Chantal Durand

The work of Chantal Durand re-affirms the physicality of the body, while questioning the image that surrounds it and navigates a bizarre psychogeography where uncertainty and the macabre hold sway.

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Cinetik

Frédéric St-Hilaire, aka Cinétik, founded the Montreal collective Paranostudio and has collaborated with symphonies as well as electronic musicians and DJs. Most recently St-Hilaire produced a 60-minute experimental television piece that was aired on England’s VIVA network.

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Creatix

Working as a VJ under the alias Creatrix, Erin Lewis has performed at numerous events by the Toronto-based multimedia collective Wabi. Lewis makes manifest her collage-based creative visions using photo/video media, informing her work with an active involvement in social issues.

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David Lemieux

Incorporating organic forms into digital environments, and vice versa, is of vital importance to David Lemieux’s work. This Montreal artist recently established Zedia, a multimedia company that produces projects ranging from claymation to interactive installations.

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Josh Raskin

Josh Raskin, currently studying at Ryerson University in Toronto, has an affinity for appropriating old forms and reupholstering them with new technologies. Raskin also plays guitar with Music for Mapmakers.

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Martin Lalonde

Cross-platform artist Martin Lalonde from Montreal is a visual arts graduate who works in photography and digital video. He has also released EPs of electroacoustic music that were specifically composed to accompany multi-channel video installations. Martin is a member of the Mal Parlant artist collective, based in Montreal since 2001.

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Matt Burke

Matt Burke directed his first international music video and live visuals for the world tour of Grandaddy. An editor for the advertising production house SoftCitizen, Burke has worked on music videos and product spots for a variety of clients, including Spiritualized and Radke Films.

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Nadia Duguay

One half of VJ duo les technocrates, Nadia Duguay is a multidisciplinary artist who integrates performance into her video work. Her experience ranges from VJing to working in theatre and as an artistic director for arts festivals. Having performed at festivals such as NYC’s Eyewash, she has also worked in the medium of holographic sculpture.

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Outerbongolia
www.outerbongolia.org

OuterBongolia are a collective who produce audiovisual art and are involved with socio-political activism.

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Broken Channel

Riz Maslen
www.neotropic.net

Based in the UK, Riz Maslen, aka Neotropic and Small Fish With Spine, is one of UK’s finest underground Producers. She has been part of the electronic scene since 1996 and signed to Ninja Tunes’ sister label Ntone the same year. Through Ntone she has released: ‘15 Levels of Magnification’, ‘Mr. Brubaker’s Alarm Clock’ and 'La Prochaine Fois’. Maslen has previously worked with Future Sound of London and The Beloved.

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Broken Channel

Shawn Chappelle

A master of hyperfast multi-source editing accompanied by epic narratives and experimental electronic soundtracks, Chappelle’s videos offer a melancholic appreciation for technolust and its adverse effects on nature. His subject matter varies greatly, from pornographic recontextualization of space travel to critical deconstruction of racism in Hollywood westerns.

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Wayne Yung

Born in Edmonton, Wayne Yung is an internationally recognised video artist, writer and performer who has lived in Vancouver, Hong Kong, Berlin and Hamburg. His provocative films question gay Asian identity and the body as challenged by nature and technology.

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