Nicolas Bernier^CA/QC

Nicolas Bernier creates audiovisual performances and installations aiming to carve a dialogue between sound and tangible matter. Shaped by his work within the fields of cinema, literature, dance and theatre companies, his own language blend together elements of music, photography, design, science, video art, architecture, light design and scenography. Awardee of the prestigious Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica 2013 (Austria), his work widely recognize, presented all over the world: SONAR (Spain), MUTEK (Canada), Elektra (Canada), ZKM (Germany), Transmediale (Germany) and LABoral (Spain) to name a few. He holds a PhD in sonic arts from the University of Huddersfield (UK). He is a member of Perte de signal, CIRMMT and Hexagram media arts research and development centres based in Montréal. He is teaching in the Digital Music program of the Université de Montréal.

Nicolas Bernier ^CA/QC — Ensemble d’oscillateurs

On a table an old oscillator emits a stable frequency. It is connected to a loudspeaker and a tuning fork. When the tuning fork is struck by the solenoid, a beat arises to mark the friction between the two oscillations, between the electronic and the acoustic. This device stimulates contemporary creations by guest composers at the crossroads of electronic, experimental, mixed, and improvised music. The project enables the development of group playing techniques in electronic music, a paradigm that is still uncommon in this milieu.

Presented by Hexagram