I8U
[english]
I8U's audio art can be qualified as "sound-sculpture". it reveals powerful, opaque and complex sound environments where analog and digital meet. her web art can be said to follow a parallel path, enter twinning both musical and visual elements. I8U's musical path is rather special. from classical music to the blues, it took only one chance meeting with david kristian to get her involved in electronic music.
I8U has participated in various music and new technology festivals across canada, europe and the US, such as silophone (2000) and mutek (2001/2004) in montréal, le festival de musique actuelle de victoriaville (2002), club transmediale (berlin, 2004). her CDs have been released on canadian and european labels such as bake / staalplaat, oral, piehead records. she also took part in the compilation "60 sound artists protest the war" on the japanese label ATAK.
she regularly presents solo performances and often collaborates with martin tétreault, david kristian, magali babin and haeyoung kim. I8U's particular interest in music, sound and web art allowed her to produce her first web art project, obstacle, which was presented as part of périphérique, a laboratory curated by nicole gingras and created in collaboration with the groupe intervention vidéo (montréal, 2001). median (2003), is an interactive piece created in the context of a web art residency at LA CHAMBRE BLANCHE. I8U’s latest web art project, gate, is part of the exhibit <PAUSE> curated by mobile gaze. gate was launched april 2004 in montreal as well as in toronto at the images festival.
picture by guylaine bedard