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.

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

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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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Groupe Molior was recently admitted to the Québec Government’s Placements Culture program. The organization has set a target of $100,000 for its first financing campaign.


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Groupe Molior is proud to welcome Mr. Robert Pouliot to the Board of Directors. Mr. Pouliot is Managing partner of Rating Capital Partners SA. He coordinates the FidRisk program for pension funds and management companies. With his expertise in fiduciary risk, Mr. Pouliot will contribute to the organization’s growth. This collaboration is timely, as Molior is launching its first financing campaign this year.


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Groupe Molior has just received a subsidy related to the program Premières expériences de travail dans des fonctions liées au domaine artistique. This program is supported by the Montreal Arts Council, the Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal as well as Fonds de solidarité FTQ. The organisation welcome Dominique Boileau, a graduate student from the Montreal University for a 22 weeks period, from October 27 to March 28, 2009.

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Groupe Molior has been invited to participate in SYNTHETIC TIMES – Media Art China 2008, from June 10 to July 3, 2008, one of the major cultural events associated with the Olympic Games in Beijing.

À l'intérieur/Inside:
Groupe Molior’s next exhibition in São Paulo from May 5 to July 20, 2008.

Groupe Molior: one of the finalists of the 23rd Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal.

www.artsmontreal.org

B/R/T - The Inhabited Body Exhibition
From November 1 until December 2, 2007
At 3520, rue St-Jacques (Montréal)
Wednesday to Sunday
Noon to 5 p.m.

Ingrid Bachmann
Natacha Roussel
Jane Tingley

Philomène Longpré is hot off a two-month residency at the Hong Kong Art School. On the program: four shows, five conferences, a colloquium on the North American robotic art scene, workshops by the artist on art and technology, and the creation of a new interactive video system in conjunction with Hong Kong Art School graduates and students.

Groupe Molior is back to Peru with Transitions/Transiciones, a new exhibition gathering five Canadian artists in Lima, from April 11th to May 11th, 2007.

Montreal, March 27, 2007 – Next April 10, artist Philomène Longpré will begin a residency at the Hong Kong Art School with her work Octopus. A step made possible through a collaboration initiated in China by Groupe Molior in May of 2005.

Groupe Molior presents Formica, an interactive video system by Philomène Longpré, at the Parisian Laundry, from January 12 to February 24, 2007

Groupe Molior is delighted to welcome Jean Brillant , artist sculptor, to its board of directors.

Raffi by Jean-Claude Bustros exhibited at the Parisian Laundry.

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Groupe Molior would like to thank the team and the funding bodies for their support in making the exhibition Inside show such a hit at the 3rd Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium, held from July 21 to July 31.

We are particularly grateful to guest curator Sylvie Parent, our technical director Jean-François Kenney, and the artists Stéphane Claude and Gisèle Trudel, Alexandre Castonguay, beewoo, Lynn Hughes, Simon Laroche, Jean Dubois and Brad Todd.

Click on this link to see the press clipping and some photos of the event.

Groupe Molior presents the exhibition Inside as a part of 3rd Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium, a grand scale event in new media art on the international stage. This event will take place from July 21 to 31, 2006 at the China Millennium Art Museum. [...]

Visit the project INSIDE page to learn more about guest curator Sylvie Parent's selection of projects.

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On July 8 and 9, Leduc and Farmer will perform using the Totem sonique, an interactive aquatic instrument created by Martin Leduc. Following the performances, visitors will be able to touch and explore this instrument themselves, making it sing in this unique environment. [...]

