{"id":7285,"date":"2022-10-25T20:48:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T20:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T15:22:06","slug":"mtl-connect-at-the-7-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/2022\/10\/25\/mtl-connect-at-the-7-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"MTL Connect at The 7 Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dance All Over, <\/span><\/em>an installation inspired by the work of painter Jean-Paul Riopelle, was also presented by LAB7 at MTL Connect. In the interactive piece, movements are transformed in real time into a virtual artwork reminiscent of Riopelle\u2019s style, with strokes of color evoking Riopelle\u2019s use of a spatula to apply paint (artist: Charles-Alexis Desgagn\u00e9s).<\/span><\/i><\/h5>\n

Between October 17 and 21, 2022, the professional programming of MTL Connect was held at The 7 Fingers. Organized by Montreal Digital Spring (Printemps num\u00e9rique), MTL Connect is an annual event that brings together local and international communities to look at questions related to digital development. LAB7 took part in MTL Connect by leading a conference and a panel, by offering artistic presentations, by hosting the event\u2019s the international delegation, and by inviting and hosting a group of Abenaki youth.<\/p>\n

Samuel T\u00e9treault (co-founder and co-artistic director of The 7 Fingers) and Olivier Goulet (designer and founder of Supply & Demand) led the conference, Les arts du mouvement a\u0300 la rencontre de la technologie, <\/em>during which they discussed meeting points between movement, art, and technology, speaking to a packed room. Samuel and Olivier also presented the work that they and their collaborators have been working on with LAB7. LAB7 also organized the panel, Me\u0301tavers et NFT : Nouvelles frontie\u0300res de la cre\u0301ation<\/em>, during which specialists analyzed the impact and possibilities of NFTs and the metaverse on artistic creation.<\/p>\n

Dance All Over, <\/em>an installation inspired by the work of painter Jean-Paul Riopelle, was also presented by LAB7 at MTL Connect. In the interactive piece, movements are transformed in real time into a virtual artwork reminiscent of Riopelle\u2019s style, with strokes of color evoking Riopelle\u2019s use of a spatula to apply paint.<\/p>\n

LAB7 hosted the event\u2019s international of delegation, offering a tour of our facilities and presenting our work. Finally, as part of the cultural outreach programs of LAB7 and Digital Spring, a group of Abenaki youth was invited to experience the installation and discover the possibilities of using technology in the performing arts.<\/p>\n

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Dance All Over, an installation inspired by the work of painter Jean-Paul Riopelle, was also presented by LAB7 at MTL Connect. In the interactive piece, movements are transformed in real time into a virtual artwork reminiscent of Riopelle\u2019s style, with strokes of color evoking Riopelle\u2019s use of a spatula to apply paint (artist: Charles-Alexis Desgagn\u00e9s). Between October 17 and 21, 2022, the professional programming of MTL Connect was held at The 7 Fingers. Organized by Montreal Digital Spring (Printemps num\u00e9rique), MTL Connect is an annual event that brings together local and international communities to look at questions related to digital development. LAB7 took part in MTL Connect by leading a conference and a panel, by offering artistic presentations, by hosting the event\u2019s the international delegation, and by inviting and hosting a group of Abenaki youth. Samuel T\u00e9treault (co-founder and co-artistic director of The 7 Fingers) and Olivier Goulet (designer and founder of Supply & Demand) led the conference, Les arts du mouvement a\u0300 la rencontre de la technologie, during which they discussed meeting points between movement, art, and technology, speaking to a packed room. Samuel and Olivier also presented the work that they and their collaborators have been working on with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lab7","category-the-7-fingers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7285"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7575,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7285\/revisions\/7575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}