Curriculum Vitae, SIMON LAROCHE

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Curriculum Vitae, SIMON LAROCHE
SCHOLARSHIP
2003
2002-2003
2001-2005
2000-2002
École d'été des Sciences Cognitives, Montreal.
Independent studies in philosophy and cognitive sciences, UQAM.
Research assistant, Hexagram, Concordia, Montreal.
Master of Interactive Media - research and production, UQAM.
Foundation scholar from la Formation des Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche
(FCAR)
1997-2000
1995-1996
Bachelor of Communication, Multimedia, UQAM.
DEC in Arts and Letters, Cégep Lionel-Groulx.
WORKS PRESENTED
2007 [juin]
2007 [mai]
2007 [mar.]
2006 [nov]
2006 [sep.]
2006 [july]
2006 [june]
2006 [may]
2006 [may]
2006 [feb.]
2006 [feb.]
2006 [jan]
2005 [nov]
sound and robotics performance with the Popcore collective, Artspace,
Peterborough, Ontario.
sound and robotics performance with the Popcore collective, SAT, Montréal.
sound and robotics performance for Robocoop, event organised by Elektra for
La Nuit Blanche of the Festival Montreal en Lumiere, at Usine C, Montreal.
sound and robotics performance for Decode, event organised by Dare-Dare, at
Divan Orange, Montreal, with the Popcore collective.
Ascension Dissension, sound, video and body art performance, Rencontres
Internationale de l’Art de Performance, Rouje, Québec, with Etienne Grenier and
David Lemieux, with catalogue.
Perversely Interactive System, interactive video installation, 3rd Beijing
International New Media Art Festival, Beijing, China, with Lynn Hughes, with
catalogue.
TheLab – Off the Wall, interactive video installation presented at Off The
Wall, Tisch School of The Arts, New York, USA, with The Lab.
SouthSide Connection & Tennessee Noise Trial, sound performance
presented with Popcore, at the Société des Arts Technologiques’s Mixsession,
Montreal.
Perversely Interactive System, interactive video installation, 24 Heures des
sciences, Hexagram, UQAM, Montreal, with L. H.
performance at Share, collaborative jam sessions, presented for la Nuit Blanche
of the Montréal en Lumière festival, Foyer Jean Gascon de la Place des Arts,
Montreal.
participation à Share, performance sonore et visuelle collaborative (Jam
sessions), dans le cadre de la Nuit Blanche du festival Montréal en Lumières,
Foyer Jean Gascon de la Place des Arts, Montréal.
Perversely Interactive System, interactive video installation, Woodstreet
gallery, Pittsburgh USA, with L. H., with catalogue.
Répétition pour la fin du Monde, interactive robotics and audio
performance, Hipersonica (FILE), Sao Paulo, with Etienne Grenier and David
Lemieux, with catalogue.
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Perversely Interactive System, interactive video installation, Toronto
International Art Fair, Toronto, with L. H.
Transmission Sao Paulo, FILE, Sao Paulo, with Stephen Dirkes and Peter
Bill, with catalogue.
LabTest 42nd Street, video and robotics installation, Chashama Galery, New
York, with S.D. and P.B.
Perversely Interactive System, interactive video installation, DareDare, Montreal, FILE, Sao Paulo, with L. H., with catalogue.
Produced under the research program of Interstices (Hexagram).
Répétition pour la fin du Monde, interactive performance, le Lieu, Quebec,
with E.G. and D.L.
Avatard, interactive video and robotics installation, Digifest, Toronto, with E. G.
and David Lemieux, with catalogue.
Spamspasmes, audio, video, robotics and body art performance, Elektra
festival, Montreal, with E.G, with catalogue.
Corpus Delicti, audio, video, robotics and body art performance, S.A.T,
Montreal, with E.G and skerzo16.
Buffet Vivant, robotics and video installation, FCMM, Montreal, with E.G. and
Thomas Fredericks.
Symbiosis Mechanossossis, video, Kino02, Montreal, with T.F.
Presented at the 12th International Festival of Video, Casablanca, Maroc.
Novembre2001, Estidecule, videos, Kino02, Montreal, with T.F.
