The Criterion Collection: Nicole Lizée's Iconic Remixes at the FNC Lab

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The Festival du nouveau cinéma is pleased to annouce its Lab performance entitled The Criterion Collection. A series of glitch-based pieces delve into the worlds of iconic films and filmmakers that have made a marked impact on the aesthetic of Canadian composer Nicole Lizée.

This performance combines extracts from her previous work, Hitchcock Études (2010), Behind the Sound of Music (2014), Kubrick Études (2013). Each work is constructed around damaged and deconstructed audio and video - chewed and warped videocassettes. The resulting errors and imperfections are woven together to create a sonic landscape over which accompanying instrumental material - itself emulating the traits of broken or malfunctioning media - is performed live.

The living performer interacts with the lost, forgotten or even dead icon, simultaneously breathing new life and emotion into the characters while bending, stretching, and hacking the original context, function and storyline. The performer infiltrates the scene and engages with the (often psychotic) character; at once becoming part of the mise-en-scène, while simultaneously guiding it into a new direction.

The performers in the concert - Steve Raegele, guitar, and Ben Reimer, percussion - are prominent musicians in the Montreal contemporary music scene and have performed extensively across Canada and the U.S.

At Agora du coeur des sciences de l'UQAM, Montréal (QC), Friday October 17,  8-9pm. 

Tickets will be on sale October 4.

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Friday, October 17, 2014 - 20:00 to Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 20:55

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Friday, October 17, 2014 - 20:00 to Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 20:55
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    Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500), Cœur des sciences
    H2X 3P2   Montréal , Quebec
    Canada
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