“Empreintes sonores” is an interactive installation that looks at the traces our daily lives leave in the digital space. Signs of the times, the installation uses a voice-activated assistant to record continuously. The sounds thus captured are triturated, remixed and played back in the environment. When significant vocalizations are detected, they materialize visually. It then becomes possible to navigate in the granularity of the frozen sound by moving freely in space. Thus, it is no longer the sound that travels to our ears but our ears that must travel through the sound.

This project was created by Victor Drouin-Trempe (V.ictor) and myself, from an original idea by Victor. Jules Roze collaborated to the visuals.

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Accolades

• Laureate of the Digital Art – International category during the 2024 edition of the Numix Prize.

Public Presentations

Empreintes sonores has been, or will be, presented during the following events, exhibitions and festivals:

• IN-SONORA @ Centro Internacional de Creación (Madrid, Spain, 2024)
• Maison de la culture Marcel-Robidas (Longueuil, Canada, 2024)
• Centre des arts et des loisirs Alain-Larue (Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Canada, 2024)
• 404 Festival @ Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City, Mexico, 2023)
• NOVA Bienal @ Museu do Amanhã (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2023)
• Ars Electronica @ PostCity (Linz, Austria, 2023)
• FILE @ SESI Art Gallery (Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2023)
• New Media Art Conference @ CICA Museum (Seoul, South Korea, 2023)
• International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) @ Galerie Abstract Project (Paris, France, 2023)
• Die Blaue Nacht (Nürnberg, Germany, 2023)
• Arte Laguna Prize @ Arsenale (Venice, Italy, 2023)
• Digital Citizenship Week (Montreal and Laval, Canada, 2022)
• Lumifest (Longueuil, Canada, 2022)
• Sillages Exhibition @ Factory Studio (Montréal, Canada, 2022)

Technical Requirements

The technical rider should answer most questions regarding the physical, electrical and technical needs for this installation. If you have further questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following partners for their support: