Eastern Bloc is an
artist-run centre
An artist-run space or artist-run centre (Canada) is a gallery or other facility operated or directed by artists, frequently circumventing the structures of public art centers, museums, or commercial galleries and allowing for a more experimental ...
based in
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
, Canada, dedicated to
digital art
Digital art, or the digital arts, is artistic work that uses Digital electronics, digital technology as part of the creative or presentational process. It can also refer to computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960 ...
.
The centre was founded by Eliane Ellbogen and Sandor Poloskei in 2007. Its programming includes meeting with artists (Salon : Data),
new media art
New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of new media, electronic media technologies. It comprises virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robo ...
laboratories,
residencies, and the annual Sight and Sound festival.
Sight and Sound Festival
Sight and Sound is an international festival presenting
digital art
Digital art, or the digital arts, is artistic work that uses Digital electronics, digital technology as part of the creative or presentational process. It can also refer to computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960 ...
performances and installations as well as conferences on this subject. In line with the centre mandate, it gives an important place to emerging artists.
In 2015, the festival theme was ''HyperLocal''. It included the work of
Daniel Jolliffe
Daniel Jolliffe (June 5, 1964 – October 30, 2021) was a Canadian media artist and art professor who created works of art, design and performance projects using technologies such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS). His interactive kinetic work a ...
.
In 2014, the festival was centred around the theme of black market and clandestineness, presenting artists such Nicolas Maigret, Steve Bates, Erin Sexton and Melissa F. Clarke.
In 2012, the festival was concerned with symmetrical systems.
Residencies
Eastern Bloc hosts artist residencies (for local and international artists). The program promulgates critical engagement, with a focus on DIY and open source culture as well as the political discourse surrounding contemporary digital culture.
Past artists in residence include:
2015-2016:
*Yolanda Duarte
*Lucas Paris
2014-2015:
*Sofian Audry, Samuel St-Aubin, Stephen Kelly
*Santiago Leal
*
Audrey Samson
Audrey Samson is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and researcher whose work points to the materiality of data and its consequences. She is largely known for her exploration of erasure as a means of knowledge production through digital data funer ...
2013-2014:
*Sahar Kubba
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Erin Gee
*Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik
*Jan Reimer and Max Stein
2012-2013:
*Collectif Termostat
*Fiona Annis
*Tyson Parks
*Kelly Jaclynn Andres
See also
*
Canadian artist-run centres Canadian artist-run centres (ARC or ARCs) are galleries and art spaces developed by artists in Canada since the 1960s. The artist-run centre is the common term of use for artist-initiated and managed organizations in Canada. Most centres follow the ...
*
New Media art festivals
The following is a list of festivals dedicated to new media art.
International and online festivals
* ISEA International, The ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art is an annual event consisting of a symposium on issues related to elect ...
References
External links
Official Website of Eastern Bloc
Artist-run centres
Art in Montreal
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