At the entrance to Espace 400e, which is accessible free of charge during Mois Multi, there are three robots made up of various scrap metals sent to Africa via North America and Europe. Congolese-born artist Precy Numbi made these sculptures, which can also be transformed into slip-on costumes, from various waste found in her village.
I like to think that they wake up once morest us like some kind of monsters who confront us with our own overconsumption
underlines Émile Beauchemin, curator of Mois Multi.
LIMINAL installation by Quebec artist Louis-Philippe Rondeau.
Photo: Mois Multi / Janina Snatzke
Nearby, you can see the interactive installation by Quebec artist Louis-Philippe Rondeau. A camera captures the movements of visitors as they pass through a ring of light.
It is a light, visual and sound installation […] It is a reflection on time, but also on light
describes Émile Beauchemin.
On the first floor, we discover an installation with kaleidoscopic accents that stages the sounds of nature captured on the North Shore.
The installation “The River” by the duo Béchard Hudon.
Photo: Mois Multi / Béchard Hudon
Two videos were made from images of the river. As for the soundtrack, it was constructed using geophones and hydrophones planted in the ground or immersed in water.
What we hear is what we can’t hear [en temps normal]because it’s infrasound, and we were very interested in doing this experience of hearing the interspaces that are inaccessible to us as human beings
explains Catherine Béchard, multidisciplinary artist and member of the Béchard Hudon duo.
L’installation «Aquaphoneia»
Photo: Radio-Canada / Valérie Cloutier
Enthroned in the center of a large room, the installation Aquaphoneiaby Navid Navab and Michael Montanaro can be activated by voice.
It is a work that is made with an Edison machine. […] The machine as such is over 100 years old. […] Our voice, depending on the frequency, is retransmitted in one of the four water tubes in front of us, and this water carries the sound in different ways.
adds the commissioner.
Also, Mois Multi is taking place in various locations in Quebec City, until February 26. The program can be viewed on the Mois Multi website.
