ModularMondays / Collaboration with the Eastern Bloc artist centre We are very happy to welcome musicians to Sherbrooke who will offer us sound performances created with modular synthesizers. ModularMondays are weekly performance sessions of modular synthesizers, taking place at Eastern Bloc artist-run centre in Montreal. Although they are not limited to a specific style, performances tend…
Please note that there will be a screening evening with the curators on November 2 at 7 pm. Projektraum LS43 presents, WHAT IS GERMANY The Berliner off-space exhibition format Projektraum LS43 is pleased to present WHAT IS GERMANY, a two-parts video art program curated by Jos Diegel. The includes 24 artworks, involving diverse video and…
On Sunday September 30th, test virtual reality in Sporobole as part of the Journées de la culture Hackathon. Experience four immersive Quebec films and discover the work of highly talented creators through this new technology. The films presented: Stratéolab VR Continuity Presented by the Pulperie de Chicoutimi, Regional Museum An incursion into a living fresco…
Sporobole held its first Hackathon des Journées de la Culture in 2017 with the stated objective of reversing the balance of power between the arts and technology. We found that the approach advocated by such events gave technology an authority over the arts and artistic creation that we had to fight hard against. We therefore…
From Tuesday, April 24 to Tuesday, May 8, at Sporobole, a contemporary art center, the Visual Arts students from Sherbrooke’s college are presenting Agglomérat provisoire, their end-of-course exhibition. This exhibition is divided into two parts, two weeks of exhibition that brings together the works of 32 students in an exhibition with colourful content and giving…
It is with great pleasure that Sporobole is hosting Montreal artist Steve Bates for a research and creation residency from September 7th to September 28th, followed by an exhibition from the 28th September to 24th November 2017. ////// PROJECT DESCRIPTION “Black Seas is an ongoing multimedia and performance project under the influence of historical and contemporary experiences of auditory hallucination. Black…
ID M THEFT ABLE / Portland, Maine, USA FREE CONCERT Friday May 26th at 9 pm ///// id m theft able performs within and without the realms of noise, avant-improvisation, sound poetry, performance, using voice, found objects, electronics, and whatever else is available…… He has given hundreds of performances across 4 continents in settings ranging from…
Event organized by VIVA! Art Action In recent years, the relationship between performance art and the image has been dominated by the question of documentation. As such, we commonly think of image making as a tool for capturing and communicating live works to future audiences. In other words, the action is commonly assumed to generate the…
A WORD FROM THE COMMISSIONER – NICOLAS BERNIER Preamble: the sound that calls out Sporobole’s Sound Showcase is a reckless, even dangerous act. Because although the passer-by is immersed daily in advertising communications, logos, signs, indications and other visual stimuli, the passer-by’s hearing is only slightly affected. Yet, although he can close his eyes, he…
WORD FROM THE CURATOR Philippe-Aubert Gauthier / Sound Art and Public Space From our homes to the street, from ghetto blasters to headphones, from material forms to the radio waves crisscrossing the heavens, and even from the land line to the omnipresent cell phone, our individual and collective auditory sound cultures and practices are complex…
The University of Sherbrooke’s Graduate Diploma in Current Artistic Practices (DPAA), in collaboration with Sporobole, is a program for active artists who wish to deepen their approaches on the technical, aesthetic, reflective, critical and professional levels. As is often the case with programs offered by Sherbrooke University, the particularity of the program lies in its…
Group Show – visual arts graduating students from “Cégep de Sherbrooke” You are invited to the opening on april 25th – 5 pm to 7 pm Exhibition : sunday to thursday from noon to 6 pm friday and saturday from noon to 7:30 pm Free Entry
74 RUE ALBERT
SHERBROOKE (QUÉBEC)
J1H 1M9
CANADA
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