ic'' (Jennifer Morris) is a
Lausanne
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-based
visual art
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ist and electronic
noise
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artist originally from
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada.
Biography
Morris studied fine arts and psychology and was trained as a specialist in video art and cinema in both Montreal and Vancouver. She has played
MUTEK
MUTEK is a Montreal-based festival dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and the digital arts. Its central platform is an annual six-day event in Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and ...
,
LUFF,
Transmediale
Transmediale, stylised as transmediale, is an annual festival for art and digital culture in Berlin, usually held over three to five days at the end of January and the beginning of February. transmediale takes the form of a conference (sometime ...
,
Send & Receive,
Netmage,
Digitales,
Les Digitales,
DeNoise, VUFF and other festivals and tours over the years. In 2003 she made the
installation ''Disorientation'' in
Place Ville Marie
Place Ville Marie (, abbr. PVM) is a large office and shopping complex skyscraper in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, comprising four office buildings and an underground shopping plaza. The main building, 1 Place Ville Marie (formerly Royal Ba ...
and on
Mount-Royal. In 2011 she made the albums ''Early Leaves Part I'' and ''Part 2'' in collaboration with
Consor. In spring 2011 and 2012 and she toured Japan.
Jen Morris also has a duo project called
Morisato with the Japanese guitarist
Hiroko Pennec-Sato.
Discography
* ''
ic', self titled EP 2001
* ''
...And Rabbits Named Friday'', CD 2002, Squirrelgirl Records
* ''Gorilla Masking Tape'', 2004 Piehead Records
* ''’Happenis’'' by icon Soundmuseum, 2008
* ic& Consor – ''Early Leaves Part I'', 2011 Absence Of Wax
* ic& Consor – ''Early Leaves Part 2'', 2011 Creaked Records
References
Other sources
Review
of ''...And Rabbits Named Friday'' on BBC
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Review
of ''...And Rabbits Named Friday'' by ''Stylus Magazine
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Addi ...
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External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Montreal
Noise musicians
21st-century Canadian composers
21st-century Canadian women composers
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