Brume de pixels-collectif à TOPO - Centre de création numérique en 2024
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Brume | pixels·collectif

Window display exhibition

February 29th – april 20th 2024
monday to saturday, 12PM - 5PM

Opening

February 29th, 5:30PM - 7:30PM

Brume | pixels·collectif

Un nouveau jeu vidéo artistique de pixels·collectif (Andrée-Anne Mercier, Frédérique Bordeleau et Sandrine Cadieux), Brume, a ouvert la programmation 2024-2026 de TOPO, qui s’inscrit sous les thèmes de la nostalgie, de l’écologie et du simulacre. Le 29 février 2024, dès 17h30, cette nouvelle installation dans la Vitrine de TOPO mettait en scène un futur chaleureux – sinon inquiétant – et est venue clore un mois de février 2024 sous les mêmes auspices. L’exposition en vitrine, à découvrir du lundi au samedi, de midi à 17 h, permettait de jouer le jeu via une borne d’arcade. Une quarantaine de minutes étaient nécessaires pour vivre l’expérience vidéoludique dans sa totalité.

Brume is a character made of water whose mission is to put out the fires threatening the town of Picville-sur-Rivière. Knowing nothing about humans’ way of life, Brume discovers them through each object saved from the flames, quickly forming an idea of the causes of this climate disaster.

Brume, c’est un personnage composé d’eau qui a pour mission d’éteindre les feux menaçant la ville de Picville-sur-Rivière. Ne connaissant rien du mode de vie des humains, Brume les découvre à travers chaque objet sauvé des flammes et se fait vite une idée des causes derrière cette catastrophe climatique.

Driven by an eco-anxiety at once paralysing and motivating to act urgently, with Brume pixels·collectif proposes a challenge. How can we imagine other ways of inhabiting this planet when comfort is so comfortable?

Brume is an invitation to play: to play for pleasure, to think, to foil the everyday, to imagine other futures.

Brume was made in collaboration with the sound designer Guillaume Plourde. Phoebe Yī Lìng has translated Brume into English. The project is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.

portrait du collectif pixels Credits Khristian Hernandez

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pixels·collectif

Formed in 2020, pixels·collectif joins the practices of Frédérique Bordeleau, Andrée-Anne Mercier and Sandrine Cadieux around a common desire to create artistic, engaging and accessible video games. Their mandate is to take up the video game medium, historically dominated by men and commercial interests, in order to present alternative narratives and promote the recognition of this medium in the visual arts milieu. In collaboration with the sound designer Guillaume Plourde, the collective presented an initial game, Sunrise, at the Perchée gallery in Montreal (2021), at the Art Urbain Montréal exhibition Mémoire de l’avenir (2022) and at the Art Souterrain exhibition Espaces Croisés (2022). Their new game, Brume, was launched at the Eisode gallery in Montreal (2023).

Andrée-Anne Mercier

A multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal, Andrée-Anne Mercier holds a B.A. in visual and media arts from UQÀM and a D.E.S.S. in arts, creation and technology from Université de Montréal. Her artistic practice explores various modes of expression, ranging from painting to video games, installations, 3D modelling and animation. In recent years, she has undertaken several international artist residencies in Japan, Spain and Iceland. Represented by Galerie Robertson Arès in Montréal, she recently presented her work at the Foire Plural (Montréal) and Art Toronto (Toronto).

Frédérique Bordeleau

With a BA in Communications, Frédérique Bordeleau has been passionate about programming ever since she studied for a DESS in Arts, Creation and Technology at Université de Montréal. She then embarked on a web development bootcamp at Lighthouse Labs to make it her career. Since then, she has divided her time between her work at Cirque du soleil and her passions: programming video games for pixels·collectif, cinema, sport and technological art.

Sandrine Cadieux

Sandrine Cadieux holds a B.A. and a D.E.S.S. in arts, creation and technology from Université de Montréal, and divides her time between the arts and education. She is interested in the mediums of photography, 3D modelling/printing and video games. She is a 3D modeller with pixels·collectif, a photographer working with musicians, and a specialised facilitator for extracurricular activities and libraries, with the aim of making these practices accessible to a wide range of audiences.

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