Four Grants for Digital Artists

Last year, the cultural channel ICI ARTV delighted creators in digital arts. Four talented artists were selected to receive the first ICI ARTV Digital Arts Grants. This year, the specialized channelis doing it again. Four grants worth $5,000 each will once again be awarded to artists, collectives or artistic organizations selected for the quality and originality of their proposals. The grant will be used to develop an interactive work that will later be presented on the interactive screen at ARTVstudio,theICI ARTV cultural spacelocated in the heart of Place des Arts. It is a golden opportunity for artists to show the full extent of

their talent.

Tactile works that reach a

the technical properties and location of the touch screen, the works presented must offer an interactive experience and be able to engage audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The works may have been shown before, but only to a limited public, for example in a festival, event or exhibition. Applicants have until May

5 to submit their file. All details are available here.

A top-choice jury.For

the selection of winning

works, the ICI ARTV Digital Arts Grants Program can count on a jury of recognized professionals from the creative and digital-arts communities. The jury will be chaired by none other than the two recent recipients of the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal: Victor Pilon and Michel Lemieux. Better known under thename Lemieux/Pilon, the creative tandem has worked for more than 20 years to reinvent the performing arts, notably through their artistic company Lemieux Pilon 4D Art. Their rich career is markedby hybrid and captivating shows, including Norman, Icare and Territoires oniriques. Supportingthem, the jury will alsoinclude Marie-Michèle Cron, a critic and then contemporary-art curator for fifteen yearsin Montréal. During that time, she took part in many juries and published texts and essays on Montréal visual arts and digital arts. She is currently a cultural advisor in visual arts and digital arts at the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

Luc Leblanc has worked for more than

thirty yearsin the media world. Among other things, he took part in designing the news program La facture, which is celebrating its 20thseason. Creative director at ICI ARTV since 2001, he currently oversees all activities related to promoting the channel’s brand image, in addition to supervising in-house production of programs, especially the magazine C’est juste de la TV, and the programming of the ARTVstudio cultural space.

Multimediaartist Mathieu Le Sourd began his career in 2005 by developing an interactive visual system for a theatre company in Argentina. He has since presented his work in galleries, clubs and festivals around the world. Passionate about music and digital arts, he focuses on creating immersive performances, physical-interaction devices and audiovisual systems generated in real time. He is one of the first four recipients of the ICI ARTV digital-arts grants.

Looking back at the first edition of the ICI ARTV grants. The first

edition of the ICI ARTV Grants Program was

a real success. One need only look at the originality and creativity of the selected works that have adorned the ARTVstudio interactive window over the past months. Magnet by Mathieu Le Sourd is one example: https://vimeo.com/123867330. Beginning in September 2014,

artistFred Trétout presented FACETS,

a drawing interface that seeks to free the unconscious through creative gesture. A few months later, Mathieu Le Sourd created MAGNET, combining real-time sound processing with 3D generative visuals. Currently, the interactive window features CANTIQUE NO3 by the renowned artist Marie Chouinard, a participatory work offering two players the opportunity toproduce a musical event in real time. Finally, starting in June, visitors will be able to see and interact with RENCONTRES IMAGINAIRES, the work of the collectiveScenocosme.