Our international tour continues in Latin America with three MUTEK festival editions in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico, as well as in Europe at Bright Festival Connect in Leipzig, Germany.

Founded in Florence, Italy, Bright is a digital creativity festival that brings together international artists, technology companies, and diverse audiences for a program featuring installations, performances, and numerous educational activities.

Since 2020, Bright has organized an annual “Connect” edition at the iconic cultural venue Kunstkraftwerk in Leipzig as an international cooperation project, promoting creativity as a means of connection between cultures and countries. Since its inception, each edition has highlighted a country or region of the world. This year, Quebec is in the spotlight, in collaboration with MUTEK and with the support of the Government of Quebec.

Main show of this 2024 edition, Québec Perspectives is a curated selection of works by 10 Quebec artists and studios, showcased from October 10 to 13 in the Maschinenhalle, the immersive hall of Kunstkraftwerk.

Allison Moore

Allison Moore is a renowned intermedia artist based in Montreal, specializing in immersive and expanded cinema. Her projects often involve thematic storytelling, reinterpreting landscapes through multi-screen installations, video mapping, and VR, creating sensorial experiences that engage and captivate audiences.

France Jobin & Markus Heckmann

The sources of inspiration of France Jobin and Markus Heckmann are based on the two current dominant theories explaining quantum entanglement: the Copenhagen interpretation and the multiverse (quantum decoherence). In addition to these two theories, there is the fluidity of time and the principle of quantum entanglement.

Line Katcho

Line Katcho is a composer and audio-visual artist from Montreal. Primarily interested in sound and image as demonstrations of motion, forces or gestures, she also distinguishes herself through an affinity for perceptual games, and a talent for use of affect. Radiating a narrative and cinematic feel, her work is driven and provocative, fusing reference to abstraction, experimentation to tradition.

Sabrina Ratté

Canadian artist based in Montreal, Sabrina Ratté, uses tools such as 3D scans, analogue video synthesizers, and 3D animation. Exploring the convergence of technology and biology, the interplay between materiality and virtuality, and the speculative evolution of our environment, her work is influenced by the realms of science fiction, philosophy, and theoretical writings.

Sahar Homami

Sahar Homami (They/She), an audiovisual artist, calligrapher, and researcher from Tehran, now based in Berlin/Montreal, draws deep inspiration from mystical thought systems, particularly from the Asian continent. Their practice integrates computational arts, storytelling, and mysticism, exploring altered states of consciousness through image and sound.

Eden Creative Studio

Eden Creative Studio is a production company founded in 2020, in the midst of the Covid pandemic, by Jérôme Delapierre, experienced visual artist and interaction designer with 15 years of experience, Ariane Brien-Legault and Mirek Hamet, creative directors and producers of Eden Creative, an Art collective specialized in impactful events, immersive experiences and interactive shows. By combining living and digital Art, the studio’s work stands out by placing the human at the very heart of its creative process.

Iregular

Iregular is a Montreal-based digital art studio that creates, produces and tours large-scale interactive artworks for public art and immersive spaces. At the crossroads between art and technology, these artworks experiment with geometry, light, sound, typography, mathematics, algorithms, communication protocols, AI, and machine learning. Iregular also develops its own proprietary technologies.

Isotone

Isotone Studio co-founded in 2018 by the four audiovisual artists Bar Rubinstein, Lilian Guiran, Hugo Fournier and Félix Bonjour, dives into the digital worlds seeking for new creative horizons. By the diversity of their artistic paths, they try to build a unique way of expressing themselves through the varied skills they rely on. From musical composition, painting and creative coding, they aim to always prioritise the sensitive part over the technical aspect of the project.

Normal Studio

Established in Montreal since 2009, Normal Studio is a multidisciplinary creative studio renowned for its immersive and evocative visual storytelling. With a full-time team of 40 professionals and a vast network of specialized collaborators, Normal Studio is active across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Their expertise spans from engaging narratives to evocative scenographies filled with mesmerizing imagery, lights, and sounds, making them a prominent force in the global creative industry.

Studio Gentilhomme

Based in Montreal since 2014, Gentilhomme is a multimedia entertainment studio that conceptualizes and produces turnkey interactive experiences that generate deep emotional connections. From airport permanent multimedia experiences to interactive installations and brand activations, our tight-knit multidisciplinary team works together to push the boundaries of creativity.

MUTEK is also collaborating with Bright and Kunstkraftwerk to present the A/V evening on Friday, October 11, 2024, featuring international artists:

Halina Rice ^UK – New Worlds, présentée à MUTEK Montréal 2023
Bromo ^ES – CRISPR The Pattern of Live
Line Katcho ^CA/QC – Immortelle

The following day, the Montreal-based studio Isotone will present a performance during Immersive Night Show, a special evening for all electronic music and clubbing enthusiasts.

In parallel with the artistic program, Bright is organizing Bright_Pro Leipzig for the first time, a section dedicated to professionals, featuring a keynote conference on Wednesday, October 9, B2B meetings, and a free roundtable on Friday, October 11. A significant Quebec delegation will be participating in this professional event, including several of the artists and studios listed above, as well as representatives from the SAT and MUTEK.

This international collaboration between MUTEK, Bright, and Kunstkraftwerk is made possible thanks to the support of the Government of Quebec. We extend our gratitude to the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Quebec Delegation in Germany.

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