Au bout du fil... — 2003

Materials: paper, motors, wires, steel, aluminium, wood, microphones, microcontroller, electronics, infrared sensors, amplifiers, speakers.

Dimensions : 2 m x 0,7 m x 0,7 m

Au bout du fil… is an acoustic work inspired by a very simple amplification device of our childhood, the famous “string telephone”. Au bout du fil… is made up of a series of strings stretched between two steel pails and a mechanized platform to which paper sheets are attached. When the visitors’ presence and movements are detected, the platform is set into motion; the papers glide and brush against the cords emitting sounds/noises. A concert starts; a fluctuation of rhythms rises in response to the level of interaction with the public. Visitors are invited to browse freely, to linger, to explore this universe and to allow themselves to be gradually surrounded and enveloped by this sound event.

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Presentations

2006 Maison de la culture Mercier, Montréal, QC
2005 Aceartinc. Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2005 Galerie Graff, Montréal, QC
2004 Mois Multi, Québec, QC
2003 Société des arts technologiques (SAT),
Montréal , QC

Video

Catherine Béchard & Sabin Hudon

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Periodicals

2006 Maison de la culture Mercier. « La dérive de l’intant », Journal MHM, Montréal (Québec), automne, p. C8
2006 Koch, Phil. « Send & Receive: A Festival of Sound », BorderCrossings, Winnipeg (Manitoba), # 97, p. 127-129
2005 Rach, Jach. « Installation relies on interaction » , The Projector, Winnipeg (Manitoba), November 7, p. 21
2005 Roberts, Lorne. « Viewers create artistics sounds », Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba), October 27, p. D5
2005 Smith, Kenton. « Have you ever heard the sound of… », The Uniter, Winnipeg (Manitoba), October 20
2005 Viau, René. « L’art des bruits », ETC. Montréal (Québec), no 70, p. 43-45
2005 Lisa Marie, Noël. « Les murs du son », Montréal (Québec), volume 8 no 3, February 23

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2005 Delgado, Jérôme. « Sons urbain», La Presse, Montréal (Québec), February 13, p. 10
2004 Nicolas, Houle. « Une décennie d’avant-garde », Le soleil, Québec (Québec), December 6
2004 Richard, Alain-Martin. « ] laps[ », Inter art actuel, Québec (Québec), # 87, p. 66-69
2004 Blois, Michel. « La technologie dans tous ses états », Le Soleil, Québec (Québec), February 28, p. C15
2004 Porter, Isabelle. « Les patenteux du Mois Multi », Le Devoir, Montréal (Québec), February 4
2003 Saad, Shirine. « Contamination positive », Le Délit, Montréal (Québec), September 23