L’arc d’apparition, John Oswald
L’arc d’apparitionJohn Oswald Publication / 2004 In 2003 Avatar hosted John Oswald for a residency on his L’arc d’apparition project. Oswald used this time to organize photo sessions with a…
96,432 hours: ten years (+) of Avatar
96,432 hours: ten years (+) of Avatar Collective Publication / 2004 96,432 hours was an overview of Avatar’s first ten years in operation, looking back across the projects it had…
Concret, Georges Azzaria – Pascal Dufaux – Chantal Neveu
ConcretGeorges Azzaria, Pascal Dufaux and Chantal Neveu Publication / 2003 The goal of Concret was to create an experience of auditory perception in which listeners would hear both simultaneous movements…
Transfuge, Pierre-André Arcand
TransfugePierre-André Arcand Publication In Transfuge, Pierre-André Arcand set out to integrate the various artistic fields in which he is active: sound poetry, visual poetry, audio art, performance—sound, action, and projection.…
Monopole, Georges Azzaria
MonopoleGeorges Azzaria Publication / 2002 Georges Azzaria is an instrument inventor whose creations fall somewhere between sculpture and traditional musical instruments.Monopole was an exercise in metaphorical recreation/re-creation. Azzaria cut his…
11h, collectif
11 hCollective Publication / 2002 In 2002 Avatar released a body of sound-art works from its studios to showcase the diversity of its research. 11 h was designed to accompany…
Le piano flou, Jocelyn Robert
Le piano flouJocelyn Robert Publication Le piano flou arose out of a series of musical experiments for Disklavier and pianist aimed at putting into sound the act of playing itself,…
Radio Folie/Culture
Radio Folie/CultureDiane Landry, Martin Meilleur, Andrée Michaud, Christof Migone, Fabrice Montal, Renaud Paquet, James Partaik, Jocelyn Robert, Michel St-Onge (1996) Publication Radio Folie/Culture was Avatar’s second release—a series of auditory…
La théorie des nerfs creux, Jocelyn Robert
La théorie des nerfs creuxJocelyn Robert Publication The underlying concern of La théorie des nerfs creux is that of making the flood of recollection audible along the electrified channels of…
Rappel
RappelAlgojo, Pierre-André Arcand, Doyon/Demers, Chantal Dumas, Kathy Kennedy, Daniel Leduc, Christof Migone, Jean Routhier, Sylvia Wang, Gregory Whitehead Publication For Rappel, Avatar invited artists to orchestrate a détournement of the…