Interface Art/sciences
Since 2015, Sporobole has run a program of artist residencies in various scientific laboratories or research groups. The residencies, which focus on research and the creation of projects at the frontier of disciplines, have a minimum duration of one year. Budgets are provided for travel, accommodation, prototyping and human resources (interns, research professionals, etc.). An initial scientific and creative cooperation agreement was signed with the Université de Sherbrooke in 2016, enabling the realization of 3 initial residencies. Focusing initially on collaborations with the Faculty of Engineering, this first cycle of residencies enabled the development of a methodology for better collaborations between scientific and artistic researchers avoiding the instrumentalization dynamics inherent in the majority of this type of collaboration. A new scientific and creative cooperation agreement between Sporobole and the Université de Sherbrooke was signed in 2021 and will enable 2 new projects to be carried out in 2023 and 2024.
Past projects
2024-2025 : Adam Basanta and the Faculté de Droits de l’Université de Sherbrooke
2023 -2024: Erin Gee and the Université de Sherbrooke’s Quantum Institute laboratories
2022-2023 : Manicouagan (This project is co-produced by Station Mir and Sporobole, with the support of La Tonne de l’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, the Normandy Region, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des Innus de Pessamit and for which Paul Duncombe, initiator of the project, received the COAL award.)
2016-2017: Émile Morin and the Acoustic Group of the University of Sherbrooke (GAUS)