TACT / artist:
/ Jean Dubois

Tact is an interactive video installation that can be controlled using a touch-sensitive screen. It sets up a meeting between the participant and an anonymous person located on the other side of the screen. The Tact program links video sequences in response to the participant’s various manipulations. Without using words, participants are invited to engage in gesticulative dialogue. By touching and rubbing, they eventually discover they are provoking unusual reactions from their virtual partner.

Literally, the word “tact” is synonymous with the sense of touch. Figuratively, however, it also means an intuitive, spontaneous and thoughtful appreciation of how it is appropriate to behave in a human relationship. The Tact project demonstrates the increasing presence of electronic mediation in interpersonal exchanges. The recent emergence of various network communication services (e-mail, forums, electronic chat) is giving rise to a particular type of public space where social relations are often filtered by anonymity or artificial identities. In many cases, these can be seen as an opportunity for openly expressing ourselves with others without actually exposing ourselves personally. Technology then plays a paradoxical role in that it provides direct access to others while maintaining a protective distance. In this kind of relationship, a strange mixture of inhibition and exhibition seems to appear.

Credits

The artist received support from Canada Council for the Arts (CAC) for the production of this project.


Curators's projects: À l'intérieur/Inside, INSIDE

On going...

Online catalogue Restraint
 > posted on December 17 2009

Thanks to an agreement with the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art,
Science, and Technology, the Contrainte/Restraint exhibition catalogue will appear in a special publication.

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Le projet invite douze élèves de l'école secondaire Honoré-Mercier et quelques élèves du Centre Lartigue de la CSDM à apprendre au sujet des arts numérique, médiatique et interactif.

RESTRAINT
 > posted on October 25 2009

New media art practices from Brazil and Peru

Curators: Julie Bélisle, Kiki Mazzucchelli and Miguel Zegarra
Exhibition produced by the Groupe Molior

Exhibition venues: OBORO and Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal
Dates: November 7 – December 12, 2009

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New member: François Girard
 > posted on October 24 2009

Molior is pleased to announce that internationally renowned filmmaker François Girard has joined its Board of Directors.

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Molior to participate in eARTS BEYOND: Shanghai International Gallery Exhibition of Media Art
 > posted on September 8 2009

Mr. Zhang Ga, artistic director for eARTS BEYOND and a key Molior partner, recently invited the organization to participate in the major event.

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In conjunction with the Montréal Science Centre and the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal, Groupe Molior presents Fanfare, the interactive sound installation by Amuse designer Melissa Mongiat.

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