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Erin Hill + Nina Vroemen

Official picture included in Deep Gazing, art show at PHI. The Sisters of the Celestial Order of Nephology (the study of clouds) is an interdisciplinary performance project by Horizon Factory (Erin Hill and Nina Vroemen). Forming in 2019, during a dance residency at Studio 303 (Montreal), the fictitious, pseudo-sect of two, blue cloaked, atmospheric-nuns were called by the unseizable state of clouds and the ephemeral narratives that form them. These narratives are personal, environmental, futuristic, and potential warning signs. The Sisters engage across multiple mediums and disciplines, including performance, video, radio, workshops, and writing. In 2024, they printed the prototype for their forthcoming publication Deep Gazing. They have presented their work at RURART (Cookshire-Eaton, 2020), at the Fonderie Darling (Montreal, 2020), at the Third Space Gallery (Saint John, New Brunswick, 2021), at Artscape Gibraltar (Toronto, 2022), at CCOV (Montreal, 2022), at SummerWorks (Toronto, 2023), at Eastern Bloc (Montreal, 2023), at the Performing Arts Forum (Saint-Erme, France, 2023), and at PIQUE (Ottawa 2024). The Sisters of the Celestial Order of Nephology (the study of clouds) is an interdisciplinary performance project by Horizon Factory (Erin Hill and Nina Vroemen). Deep Gazing, a term coined by The Sisters, is a practice for people to attune with their environments. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening work, it bridges cloud identification and forecasting with tools for creating personal and intimate links with the weather. A storm does not end, but continues to move, to shift, and influence other systems. Deep Gazing is a timely practice that has helped The Sisters think through what it means to be a part of a complex, interconnected world and how to attune to the environment sensorially, sensually, and spiritually. Within the context of the PHI Montréal residency, we—The Sisters of the Celestial Order of Nephology—offer our celestial services.

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Forestare

Music Art videos created for the classical ensemble, Forestare. Shot at Arsenal Montreal during the David Spriggs exhibit. Musical videos are reinterpretation of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint.

Guitar ensemble Forestare, composed of 12 guitars and double bass, has already existed for 16 years. Since its inception, the ensemble has participated in the creation of close to 50 original works and has adapted nearly another 100 for its unique make-up. In doing this, the ensemble has created the largest repertoire of music for guitar orchestra in the world.

The artwork of David Spriggs lies in a space between the 2 and 3 dimensions. In his work he explores phenomena, space-time and movement, colour, visual systems and surveillance, the strategies and symbols of power, and the thresholds of form and perception. Spriggs is known internationally for his unique large-scale 3D ephemeral-like installations that use a technique he pioneered in 1999 layering transparent images.

Arsenal Contemporary Art is a private contemporary art and cultural initiative founded by patrons Pierre and Anne-Marie Trahan. It is devoted to the support, promotion and development of Canadian contemporary art through diverse endeavors, including the showcase of Canadian contemporary artists, alongside international artists, in exhibitions that are curated in-house and by invited international curators. Opened in 2011 in Montreal, Arsenal Contemporary Art has since expanded to include locations in Toronto (2013) and New York (2017). Although some exhibitions travel from one location to another, the programming of each location is tailored to its respective community, space and audience.

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Xephem Records

Official cover image and layout design for the release of DRIFT from Xephem Records. Digitally available on bandcamp.

Xephem Records is run by Joel Birkett in the UK. Ranging from online digital files, to vynil and cassettes, Xephem collaborates with other composers world-wide to create some of the best IDM around. Xephem (named for an astronomy software package) is a new label from the British Midlands that showcases a community of musicians who may or may not be operating under a score of aliases. One of these—and possibly the label’s founder—is ®adår, who brings a pleasantly unadorned, even lo-fi approach to braindance. 

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LP for [1978]

Photograph, artistic direction and graphic design for the first LP from [1978]. Maxime Surprenant is a Montreal-based music producer and sound mixer with over 15 years of experience. Cover photograph taken by David at Maisonneuve Park.

Composed and recorded by [1978]. Mixed by [1978] and Mathieu Murray. Recorded in Ste-Lucie-des-Laurentides and Montreal, Canada. Mastering by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering.

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TBWA\MAL

Personal photograph selected internally by TBWA\Media Arts Lab Toronto and Apple for the Shot on iPhone 6 campaign. Photograph internally used for an unnamed study. Picture taken at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal.

In 1984, TBWA helped launch Apple’s first Macintosh personal computer with the iconic “1984” commercial. In 1997, TBWA once again disrupted traditional advertising with the “Think Different” campaign. As the Apple brand grew, the need for a confidential, creative incubator with a dedicated team focused solely on game-changing work became more evident. In 2006, TBWA\Media Arts Lab was born. Today, Media Arts Lab has seven dedicated global offices and 20 network offices around the world.  Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Media Arts Lab is housed in a unique 50,000 square foot space, hidden in plain sight from the outside world.

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Cover image for Xephem Records

Official cover image design for the release of Haunted Bouncy Castle from ®adår on Xephem Records. Digitally available on bandcamp or as a limited cassette.

Xephem Records is run by Joel Birkett in the UK. Ranging from online digital files, to vynil and cassettes, Xephem collaborates with other composers world-wide to create some of the best IDM around. Xephem (named for an astronomy software package) is a new label from the British Midlands that showcases a “community” of musicians who may or may not be operating under a score of aliases. One of these—and possibly the label’s founder—is ®adår, who brings a pleasantly unadorned, even lo-fi approach to braindance. This track is full of pastoral melancholy, and some splendid, splattered handclaps.

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Phi Centre

Special event of Strange Women in Shorts, the Short Films of David Latreille at the PHI Centre.

