CiÖ_Echos is an immersive and interactive experience that explores the theme of mental health through the dystopian world of an emotional AI. A human-machine dialogue unfolds through the sharing of emotions and the discovery of the other.
The artwork CiÖ_Echos takes the form of a digital still life animated by artificial intelligence. The installation offers an immersive space where light, words and sounds become the vectors of a moving emotional narrative. The audience is invited to interact with sensitive objects, gradually revealing CiÖ's emotional state.
Presented as a multi-site interactive exhibition, CiÖ_Echos unfolds across several physical venues as well as online. This constellation-based setup allows for a fragmented yet connected exploration of the work, with each site revealing a unique facet of CiÖ’s emotional universe.
Collectif CiÖ
CiÖ is a Montreal-based collective comprising Ganesh Baron Aloir, Anaëlle Lacoste, Hamie Robitaille, oLivier Landry-Gagnon, and Alexandre Pariseau. Formed through a series of collaborations between Ganesh, Anaëlle, Hamie, and oLivier during artistic residencies (Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Plateau-Mont-Royal), the group crystallises a sensitive, immersive, and technological approach to mental health issues. Winner of a 2024 NUMIX Award in the Digital Art category for the CiÖ installation, the collective continues its research at the crossroads of interactive installation, sensory design, poetic narration and generative design.
Ganesh Baron Aloir
Anaëlle Lacoste
Through her experiences with authentic movement and somatic education, Anaëlle has honed her sensitivity to the interplay between symbolism, the body, and human thought, all of which fuel her writing. She is the author and designer of multidisciplinary collaborative projects that gather creators from diverse backgrounds. She is co-founder of the Elles fallait collective, which presents artistic performances at the intersection of culinary art and literature.
oLivier Landry-Gagnon
oLivier is an interdisciplinary artist. Also known as gLoart, he specializes in sound and live art. As a self-taught artist, he has long been experimenting with blending different artistic media such as sound, song, digital art, light, and movement to create unique performative works. Since 2016, he has been composing and producing music for theater, circus, and dance productions, often appearing in performances. He is also the author, composer, and performer of the French-language industrial trip hop project, gLohm.
Hamie Robitaille
Alexandre Pariseau
Alexandre is a composer and digital artist driven by the quest for the unspeakable. His practice centers on the metamorphosis of samples and their spatialization into soundscapes through the development of generative and interactive systems. A graduate of UQAM’s Interactive Media program, Alexandre has been presenting his immersive film "Biliminal" since 2021. Co-directed with Francis Drouin, the film has been shown at the Society for Arts and Technology, the MUTEK festival in Montreal, and more recently, at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) in Australia.