Performances at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., Saturday July 8 and Sunday July 9.

www.jardinsmetis.com/
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Kathy Kennedy internationally well known sound artist will be traveling to Lima on June 26 to give an acoustic-ecology workshop. The workshop will be based on an introduction to the concept of "soundscape" and a series of guided listening exercises, also using vocal improvisation. [...]
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Molior Group is pleased to sponsors the conference [CASC 2006] trophies for a second consecutive year. Artist Karen Henderson rose to the challenge of designing the trophies that would be awarded at the gala soiree on May 27, 2006 in Ottawa. [...]
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The partnership with the Daniel Langlois Foundation was established under the Strategic Grants for Organizations Program. Groupe Molior is taking on an international prospecting mandate with the goal of presenting an inventory of institutions and artists, as well as the financial support provided by various bodies in the field of new technologies. [...]
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Groupe Molior is pleased to announce its public private partnership with the gallery Parisian Laundry. [...]

Starting this fall, Groupe Molior will be launching the new work Raffi by artist Jean-­Claude Bustros followed by Formica, an interactive installation by Philomène Longpré.
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A new subsection has been added to molior.ca:
Links : hyperlinks to other interesting websites
You can already consult a few hyperlinks on Beijing: the Canadian Embassy, galleries, art schools, etc.
More links, for other cities, will be added later.

Click here to read the final version of guest curator Sylvie Parent's intentions.
Also, the presented projects documentation (biographies, photos, videos, etc.) has been updated.
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Groupe Molior is proud to announce its participation in the 3rd Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium which will be held from June 19th to July 9th.
Visit the project INSIDE page to learn more about guest curator Sylvie Parent's selection of projects.

- First part (on Magnitudes)
- Second part (on Saisissement)
Review aired during the radio show Les néophytes (Geneviève Côté-Trudel and Katheryne Roux-Groleau) on CISM 89,3 FM, 11am, February 9, 2006
[Radio review in French]

Groupe Molior presents two interactive installations from January 31 to March 5, 2006 at the Maison de la culture Frontenac.
The two projects, Magnitudes by François Quévillon and Saisissement by Clara Bonnes are unusual in emphasizing touch within the artistic experience. [...]
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Groupe Molior wishes you...
Click here to view our animated greetings card (requires Macromedia Flash Player).

And we are moving!
Click here to consult our new address (with helpful maps) and our new phone numbers.

The Board of directors, management and entire staff wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Click here to see some photos of Octopus on show at the last International Festival of French Cinema in Acadia (FICFA).

Canadian artist Jane Tingley travel to Ljubjana, Slovenia to present her work Peripheral Response at Festival Break 2.3, 8 th International Festival of Independent Artists (Break 2.3). [News Release in Adobe PDF format]
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Groupe Molior’s General Manager, Andrée Duchaine, will be participating in Interactive 05 a panel discussion in association with the Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF).

The panel discussion will be moderated by celebrated artist Vera Frenkel on the issues surrounding exhibiting and presenting interactive art. Along-with Ms Duchaine others participating will be Sara Diamond, artist and President of the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD); Thom Sokoloski, Director of INTERACTIVE 05 (I-05) and Alain Thibault, Director of the Elektra Festival.

Interactive 05 the panel discussion, takes place Saturday November 5th 2005 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in room 717 at 10.30am.

Groupe Molior presents Silverfish Stream and Totem Sonique at FILE - Electronic Language International Festival 2005 (FILE2005), Sao Paulo Brazil. [News release in Adobe PDF format]
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Groupe Molior are very pleased to congratulate Philomène Longpré on receiving the Judith Hamel Prize for best new media art at the International Festival of French Cinema in Acadia (FICFA) for her work Octopus, exhibited at the festival in October. Philomène was also awarded $500 along-with the prize.

