Digital arts | The digital village is reborn

The undisputed success of this open -air digital art path commanded a sequel. Consequently, The adventure therefore continues this year, until August 28, in the Spectacles district. Therefore, This time, Mutek teams up with XN Quebec to present this second version to us which has 28 multimedia installations. Furthermore, The press saw eight of these works.

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Opalgentleman – Digital arts | digital village

The digital village allows us to discover multimedia artists. Furthermore, but also, of course, creation studios – here gentleman – which design really interesting interactive environments. Furthermore, The project Opal Activates thanks to the light which comes from a torch lamp that the visitor handles. However, points to organic visual animations. However, Programmers explain thatOpal evokes “the energy. Consequently, the interconnectivity and the iridescent of a world on the border of water and space, between known and unknown”. Moreover, To the agora of the heart of science.

Dialoguesd’isotone – Digital arts | digital village

This meditative installation is made up of four voices – two voices of men. Moreover, two voices of women – which were recorded separately, then mixed to create a kind of polyphonic song, accompanied by a partition on the piano. Consequently, The performers improvise the songs, who are sometimes perfectly mastered, sometimes much less. Nevertheless, Four screens diffuse visuals inspired by Japanese calligraphy, which give body to the voices. In addition, We sit down and let ourselves be lulled by the songs. Nevertheless, To the mezzanine of the agora of the heart of science.

Photomoded’Ubisoft – Digital arts | digital village

Photomode: Framing the game is an – outdoor – virtual photographs taken in the universes created by Ubisoft. For example, Visuals in very high definition. Therefore, drawn for example from the game Assassin’s Creed Odysseywhich were enlarged and exhibited on large panels installed on the floor of the Spectacles district. Photographs. submitted by gamersobviously raise the question of the border between reality and fiction, the place of art in the world of video games and photomod in the world of art. On the floor of the Spectacles district.

I’m Not a Robotfrom Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules

This is an artistic installation that expresses a critical point of view on artificial intelligence. The Quebec artist Cadie Desbiens-Desmeules is interested in Recaptcha type systems. who ask users to identify images to demonstrate that they are not robots … These exercises allow GAFAM to digitize large-scale archives, we are told. Google would have benefited more than 7.3 billion times from this volunteer work. To put sand in the gear, the artist feeds an AI designed to generate cars with cat images … We let you guess the result. On the floor of the Spectacles district.

Astronomical Waterfrom Martin Messier

Martin Messier is always very interesting to follow. Last year, he hypnotized us with Cyclesa nylon wire choreography activated by sewing machines engines. This year. the multimedia artist who combines multimedia arts and material has designed a structure made up of a hundred gutters arranged on three large panels. The visitor can therefore appreciate the choreography of these drops of water which sometimes falls slowly. sometimes in an accelerated manner, at the same time, or one after the other. Movements that are similar to juggling, which meet mathematical calculations. To the Society of digital arts | digital village Technological Arts (SAT).

Nest : Colonyd’iregular

This installation is both fun and ingenious. The Studio Iregular team, founded by Daniel Iregui, has created a network of small digital tiles arranged on the ground. On each of these tiles, we can see small points which represent a swarm of bees. Better still: as we walk through the tiles. the speakers arranged on the ceiling track us and disseminate buzzing that targets us. The device can “attack” nine people at the same time. If there digital arts | digital village are more than nine people, the bee swarm will change target after a few seconds. An installation that questions our relationship to nature. To the agora of the heart of science.

The door of the refugeNormal Studio

Designed last year on the occasion of the 35^e Anniversary of the youth refuge. this interactive installation which is place of peace, in a sector where we unfortunately find many people in homelessness, calls on our feeling of empathy. digital arts | digital village Participants are indeed invited to “reach out to a half -open door”. As Mikaël Frascadore explains: projections come alive in the palms of their hands with the career of a young person. from his entry to the refuge until his social reintegration. A project which offers a glimmer of hope to young people who have been abandoned by almost everyone. but which calls on the empathy of those who rub shoulders with them on a daily basis. Outside, place of peace.

VS AI Street Fightingof dimension more

This installation, which has arcade playing air, was designed by a Taiwanese studio with a branch in Hong Kong. The creators of this interactive game imagined a visual confrontation between humans and machine. The proposal is not yet very clear, but it is promising. “With a newly developed VJing console. the installation allows the public to control orders and dials using intuitive gestures, generating visuals fueled by AI and synchronized with music in an immersive audiovisual duel”, explain the programmers of Mutek and XN Quebec. “This work questions the complex landscape of human expression. the autonomy of machines, by exploring the role of artists and the sense of creating images. Inside the Central catering area.

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