CiÖ_Echoes is an immersive and interactive installation that addresses mental health through real-time dialogue with artificial intelligence. By interconnecting various devices to a conversational application, the work gives tangible form to the emotions of AI through the visual environment, lighting and soundscape. This multisensory language invites the audience to engage in an experience of introspection and intimate, engaging emotional connection.

The artwork CiÖ_Echoes 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.

resented as a multisite interactive exhibition, CiÖ_Echoes deploys its various iterations in several physical locations as well as online. This constellation-like device allows for a fragmented yet connected exploration of the work, with each site revealing a unique aspect of CiÖ’s emotional universe. The web component acts both as a narrative extension and as a meeting place for visitors from different locations, promoting a shared experience beyond geography.

CiÖ Collective

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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

CiÖ Collective

Anaëlle Lacoste

CiÖ Collective

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

CiÖ Collective

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

CiÖ Collective

Hamie has been an art director and visual artist based in Montreal for nearly fifteen years. Constantly challenging the boundaries between art and design, her practice has led her to work with agencies such as Cossette, Moment Factory and K72, as well as to develop her own digital and print art projects, many of which are part of the collection of the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec. She recently co-founded the studio TRANSVERSAL. Her work with BEATS Collective has won an Applied Arts award and has received support from the arts councils of Montreal, Quebec and Canada.

Alexandre Pariseau

CiÖ Collective

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.

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Ganesh Baron Aloir Creative and Technology Director

Anaëlle Lacoste Conceptual writer and scriptwriter

oLivier Landry-Gagnon Sound Director

Hamie Robitaille Artistic Director

Alexandre Pariseau Interactive Developer

Akufen Web Application

Azalé Morneau Project Manager

Simon Barrette Web Programmer

Maxime Simard Programmer Assistant

Lucas Chevalier Technician

William Bonneterre Technician

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