Supporting Acts:
Alessandra Eramo: Solo for Voice and Electronics
Nico Daleman: Noise Re(in)Duction. Sonic Intervention on the Possibility of Noise Reduction Algorithms for Sound Art
Technologies of Consciousness: NUMINOUS MACHINES, Performance & Artist Talk
The collective Technologies of Consciousness (Montreal) will give an improvisational insight into their performance NUMINOUS MACHINES, followed by a talk. Numinous Machines is an audiovisual performance that explores the enigmatic threshold experienced during near-death. Drawing inspiration from these profound moments intertwined with Yantras (sacred geometry), the performance delves into the convergence of the natural world, technology, and the ethereal more-than-human realm. Utilizing macroscopy, modified turntables, and biodisks, the synthesis of sound and images becomes a captivating journey through a graphical notation governed by the innate law of decomposition. Exploring the connection between touch, sound reproduction, and materiality, the performance delves into the physicality of sound, bridging the tactile art of “turntablism” and techniques that transcribe sound into tangible forms.
Visual, sound and bio-composite research: Sonya Stefan & Stephanie Castonguay
Collaborators: Sarah Williams, Gabrielle Harnois-Blouin, Patti Schmidt, Martin Tétreault, Jean-Michel Thellen, Anne-Françoise Jacques, Gabrielle Harnois-Blouin, Patti Schmid, Anne-Françoise Jacques, Gabrielle HB, Jackie Gallant, Sonya Stefan, Stephanie Castonguay, Vivian Li, Jackson Darby (Personal Touch Vinyl), Cristobal Urbina (See You Mastering).
Motivated by the porous and undefined intersections between art, media, and science, TECHNOLOGIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS seek to define our biological consciousness through our shared potential to feel a deep and meaningful communion with the sphere of Nature. Driven by the spirit of DIY, their projects embrace a radical and popular perspective of non-expertise, demystifying the organic world in relation to the healing of the body, and the processes of decomposition and the notion of the end of the cycle. Recently, Stephanie Castonguay and Sonya Stefan completed the short film SENTIENT BEINGS, featured in competition at RVCQ and the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA). They have also been artists in long-term residence at the Biosphere of Montreal, in partnership with C.A.M. and REPAIRE. Their research is infused with a critical approach, addressing circular economy, democratization of knowledge, and evolving materiality.
www.technologies-of-consciousness.com
www.stephaniecastonguay.com
www.sonyastefan.com
In collaboration with Errant Sound, manifest:io Festival, and Liebig 12.
Technologies of Consciousness gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts. Numinous Machines is a co-production of AVATAR and MUTEK.
Check also out Technology of Consciousness’ performance at manifest:io Festival (22–23 February 2025): https://www.manifestio.art/
See also:
https://errantsound.net/