{"id":8067,"date":"2025-10-22T18:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:13:31","slug":"utopia-from-rave-to-live-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/utopia-from-rave-to-live-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"UTOPIA: from rave to live performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Festival Illusion<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> participated in the prototyping support program run by Les 7 Doigts and SAT to explore a new performance language combining electronic music, dance, circus, digital arts, and artificial intelligence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Utopia\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJXsnW0P4uM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UTOPIA<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> project seeks to evolve rave culture: by integrating storytelling, human movement, and visual arts, the party becomes an immersive ritual, a sensory, poetic, and collective experience. The prototyping stage gave shape to three experimental scenes that lay the foundations for a new kind of show:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The fabric of perception. A fabric that reveals the invisible<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The rite of metamorphosis. A passage that triggers visual transformations<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The flight into the invisible. An ascent that opens onto a surreal world<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For this exploration, project leader <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mokrane Ouzane<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> surrounded himself with a multidisciplinary team: <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guillaume Biron<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for staging,<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Lucas Fiorelli<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for sound and sound compositions, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Matthieu Thoer<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for technical and interactive direction, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Elianne Rochefort<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for interactivity, and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chady Ghorayeb<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for visual creation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LAB7<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SAT<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> assisted the team in choosing the technological solutions and equipment best suited to their project. We also provided valuable support in planning studio time to bring together multiple areas of expertise and run several explorations and developments in parallel. Thanks to our partnership with the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HUPR Centre<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, students and graduates from the National Circus School also participated in the explorations to bring the interactive devices to life.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The prototyping support program welcomes three projects combining performing arts and technological arts in 2025. The projects benefit from customized support, both in the preparation and execution of a two-week prototyping phase, in the studios of the 7 Doigts Creation Center.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Follow the projet\u202f: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Festivalillusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Festival Illusion<\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/utopia-from-rave-to-live-performance\/publication-facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8061\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge.jpg 940w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge-24x20.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge-36x30.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Publication-Facebook-humeur-mood-saison-hiver-moderne-montage-photo-bleu-rouge-48x40.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a>This program is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, in partnership with the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) and in collaboration with the Centre HUPR (formerly CRITAC) and the Petit Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Vieux Noranda.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/utopia-from-rave-to-live-performance\/logolab7-copie-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8063\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8063\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-1024x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-1024x160.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-768x120.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-1536x241.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-1080x169.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-24x4.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-36x6.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie-48x8.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blog.7doigts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LogoLab7-copie.jpg 1686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festival Illusion participated in the prototyping support program run by Les 7 Doigts and SAT to explore a new performance language combining electronic music, dance, circus, digital arts, and artificial intelligence.&nbsp; The UTOPIA project seeks to evolve rave culture: by integrating storytelling, human movement, and visual arts, the party becomes an immersive ritual, a sensory, poetic, and collective experience. The prototyping stage gave shape to three experimental scenes that lay the foundations for a new kind of show:&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The fabric of perception. A fabric that reveals the invisible&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The rite of metamorphosis. A passage that triggers visual transformations&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The flight into the invisible. An ascent that opens onto a surreal world&nbsp; For this exploration, project leader Mokrane Ouzane surrounded himself with a multidisciplinary team: Guillaume Biron for staging, Lucas Fiorelli for sound and sound compositions, Matthieu Thoer for technical and interactive direction, Elianne Rochefort for interactivity, and Chady Ghorayeb for visual creation.&nbsp; LAB7 and SAT assisted the team in choosing the technological solutions and equipment best suited to their project. We also provided valuable support in planning studio time to bring together multiple areas of expertise and run several explorations and developments in parallel. 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