEK 2015’s audiovisual performance programming and the ‘HOLO encounters’ live Q&A’s we did with artists Robin Fox and Hiroaki Umeda.
11/06/2015MUTEK Montreal returns with another dynamic edition. As was the case last year, we’ll be doing live interviews with some of the featured audiovisual artists within the festival’s daytime program—join us! A showcase of ‘the state of the art’ in chic house, techno, and dynamic audiovisual performance, the 16th edition of Montréal’s MUTEK festival takes…
13/05/2015A report on the CAN/HOLO artist Q&A sessions and related audiovisual performances at Montreal’s EM15 festival, which was jointly organized by the teams behind MUTEK and Elektra.
17/06/2014As part of EM15 in Montreal, CAN will be organising live Q&A sessions with audiovisual performers Matthew Biederman and Alan Thibault, and Paul Prudence.
15/05/2014As Robert Henke sets of on his tour with the new project Lumière, kicking off in NYC on the 10th May, we offer a little preview of what is to come.
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20/06/2011As per tradition each year, December is when we look back at the amazing work published on CAN. From ingenious machines and installations to mesmerising experiences that leverage new mediums for artistic inquiry – we added scores of projects to CAN’s archive in 2019. Here are some highlights.
Tags: Akshat Prakash / Anouk Zibault / automato / Bjørn Karmann / featured / features / fragmentin / François Quévillon / Harsh Kedia / Jacqueline Wu / Mapping Festival / Mathias Maierhofer / mediated matter group / Michael Sedbon / moovel / MUTEK / radical norms / Richard Vijgen / rndr / Semiconductor / Soonho Kwon / Tore Knudsen / UAL / Valentina Soana / Waltz Binaire
HOLO curates a series of critical conversations and hands-on exercises as part of the 20th Edition of MUTEK Monreal, Aug 20-25.
Tags: audiovisual / Bill Posters / Dietrich Squinkifer / education / electronic music / Ellie Irons / Heather Davis / holo / Ingrid Burrington / Joanie Lemercier / Julia Kaganskiy / Julian Oliver / monolake / montreal / MUTEK / MUTEK_IMG / Paolo Cirio / Ryan Stec / Ryoichi Kurokawa / Sava Saheli Singh / Tim Maughan / workshops
It was just three weeks ago we were in Montréal for the 4th edition of MUTEK_IMG, MUTEK’s forum on digital creation. Invited to contribute to its symposium, we curated five panels. In this post-festival report, we share some highlights.
Tags: Alan Warburton / Andre Baynes / Chiedza Pasipanodya / conferernce / Daily tous les jours / Eastern Bloc / Elevenplay / Erandy Vergara / event / Liam Young / Madeline Gannon / montreal / MUTEK / MUTEK_IMG / Nathalie Bachand / phi centre / Regine Debatty / rhizomatiks / Ryan Stec / RYBN.org / sam lavigne / symposium / Tega Brain / Tim Maughan / vr
On April 11–13th MUTEK Montréal presents the 4th edition of MUTEK_IMG, their offshoot festival focused on digital creation. CAN/HOLO was invited to curate five panels within this year’s program, that bring together leading artists and thinkers to consider pressing aesthetic and sociopolitical questions.
Tags: Alan Warburton / Andre Baynes / can event / Chiedza Pasipanodya / conference / Daily tous les jours / Daito Manabe / Daniel Avery / Elevenplay / Erandy Vergara / Erin Gee / event / Isabelle Van Grimde / Liam Young / Madeline Gannon / MAPP_MTL / Marika Dermineur / montreal / Mouna Andraos / MUTEK / MUTEK_IMG / Nathalie Bachand / Patrick Saint-Denis / phi centre / Regine Debatty / rhizomatiks / Ryan Stec / sam lavigne / Tega Brain / Tim Maughan / Tori Foster
Quartier des spectacles has posted a call for innovative interactive projection mapping projects and their ponying up up to $10,000 (CAD) funding, expert tutelage to support selected projects’ development, and the opportunity to present finished works near the bustling Saint-Laurent metro station.
Tags: architecture / contest / MAPP MTL / montreal / MUTEK / projection mapping / public space / Quartier des spectacles
“Three Pieces with Titles” is the latest audiovisual performance by Montreal’s artificiel. In it Alexandre Burton and Julien Roy manipulate an eclectic collection of objects within the field of view of a computer vision system to generate real-time video and abstract sonic collage.
