Justine Charland

Justine Charland is a musician, sound designer, and videographer. Her academic background—spanning classical piano, composition, politics, and digital music—has shaped a distinctive artistic practice at the crossroads of multiple disciplines.

Justine’s work is characterized by a strong interest in sound ecology and textural exploration, where music becomes a space for experimentation, inquiry, and poetry.

As the singer-songwriter behind the Thauma project, she primarily composes music intended for live performance. She also ventures into experimental sound, audiovisual, and documentary projects. Her artistic sensibility extends to capturing performances and behind-the-scenes moments of emerging Montreal artists, documenting with particular attention the interaction between creation and process.

Deeply committed to her craft, she views art as a means of resonance between political observation, sound exploration, and reimagining collective narratives. Upon discovering that the digital music program at her university had the lowest female-to-male ratio in the entire Université de Montréal, she felt compelled to critically examine the role of women in her field and the insidious influence of patriarchy on their professional growth and emancipation. Her eco-anxiety, combined with a deep desire for social justice, fuels her practice, which she uses as a vehicle to challenge power structures and advocate for solidarity, justice, and environmental respect.