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Béchard CV           Hudon CV

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.