COULEURS PERPÉTUELLES

Public work and video mapping sculpture commissioned by the Society for Arts and Technologies for its 25th anniversary. The fresco is intended to be a journey through the memories of the SAT. It celebrates the major role that the SAT has had in bringing together communities at the crossroads of arts, culture and technological innovation in Montreal and internationally.

The abstract composition was created from a selection of posters and flyers from events that were presented at the SAT from 1996 to 2021. Different approaches to digital arts that marked these eras are used here such as video mapping, optic art, artificial intelligence and 3D, while combining a sculptural plastic approach.

Artificial intelligence makes it possible to analyze posters to generate new ones, like a memory that transforms memories. Intertwined with the original posters, the different paintings will present colors and memories in motion. The use of posters as a creative material is a nod to the importance of graphic design and event posters in the history of the SAT.

The unifying work allows the public to remember these events that they would have known. We hope that the mural creates bridges, links and connections between the people who lived in the SAT and the different colors that cross it.

Society for Arts and Technologies, Montréal (CA), 2022. Photo: Manuel Chantre

Created in 2022

Technique: video projector, computer, multimedia software, wood, steel.

Dimensions: 190 x 125 x 18 inches / 482 x 317 x 45 cm

Credits: Concept, Artistic and production direction, video editing: Manuel Chantre / Artistic and production direction, sculpture fabrication, installation, video editing: Sébastien Lafleur / 3D and video editing: Audrey-Anne Whittom / Artificial intelligence video programming: Gabriel Tremblay Grenier / Video editing: Maxim Girard

This project was made possible with the support of the City of Montréal and the Society for Arts and technologies.

SAT_logo_fr