Falaises

Audiovisual performance 25 to 40 minutes (depending on the needs of the event) Emerging from the collaboration between visual artist Dave Gagnon and composers Guillaume Côté and Alexis Langevin-Tetrault, Montreal based audiovisual trio Falaises delivers a stunning multi-sensory experience as they flood the space with massive sound and light. The name of the project refers to the feeling of risk on the edge of a cliff when performing live. ​ Falaises push the threshold where noise and tone harmonize, then fall apart as the electroacoustic and modular interventions feed into real-time visuals strikingly displayed within a unique reflective device designed specifically for this project; standing halfway between art installation and live video. ​ Their performance move through many moments of blissful saturation, bass rumbles, hiss and wailing sine waves inducing a wide range of sensations. Silhouettes and abstract figures move in and out of focus, refract and washes into the fog through radiant lights that cut the space like a knife. Together, the members of Falaises create a dense wall of sound and light that gets consumed until total erosion. Falaises was coproduced with Recto-Verso Productions ans received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts (CAC) and Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec (CALQ).