Tags: ableton / Alexandre Burton / artificiel / audio / audiovisual / computer vision / Csound / featured / Jimmy Lakatos / Julien Roy / montreal / music / MUTEK / ofxDecklink / ofxOpenCv / ofxPostProcessing / openFrameworks / performance / sampling / sequencer / Sound
The CAN/HOLO team is headed to Montréal for the 18th edition of MUTEK. A celebration of the best and brightest in audiovisual performance, we’ll be hosting ‘HOLO Encounters’ with several of the festival’s featured artists.
Tags: artificiel / audiovisual / bfi / deathprod / Eastern Bloc / electronic music / event / festival / Glenn Vervliet / Herman Kolgen / interview / Jimmy Lakatos / Maotik / Michela Pelusio / monolake / montreal / Murcof / MUTEK / Myriam Bleau / sculpture / Sensate FOcus
CAN’s report on the audiovisual highlights (and our participation) in the 17th edition of Montréal’s venerable MUTEK festival.
Tags: Dasha Rush / Dave Gaskarth / derivative / festival / Herman Kolgen / Lauren Goshinski / Lee Gamble / MFO / montreal / music / MUTEK / Nonotak / Paul Jebanasam / QUADr / Simon Wilkinson / Stanislav Glasov / Tarik Barri / Tim Hecker / Uwe Schmidt
The CAN/HOLO team is headed to Montréal for the 16th edition of MUTEK. A celebration of the best and brightest in audiovisual performance, we’ll be having ‘HOLO Encounters’ with several of the festival’s featured artists.
Tags: Ash Koosha / Karen Palmer / Lava Lab / Me and the Machine / MFO / montreal / Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal / MUTEK / Olivier Asselin / phi centre / Simon Wilkinson / vr
Berlin-based Canadian artist Darsha Hewitt engages in an extended conversation with CAN about her new online video tutorial series dedicated to the Wurlitzer Side Man—the world’s oldest drum machine.
Tags: analogue / Darsha Hewitt / education / electricity / electronics / Goethe Institute / Jonathan Sterne / music / MUTEK / Nelly-Eve Rajotte / Side Man / Sound / tutorial / video / Wurlitzer / youtube
Created by Copenhagen-based artist and researcher Tobias Ebsen, Poème Mécanique is an electromechanical sound sculpture produced for Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme, a public walkway connecting the Place-des-Arts metro and Complexe Desjardins in Montréal.
Tags: city / flip-disc / Human Futures / montreal / MUTEK / NFB / openFrameworks / Quartier des spectacles / Raspberry Pi / sculpture / Sound / Tobias Ebsen
Taking place in Montréal on Oct 1st-3rd, the second edition of MUTEK_IMG takes a deep dive into the creative possibilities of VR and immersive media.
Tags: Darsha Hewitt / exhibition / festival / immersive / Julian Oliver / Marshmallow Laser Feast / Moment Factory / montreal / MUTEK / NFB / phi centre / projection mapping / vr
CAN reports on MUTEK 2015’s audiovisual performance programming and the ‘HOLO encounters’ live Q&A’s we did with artists Robin Fox and Hiroaki Umeda.
Tags: audiovisual / dance / event / festival / Hiroaki Umeda / laser / montreal / Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal / MUTEK / phi centre / report / Robin Fox / Uwe Schmidt
MUTEK Montreal returns with another dynamic edition. As was the case last year, we’ll be doing live interviews with some of the featured audiovisual artists within the festival’s daytime program—join us! A showcase of ‘the state of the art’ in chic house, techno, and dynamic audiovisual performance, the 16th edition of Montréal’s MUTEK festival takes…
Tags: audiovisual / festival / Hiroaki Umeda / interview / montreal / music / MUTEK / Robin Fox / Sound
A report on the CAN/HOLO artist Q&A sessions and related audiovisual performances at Montreal’s EM15 festival, which was jointly organized by the teams behind MUTEK and Elektra.
Tags: Alan Thibault / Elektra / Matthew Biederman / montreal / MUTEK / Paul Prudence / performance
As part of EM15 in Montreal, CAN will be organising live Q&A sessions with audiovisual performers Matthew Biederman and Alan Thibault, and Paul Prudence.
Tags: Alan Thibault / BIAN / can event / Elektra / Matthew Biederman / montreal / MUTEK / Paul Prudence
As Robert Henke sets of on his tour with the new project Lumière, kicking off in NYC on the 10th May, we offer a little preview of what is to come.
Tags: ableton / Elektra / Events / generative / laser / light / MUTEK / performance / Robert Henke / Sound / tour / vector / visual
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Tags: Environment / event / interview / MUTEK / performance / Recombinant Media Labs / Sound / touchdesigner / video / vj
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Tags: 3d / interview / Keith Fullerton Whitman / MUTEK / osc / performance / Resolume / unity / vdmx / vj / Zef & Santo
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