Convergence Media Fest
second-year media production vernissage at the Communication Studies Department, Concordia University
Intermedia Projects
The Lesbian Dungeons are Leaving
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by Gabrielle Vendette, Melissa Samaha, Sienna De Caloris, Giordana Ranalli
The Lesbian Dungeons are Leaving explores a lesbian, queer-only bar — BabyFace Disco, founded in 1969 by Denise Cassidy in a disappeared world of lesbian bars in Montreal.
Materials: Unity game engine, archival photographs, interviews, and sound design.
Remnants of a Buried Memory
by Melissa Samaha
Remnants of a Buried Memory is a nonlinear audiovisual installation that explores the intersection of dreams, imagination, and technology to reconstruct a buried personal memory.
The installation shift and morph in time, creating a sense of unpredictability and surprise, blurring the line between reality and fiction, and inviting the beholder to question the nature of their perceptions and experiences.
Materials: Book, film footage, MaxMSP Coding, and sound design.
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LuLu
by Andrea Corban, Taline Akkaoui
Lulu explores a Lebanese cafe in Montreal.
Materials: Unity game engine.
Paper Rose and Princess Gloves
by Andrea Corban, Taline Akkaoui
Paper Rose and Princess Gloves is an interactive sculpture that revives one of the artists' favourite books: Beaty and the Beast.
Materials: Newspaper, cut-out from old Disney books, Boxes, and sound design.
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Tiptoe Tempo
by Camille Pierre and Nova Finkel
Using rotoscoping animation overtop archival footage, this video explores the different temporalities and rhythms of dance styles from around the world.
Animating the Archives
by Guillaume Vadnais, Anike Abad, Valentine Delort
Our project was an animating visual experience in black and white. The animated figure is an aberration of time, a ghost in-between images, a nonlinearity refusing the separation of past, present, and future. Our video spreads a clever and original message through a dream.
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Break the Algorithm
by Chelsea Rojas-Vargas and Auxane Loirand-Billet
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As the webcam tracks your every move, the projection of one’s last text message as a reminder of the extensive data collection taking place on Meta platforms. Encouraged to take actions,visitors can write a letter spreading the message and implications of digital privacy and responsibility.
Materials: Screen recording, webcam, paper, letter box, transparent sheet, and envelopes
Duct Tape
by Paulo Jean-Louis and Maria Alter
Duct Tape is a floor roll-in piano with a projection to capture the essence of a book and interactive artwork.
Materials: Piano, collage of magazine covers, MaxMSP Coding.
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Capture ] Cut ] Frame
by Paulo Jean-Louis and Maria Alter
Archival project with rotoscoping and animation techniques
Hanzala
by Celine Blais, Kokeb Abdul Qader & Saena Yoo
Hanzala is an artistic book that explores the idea of visibility and invisibility through the story and experiences of a Palestinian growing up In the diaspora
Materials: Clay, book, acrylic paint, mirror, scans of hand-written letters, MaxMSP Coding, and interview with Bashar Abdul Qader.
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