Jean-Pierre Aubé
Jean-Pierre Aubé is a Montreal artist. After studying photography at Concordia University, he completed a master’s degree in visual arts at UQAM. His interdisciplinary approach (sound performance, media art, installation, photography) borrows from scientific methods of data collection. He has participated in several exhibitions, performances and artistic events here and in fifteen countries: Rendre réel (Ottawa, 2007, Quebec Scene); Dataesthetics, Nova Gallery (Zagreb, Croatia, 2006); Electromagnetic Bodies (ZKM, Karlsrhue, Medialab-Prado Madrid, V2, Rotterdam). In Quebec, he has exhibited at the Musée National des beaux-arts du Québec and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; he has also presented numerous performances, notably at Mutek and Elektra. In 2015, in addition to a solo exhibition at RadioArteMobile (Rome), Aubé was invited by the Galerie de l’UQAM and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec to perform at the Venice Biennale.
Inspired by the observation of immediate and distant environments, Jean-Pierre Aubé’s works are based on the recording of natural phenomena or data concerning them using tools he develops himself (receivers, antennas). Aiming to capture invisible phenomena, this collection is then accompanied by technological manipulations, which are based on the processing, interpretation and transformation of complex data into visual and sound content.