Joining the Mission Quebec / China 2005 delegation, Andrée Duchaine will be travelling to Beijing and Shanghai for the second time this year promoting the work of Canadian new media artists. [News release in Adobe PDF format]
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Octopus by Philomène Longpré is on show September 16th at the International Festival of French Cinema in Acadia (FICFA). [News release in Adobe PDF format]
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Groupe Molior is still sizzling ahead at summer heat with numerous fall projects to be presented not only within Canada but worldwide. And our team is happily expanding as we have welcomed onboard Marie-Stéphane Bérubé our new Assistant Director. [Bulletin in Adobe PDF format]
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New media artists Bill Vorn and Constanza Silva both whom have already presented work with Groupe Molior in Montreal, will be exhibiting their respective works Prehysterical Machine and Silverfish Stream as part of the art and robotics exhibition at VAE9. [...]
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Music, lights, rotate! Bill Vorn's pioneering work in robotic art is now on display at the Montreal Science Centre as part of the X-treme Rotation exhibition. [...]
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Representatives of Groupe Molior, Andrée Duchaine and Michel Ouellette, have returned from their trip to Asia. Their meetings with Museums, tertiary insitutions specialised in visual arts and communications, galleries, independent curators and artists proved successful. All these institutions expressed a huge interest in exhibiting Canadian artists who use new technologies as their medium. [...]
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Groupe Molior is proud to be sponsoring the trophies for the Canadian Association of Science Centres (CASC) 2005 conference. Quebec visual artist, Marie-Jeanne Musiol, has designed four unique trophies that will be awarded at the CASC gala evening for Best Exhibits and Programs offered at the Science Centres across Canada. [...]
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Groupe Molior's General Manager Andrée Duchaine and the President of the Board of Directors Michel Ouellette left Saturday May 21st for a whirlwind tour of Asia promoting the work of Canadian New Media Artists. [...]
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For the first time, as part of an exhibit on rotation, Groupe Molior presents a new work by robotic artist Bill Vorn. Rotoscopic Machines will be showing at the Montréal Science Centre from April 30th, 2005 to March 2006 as part of the X-treme Rotation exhibit. [...]
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Groupe Molior welcomes onboard Valérie Boyer. On the 11th of April she assumed the role of Communications Manager for Groupe Molior. [...]
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Presented in the Montréal Science Centre’s X-treme Rotation Exposition, Rotoscopic Machines is an original work conceived by robotic artist Bill Vorn. Five robots suspended from the ceiling respond and mimic the movements of spectators viewing below. Their humanization creates a "theatre of artificial life".
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Totem sonique, an interactive sonic installation by Martin Leduc, will be presented at the Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

Totem sonique is an audio installation that consists of an invented acoustic instrument using lath resonators to put in vibration a steel plate, a wooden resonating chamber and a glass tank filled with water. Light emanates from the tank, enhancing the vibrations. [...]
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Martin Leduc's Totem sonique will be exhibited soon in solo at the maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Meanwhile, you can download photos, videos and sound samples. Follow the link.
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In honour of Chinese New Year, Groupe Molior is launching a new section of its Web site. To explore opportunities in this new market, a prospecting mission will visit Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong in May. [...]
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Groupe Molior presents Silverfish Stream, an interactive sound and robotic installation by Constanza Silva. Silverfish Stream, at the Maison de la Culture Frontenac, knits together formal simplicity with the technical complexity of a network of self-propelled spheres. [...]
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The Board of directors, management and employees wish you a very Merry Christmas!

This year, for the first time, Molior has established a collaboration with FILE 2004 - the international electronic language festival, and will be exhibiting the work of Canadian multimedia artists Bill Vorn and Philomène Longpré. [...]
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Groupe Molior has been invited to join the round table "Nouveaux médias: État des lieux", thursday October 21st at 15:00. Françoise Lavoie Pilote will show her on going installation "Traces". Jean-François Kenney will present the research done on the interface used in this project. Andrée Duchaine will offer a general perspective of the different production and exhibition models used at Molior's. [...]
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Group Molior is searching for an administrative manager to complete it's team. [...] (link is in French)
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Groupe Molior marks the new season with a brand new look in fall colours, designed by France Shaffer in collaboration with our webmaster, Jean-François Kenney. [...]
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In conjunction with the Montréal Science Centre and the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal, Molior presents [IR]Rationnel, the interactive sound installation by artist Michal Seta


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Molior is delighted to announce the signature of a three-year strategic alliance with the Montréal Science Centre (MSC). The agreement will yield many projects that unite media arts and science.

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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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