MUTEK presents

Village Numérique

To mark its 25th anniversary, MUTEK is deploying digital art in the public space, offering a unique and sensory experience through a journey of some twenty original installations.

From August 15 to 29, 2024, the Village Numérique will be deployed free of charge between 6pm and 11pm in the Quartier des spectacles, allowing everyone to discover this innovative and immersive art.

An accessible, inclusive urban trail
The Village Numérique offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the captivating world of digital art. Divided into four distinct zones in emblematic locations in the Quartier des Spectacles – St-Laurent Boulevard, Parterre du Quartier des Spectacles, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Place des Arts – the trail allows visitors to discover all the installations on foot. The Village Numérique is designed to be accessible to all, offering an enriching experience both indoors and outdoors. The aim is to democratise access to digital art and create an inclusive space where everyone can explore and appreciate this form of artistic expression.

The first four Village Numérique installations
Among the projects that the public will be able to (re)discover, the Village Numérique is delighted to start by announcing four Québec artists and studios on the program. Sabrina Ratté’s Inflorescences, an audiovisual installation presented for the first time free of charge to the Montreal public on the Parterre du Quartier des Spectacles. “This work imagines a future in which nature has evolved to live in symbiosis with abandoned electronic objects,” explains Sarah Ève Tousignant, Village Numérique Head of Programming.

In the same area, Age of Union presents Black Hole Experience (BHX), an immersive experience designed by Kelly Nunes and Dax Dasilva, inviting the public to stop, look and breathe inside a truck representing a black hole.

Mirari studio will present DUO, a captivating interactive work depicting an impossible encounter. Two screens face each other, recounting the dialogue between two individuals who cannot touch. The audience places itself at the heart of the scene, in the space between the two protagonists, completing the link between the screens and becoming an integral part of the work.

At UQAM’s Agora du Cœur des sciences, Iregular presents Voices In Your Head, an interactive and immersive experience in several chapters, revisiting works from their catalogue since 2010. The installation implicitly guides viewers towards interaction and encourages them to behave naturally.

Celebrating Québec’s digital creativity
For the first edition, the programming team put the spotlight on the province’s artists and studios. “Our event is an ode to Québec’s digital creativity,” says Mikaël Frascadore, Executive Producer of the Village Numérique. The artists and studios we have carefully selected reflect the exceptional quality of the original and innovative circuit we are presenting. This vision is also shared with key partners in the local artistic digital ecosystem, such as Xn Québec and UBISOFT. Some works are created especially for the Village Numérique, while others are already critically acclaimed.

For more information, visit: www.village-numerique.mutek.org

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