Google moi

Sophie Latouche

Current project

Mentorship

The Google Moi project is a re-appropriation of remote images that reflect a puritan aesthetic and, at the same time, dictate a form of socio-normative femininity through irony and caricatured romanticism. Centred on the Google Images search engine, the video’s narrative is constructed using different virtual spaces that relay fictional stories and fantasies through computer generated imagery. Google Moi is a feminist reflection on the nature of “tech” culture, on the strong persistence of inequalities within the Google enterprise and on the search engine’s function as an objective filter. The artist uses the formal aspects of the borrowed images to foster dialogue between the individual and their social environment, between emancipation and integration, and between disobedience and submission. In this convergence, the objectivity of one is destroyed by the subjectivity of the other.

Sophie Latouche

Originally from Quebec City, Sophie Latouche moved to Montréal, where she completed a Bachelor’s degree in Intermedia/Cyberarts at Concordia University in 2014. In her interdisciplinary arts practice she uses imagery from digital interfaces to explore our relationship with technology, its functions, and the myths and challenges associated with it. From these observations, she creates experimental fictions through computer generated imagery, drawings, “stock photos”, animations, and videos. In addition to her drawings, GIF, collages, and videos, she is interested in the on-line dissemination of digital art.

@Charlotte Clermont, Plants Are Like People, 2018_soutien_technique_cover_mars2022

Technical Support Program

Call for submissions

Deadline : March 1st, 2022

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline : March 1st, 2021

* New: 4 calls for submissions per year

Program description

The Technical Support Program is intended to support artists interested in experimentation and in pushing the boundaries of the moving image in all its forms.
This support can be used in the production phase of the project or in the post-production phase.

A total of 4 calls for submissions per year will be made, for which the following are the deadlines;

March 1st (for projects that will start between April and June)
June 1st (for projects that will start between July and September)
September 1st (for projects that will start between October and December)
December 1st (for projects that will start between January and March)

Please note that 2 projects per call for submissions will be selected.

Artists selected under this program have free access to:

Our editing suites, sound booth and digitizing equipment for a maximum of two weeks. These two weeks can be contiguous or spread over 3 months.
Free access to available equipment belonging to Vidéographe.
Two meetings with Vidéographe’s team to discuss the project and its circulation potential: one meeting at the start of the project in order to specify the needs and a second meeting at the end of the project.
The possibility of organizing a private screening at Vidéographe.

It is not necessary to be a member of Vidéographe to apply; however, should your proposal be accepted, we will ask that you become a member. Once you have signed the agreement, you will have three months to take advantage of the benefits that this program has to offer. Regular membership fees are $50 + tx per year and student membership fees are $25 + tx per year.

We are looking to support independent experimental or documentary works that stand apart for their currency and endeavour to renew the artistic language. We will accept proposals for single-channel video, installation, Web-based work, and all other forms of moving image. We consider all genres—video art, experimental work, fiction, documentary or essay form, animation, dance video, and videoclip. Please note that all works must be independent and non-commercial. Projects of a conventional nature, such as classic short narrative film or television documentary will not be considered.

Once your project is finished, you may submit it for active distribution by Vidéographe. Please note however that acceptance into the Technical Support Program does not guarantee that your work will be distributed.

Required

Candidates must possess full editorial and creative control of the project.
Projects must be independent and non-commercial.
Projects that have received support through this program may not be re-submitted.
Student projects are not admissible.
We encourage traditionally under-represented artists to submit a project. Vidéographe is driven by the conviction that multiple points of views are necessary to enrich society and the discipline we work in.

Selection process

Works will be chosen by a selection committee made up of Vidéographe staff and members.

Projects that are retained will be subject to a contractual agreement between the artist and Vidéographe. Schedules, revised budgets, and requirements regarding equipment, rooms, and technical support will be planned and clearly laid out, as will the terms and conditions relative to each party.

Application file:

Contact information and website if applicable
Project description (500 words)
Schedule; (Overall project timeline and detailed timeline for support for creation).
Technical needs; (Please consult our website for more details on our editing suites and equipment).
Resume.
Supporting documentation (current or past projects);
Maximum 10 minutes of video footage. Please send a link to your video(s). Do not forget to include the password if applicable; and/or maximum 15 images (max: 1024 px wide, 72 dpi); sketches, plans, and mock-ups may also be submitted in PDF format.

Submission of your file

Applications will be accepted by email only. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent. Please write TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM in the subject heading of your email and send your file to info@videographe.org. Please send your file as a SINGLE PDF document (including links to videos). Files found in the text section of the email will not be taken into account.

Please allow three weeks for a response. Vidéographe chooses eight projects per year.

Works – Nathalie Bujold

Book launch at 6 pm followed by a screening at 7 pm

May 30, 2024

Dazibao Gallery

Free entry

To celebrate the publication of Nathalie Bujold’s monograph “Work,” Dazibao and Vidéographe present a special event. This occasion not only marks the launch of the publication but also showcases a curated selection of her artistic journey.

Spanning over two decades of experimental exploration, the film program features thirteen videos distributed by Vidéographe, ranging from “Emporium” to “Le chant des cerises.” Each video serves as a milestone in Bujold’s evolution as an artist, capturing her playful exploration of image, sound, and movement.

PROGRAM 62 minutes

Emporium, 10 min 55 s, 1999
Comptes à rebours, 3 min 25 s, 2002
La montagne Sainte-Victoire, 5 min 27 s, 2005.
Les trains où vont les choses, 8 min 30 s, 2006
All the good things (we could have done), 5 min 13 s, 2008
Permanent smile, 4 min 20 s, 2008
O.K. Gerard, 4 min 11 s, 2009
Cabaret, 11 min 10 s, 2009
Merci, 1 min 15 s, 2013
Textile de cordes, 1 min 20 s ,2013.
Le meilleur de HIT, 4 min 45 s, 2009-2020
Métronomies, 48 s, 2022
Le chant des cerises, 1 min 07 s, 2023

BIOGRAPHY

Nathalie Bujold is a multidisciplinary artist, living and working in Montreal. In 1985, she was one of the founders of the artist-run centrel’Œil de Poisson in Quebec City. She obtained an undergraduate degree from Université Laval in 1992, where she won the René-Richard Award. In 2008, she was awarded the Artistic Creation Award from the Conseils des arts et des lettres du Québec. In 2016, she received her master’s degree in Studio and Media Arts from UQAM. Her one chanel videos are distributed by Videographe and she is represented by ELLEPHANT gallery.