Dedicated to art in all its forms, Phi is a multidisciplinary arts and culture organization that cultivates all aspects of creation, development, production and dissemination. Phi is at the intersection of art, film, music, design and technology. Through eclectic programming and a strong emphasis on content creation, Phi fosters unexpected encounters between artists and audiences. Headquartered at the Phi Centre in Montreal Canada, Phi was created by Director and Founder Phoebe Greenberg.

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Official teaser for the Excentris Theatre

Director and winner of the first Excentris Theater official teaser contest in 2013. In the news: Technicolor / Le Devoir

Excentris was a performing arts center and cinema located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec. The complex was conceived by Daniel Langlois as a laboratory for digital media production as well as a screening venue. It was opened in June 1999, after 2 years of construction. Excentris ran into financial difficulty in 2009 and was forced to shut down two of its three cinemas. However, it was revived as a three-screen complex in 2011, with the help of a $4 million loan from Quebec provincial film funding agency SODEC.

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Special backer for The Art Life

Delighted to be credited as a “special thank you” backer for the exclusive financial production of “David Lynch: The Art Life, a documentary” by Jon Nguyen, Olivia Neergaard-Holm & Rick Barnes. 

David Lynch: The Art Life was made over four years as the filmmakers filmed and recorded over 20 conversations with Lynch at his home. The staff of the film had previously collaborated on making the film Lynch One, which was about the making of Inland Empire. The film received production through a Kickstarter campaign.

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Kamikaze des Cantiques book design

Graphic layout design and photographs for the release of Kamikaze des Cantiques, a book by Baba Funk. 

Poems written by Alain St-Amand Jr. Alain is an independent writer and poet living in Montreal using the Baba Funk moniker. ISBN 978-2-9812153-0-4 

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David vs. Absolut Goliath

Directed a short film documentary inspired by the Absolut vodka brand & bottle, the city of Montreal and a poem by Phoebe Tsang. 

After a letter of acknowledgment & appreciation by the Absolut marketing team in Sweden in 2010 for the aforementioned video, Absolut produced the Unique (paint splash) bottle in 2012... Sid Lee was than hired by Absolut to produce a marketing project showcasing various artists and their take on the Absolut brand.

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Render assistant for Alain Paiement

Rendering assistant for Mosaique Jazz by contemporary artist, Alain Paiement. Artwork located in the lobby space of L'Astral Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan, Montreal.

Alain Paiement was born in Montreal in 1960, where he currently lives and works, having spent a decade in Europe. He is a professor at the School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Quebec in Montreal. L’Astral Maison du Festival, at the current Quartier des Spectacles, is located largely on the site of the former Montreal "Red Light" whose history dates back to the early 1800s. At the end of the 19 th century, the district attracts large establishments education and knowledge, such as the Saint-Sulpice Library and Collège Sainte-Marie. It is in this institution that takes place in 1865, the theater of Gesù, first cultural building of the district.

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Nine Inch Nails

Artistic director of the first audio player to stream all the fan-based remixes for “the hand that feeds” from Nine Inch Nails's With Teeth LP. Later, the online sharing project was retooled and taken over by nin.com. Web hosting was provided by Dalexdesign & official project management done by The NIN Hotline.

Nine Inch Nails, is an American industrial band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. The band released two influential albums during the 1990s—The Downward Spiral (1994) and The Fragile (1999)—and has record sales exceeding over 20 million copies worldwide, with 10 million sales certified in the United States alone.

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Tanya Tagaq

Design and artistic direction for Tanya Tagaq’s official website [2005-2007]. Tanya appears on both of Bjork’s Medulla, an album paying tribute to the human voice & the soundtrack to the film, Drawing Restraint 9.

Inuit throat singer and artist Tanya Tagaq won the Polaris Prize for best Canadian album in 2014, for Animism. Those who thought she had then made her definitive artistic statement are in for a surprise. Also in for a shock are those who thought international success, playing to major festivals and packed houses all over the world, would lead to a mellower sound, or a more laid back approach. Tagaq follows up Animism with Retribution, an even more musically aggressive, more aggressively political, more challenging, more spine tingling, more powerful masterpiece.

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Poster For Peace

Poster For Peace submission. Organized by Sid Lee and MASSIVart during the Chromatic Festival in Montreal.

A large celebration of peace, love and creativity.
 The Bed-In for Peace will also feature the Posters for Peace exhibition. 
In an effort to make a real difference, we’re also planning to raise money for Amnesty International. The event will take place on Thursday, September 21, 2017 on Place Ville-Marie’s esplanade in Montreal.

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Art Video for Laurent Lamarche

Video editor for contemporary artist Laurent Lamarche at Occurence Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada from April 26th to May 31 2008.

Founded in 1989, Occurrence is an organization whose mandate is unique in the Quebec cultural landscape. Its name, meaning "what happens in a circumstantial way", carries a vision focused on the practices emerging from the present and on those that have marked its history, by updating them to testify to their transformation in time.

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Music Videos for Scodanibbio / McDonas

Commissioned director of two music videos for On Debussy’s Piano And… by Thollem McDonas / Stefano Scodanibbio.

Thollem is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, improviser, singer-songwriter, activist, author and teacher. He's spent his life skirting and erasing the edges of boundaries musically, culturally, geographically. His work is ever changing, evolving and responding to the times and his experiences, both as a soloist and in collaboration with hundreds of artists across idioms and disciplines. Thollem's known internationally as an acoustic piano player in the free jazz and post-classical worlds, as the lead vocalist for the Italian agit-punk band Tsigoti and more recently as an electronic keyboardist through a multitude of projects including Technicolor Grey Zone and Hot Pursuit Of Happiness which he is touring throughout 2018.