SPECIAL COLLABORATIONS
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
Walking City, interactive dresses by Ying Gao. Presented at Diagonal
(Montreal) and SIGGRAPH (San Diego, USA). Interactivity Design Consultant.
Moderator-Commissioner for Robocoop, event organised by Elektra for La Nuit
Blanche of the Festival Montreal en Lumiere, at Usine C, Montreal.
Vivre, theatre play by Brigitte Haentjens, presented at l’Usine C in Montreal and
at CNA in Ottawa. Responsible for live visuals.
video presented for the exhibition and launching of Mars Avril, presented at
Usine C, Cirque du Soleil and Sid Lee.
L’éducation physique, choreography by Manon Oligny, presented at the
S.A.T. in Montreal and at the Balsamine theater in Brussels. Was responsible for
the live visuals.
Mars Avril, photo-roman by Martin Villeneuve and Yannick MacDonald,
published by La Pastèque and Diesel.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
2005
2004
2004
2004
2003-2004
Work and pieces presentation, Elektra festival, Montreal.
Work and pieces presentation, FILE, Sao Paulo.
Avartard and the Single Entity Locus Fallacy, Digifest, Toronto.
Electronic art workshops taught at Université Laval, Québec.
New Media workshops for artists taught at artist center Le
Videographe, Montreal.
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Perversely Interactive System : biofeedback, Si:Alors:Sinon,
Daïmon Center, Gatineau (QC).
ACADEMICS AND RELATED EMPLOYEMENT
2003-….
2001-….
2001
1999-….
2003-….
1999-2003
Part-time Faculty, Electronic Arts, Concordia University, Montreal.
Research assistant, Hexagram, Montreal.
Lecturer, multimedia and CDROM production, Collège GéraldGodin, Montreal.
Multimedia consultant for CIAM (Montreal) and for independent
artists.
Web programmeur and designer.
Teaching auxiliary and monitor, UQAM.
EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY
- Member of Le Vidéographe; took part in various meetings on evalutation of the
mandate of the artist run center.
- Took part in the structuring and elaboration of le PARC, « new media » axis of
Le Vidéographe.
- Member of the following collectives : surlaplage (Montreal, not active), projet
EVA (Montreal), TheLab (New York), RATz (Montreal) all composed of various
new media artists, VJs and DJs.
- Acts as a consultant for the Interstices research program (Hexagram), at
Concordia University.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2007
2007
2004-2005
2004-2005
2003-2005
2000-2002
1999
Cinétose, robotics performance in production. Grant by the CALQ.
On va tous y passer, interactive video installation in production. Grant for
research-production by the Conseil des Arts du Canada.
CubeID, research project under the direction of Lynn Hughes, funded by
Hexagram.
Nuées, research project techno-entomology, with Etienne Grenier. Grant for
research-production by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec.
Perversely Interactive System, with Lynn Hughes, research project funded
by Hexagram.
Foundation scholar from la Formation des Chercheurs et l’Aide à la
recherche (FCAR) for my research-production in multimedia, UQAM.
Philippe Ménard award for the best multimedia project at the Souk de l'Image,
for Tamtotémique, UQAM.
1998
Jean-Claude Lauzon award for the best video at the Souk de l’Image,
for Finir le Vieux, UQAM.
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SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Trent Radio, interview on Trent Radio and sound excerpts, June 2007.
- Arts talk, interview on CBC radio one for the Robocoop event, February 24th 2007.
- Interactivity, by Kurt Shaw, in the Pittsburgh Tribune, Art review, february 2nd 2006.
- Mange ta ville, on the ArtTV channel, January 25th 2006.
Cockroaches and cacophony, NOISEMAKERS 2005, in the Mirror (Montreal), January
th
6 , volume 20, number 28, by Christine Redfern.
- Espaces Intermédiaires, at http://archee.qc.ca/, February 2005, by Julie Bouchard.
- Re-Dress, at http://www.re-dress.net/index.html, 2004, by Christine Redfern, curator
for Re-Dress expo at Digifest, Toronto.
- 4x 5 à 7, Présentation de prototype, at http://archee.qc.ca/, march 2003, by Cécile Petit.