Statement and Biography
Catherine Béchard and Sabin Hudon form a artists duo who live
and work in Montreal in the fields of sound sculpture, kinetic sound
installations, audio art, electronic art and performance. Animated
objects and their components have been at the heart of their research
and creation from the very beginning. They are interested in
listenership through resonance in itself, (resonance as source and
reception), in acoustically generated sounds/noises, their propagation,
the impressions they create, as well as the “things” and the “empty
spaces” which make up our perceptual fields.
By assembling the fleeting pull forces that sight, touch and
sound exert on each other , the duo propose installations which attempt
to make visible and audible trivial details of our everyday microcosm.
These are shaped by the space environment itself as well as the
motivity or stillness of people in the installation. They occupy the
space through sound and movement; they emphasize the impact of the
various components and materials on each other.
The duo’s installations put into perspective the transient and
ever-changing nature of things and beings as well as our temporal
presence in the world. They propose an inexhaustible moment where
internal time and external time are reconciled. Their collaborative
works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout major
Canadian cities, the Czech Republic, Brazil, the United States and
Germany. A bilingual colour monograph of the twosome’s installation
works will be published in November 2011 at Éditions OBORO.
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