Interférences
2023
educational supervision
Project Description
Interférences is an immersive, multisensory interactive public art installation. Inspired by the vibrational phenomenon of interference, the project offers a poetic reflection on the invisible connections between humans, nature, and technology. The graduating students explore the idea of an ecosystem where everything is interconnected, influenced by flows of energy, data, and communication—articulated across three complementary poles:
- Nature: A vegetal arch detects human energy and translates it into light and sound, creating a sensory connection with an organic and abstract environment.
- Technology: A cubic structure made from technological debris responds to pressure pedals, generating a luminous and sonic circuit that questions our influence over artificial systems.
- Social: Telephones suspended from fungal-like structures invite mysterious exchanges, encouraging listening and communication between strangers—echoing the hidden networks found in living ecosystems.
The installations are spread across a looping path that encourages open exploration. There is no prescribed route: each person is invited to interact at their own pace. Key moments—where everything suddenly shuts down—mark a kind of “breath” in the ecosystem: the sounds stop, the lights fade, and regeneration begins in a mysterious ambient soundscape.
Project Members
Professors: Danny Perrault & Sofian Audry
Academic Team: Matthieu Gagnon Lamarre (Educational Facilitator) & Jérémie Leclerc (Lab Technician)
Students: Manuel Falardeau, Myriam Glenza,William Bonneterre,Dominic Paré,Zachary L’Heureux, Maxwell Soar,Eiko Dubé-Nakata, Majda, Marie-Claude Bergeron, Thomas Miller, Kelly Guervil, Jérémy Doyon, Chama, Thomas C., Samuel Favreau, Violette Milot, Inès, Emmanuelle, Thomas Paquet, Florence, Daria, Loïc Trudeau, Samuel Desjardins & Azalé Morneau
Presentation
April 20 to 30, 2023
18h to 22h
Forecourt of Collège Montmorency
475 Boulevard de l’Avenir, Laval
Awards
Numix Award – Emerging Talent Category – 2022
Final Productions
- An interactive vegetal arch that responds to human presence through light and sound
- A technological structure made of electronic debris, activated by pressure pedals
- A luminous network connecting the elements of the installation
- Telephones suspended from fungal-inspired structures, encouraging social interaction
- A generative and immersive soundscape
- A reset system simulating the natural cycles of an ecosystem
- An immersive scenography spread across a free and evolving pathwa
Behind the Installation…
Interférences
offers a living, ever-changing universe where humans, technologies, and nature coexist and interact in a form of symbiosis. It is an immersive experience that celebrates interconnection, listening, and the sensitive cohabitation between beings and systems.
Developed at UQAM as part of a final undergraduate project in Communication (Media Creation – Interactive Media).
Under the supervision of Danny Perreault, professor at UQAM’s École des médias, the project benefited from both pedagogical and artistic guidance. This support accompanied the students throughout the creative process, on conceptual, technical, and aesthetic levels.
