Nova by Serious Computer Group

Nova by Serious Computer Group on the Président Kennedy pavilion as part of Luminothérapie, 12th edition

Project(s)
  • LUMINO
Production type
  • Video projection
Installation date
December 2nd, 2021
Nova is a video installation inspired by the motion of water. Combining footage of natural flows with synthesized graphics, it presents a portrait of water in transformation – a reality that melts into the imagination. This video projection was made using custom software that combines sequences of moving water with synthesized wave action.

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Project

LUMINO

For Luminothérapie, images of the Lachine Rapids were recorded as the basis for abstract portraits of Montreal’s fluvial environments. Nova sheds both familiar and strange light on water’s ever-shifting patterns, to reveal the wondrous mysteries of this essential substance.

Nova includes three pairs of video projections, presenting an evolving series that corresponds to the different aspects of water during winter: storm, ice, and the melting of snow.

 

Credits

A creation of Serious Computer Group Creators: Nina Bouchard and Evan Montpellier A co-production of Serious Computer Group and Polytechnique Montréal Presented by Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles

 

Biographies

Nina Bouchard

Nina Bouchard graduated from Concordia University‘s Computation Arts program in 2013. She is working in Montreal as an multidisciplinary artist. For several years, she has sought to illustrate her surroundings through photography, video and writing. Her often abstract photos and videos suggest silhouettes and reflected landscapes that express a nostalgic universe.

Her writing explores similar worlds where words, sounds, images and emotions are refined in a constant search for their essence. In 2019, her first collection of poetry, Longitudes et lassitudes, was published by Éditions Bouc. Throughout her practice, her process aims to capture a moment and extract the word or the image that suggests more than it shows.

NINABOUCHARD.COM

 

Evan Montpellier

Evan Montpellier is a computer artist based in Montréal. Working mainly with self-built software and electronic instruments, Evan creates live video and sound performances, recorded music and interactive artworks. His projects have been presented across Eastern Canada and the United States, and he has acted as a technical consultant on artworks that have been presented internationally at events including Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), Sonica (Glasgow, Scotland) and Némo – International Biennial of Digital Arts (Paris, France). He holds a BA in Religious Studies from McGill University and a BFA in Intermedia from Concordia University. Evan is an associate researcher at the Topological Media Lab (Concordia University), where he develops real-time media performance software and collaborates on producing responsive environments.

evanmontpellier.net

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