Aziz Light Crew
Photo by Glenn Grant
One of the great things about living in Montreal are all of the other artists that live here and make cool stuff. I find it pretty inspiring when I look around and see that most of the people I surround myself with are doing incredible things.
One team of friends that I work with a lot in Montreal is Aziz Light Crew. Headed up by
, this team works with projection, lasers and LEDs to make incredible spaces.
It is so much fun to play with these cats. I love making physical objects to add to spaces so that they can light them or project on them. The results are always spectacular. Light truly activates and enhances anything it touches.
Photo by Dylon Turner
Since I was back in town for a couple weeks and wanted to see my friends, we decided to do what we do best so we threw a little party. I love that my intimate group of friends has enough artists, organizers, costumers and djs that we can throw a small gathering and still have it be a pretty professional party.
Photo by Glenn Grant
I made a Coroplast design to hang from the ceiling and papered some cubes. The boys lit it all up and the result was pretty spectacular. It's amazing how much lighting can change and create space.
Photo by Glenn Grant
Not bad for just a little play day.
Photo by Glenn Grant
Then last week Vj User Zero was invited to perform at Mécaniques Discursives, an exhibition with Fred Penelle et Yannick Jacquet. He wanted to do some live mapping, so he invited me to come draw while he live mapped on top of it.
It was super fun to jam out with him. Exciting to see shapes go on the page and then have them immediately fill with light.
Within seconds we were surrounded by a crowd delighted by the process. Once again, amazing to see just how efficiently light activates a space and engages people.
Another jam out project that Vj UserZero and I had a couple months ago was him mapping on one of my domes at L'OsstidBurn.
After years of wanting someone to map on one of the domes, UserZero finally succumbed to my begging and we had a killer play session. The whole process left me squealing with delight.
It was extremely successful. Once again the activation of light paired with something I'd made was so exciting to me.
I'm so grateful to have friends and colleagues that inspire me ever so much.
On September 23rd we'll be setting up and projecting on the dome again at a small Burner Decomp party at Village Éphémère in Montreal. I can't wait to see what more we can come up with. If you're in Montreal come out and play!