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…
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.…
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…
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 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/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 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…
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…
CastafioreBruit TTV Publication Castafiore is named for opera diva Bianca Castafiore of Hergé’s Tintin.It is an unfinished suite from the Obscure artists centre for comic strip and pulverized instruments in…
BRUIT TTVBRUIT TTV Publication Bruit TTV was an experimental music group made up of artists associated with the Obscure contemporary art cooperative (1982–1998).It operated at the intersection of music/nonmusic and…