Biography

Philomène Longpré – Digital Arts and Experimental Media

www.philox.net | philox*philox.net  

Academic History | Exhibitions | Grants & Awards | Research / Presentations |  Publications

Artist Biography

Since 1999, Philomène Longpré  has developed a series of interactive video systems that emerge from an integrative collaboration between the fields of anthropology, computer science and mechanical engineering. Her systems juxtapose virtual characters, responsive membranes, robotic structures, and digital interfaces. She has been conducting research on how a video screen’s materiality, interactivity, and spatiality can influence an individual’s sensory, affective, and cognitive experience of a moving image. Longpré holds a Master’s degree in Arts and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and pursued her research on video membranes at the DXARTS Centre, Seattle. Currently, she is a SIP Ph.D. candidate in Digital Arts, exploring matrices of sensations at the Centre for Sensory Studies, Concordia University, Montreal. Longpré’s oeuvre has been exhibited worldwide, and builds a unique transdisciplinary bridge between the digital arts, cinema, and performance.

Centre for Sensory Studies

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Academic History

2010-2014  
Ph.D. Special individualized Program, Digital Arts, Anthropology of the Senses,
Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

2008-2009  
Ph.D. Studies, Digital Arts and Experimental Media.
DXARTS, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.

2004-2006  
Master of Fine Arts – Art and Technologies Studies.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States.

2000-2003  
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Studio Arts.
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.

2001-2002  
Bachelor of Fine Arts, one year exchange program.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM, United States.

1999-1997
DEC, Fine Art Diploma.
Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, Montreal, Canada.  

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Exhibitions

CEREUS, Queen of the Night.
The PHI Centre. Montreal, Canada
Elektra Festival Anti/Matière
May 4-18, 2013
Opening, May 4, 4pm
Curator: Christine Redfern
http://2013.elektramontreal.ca/fr/artistes/philomene-longpre-cereus.html
http://phi-centre.com/fr/evenements/id/cereus

CEREUS Experience
Hexagram-Concordia, Black Box. Montreal, Canada
Oct.1-6, 2012

BIAN – International Digital Arts Biennal
FORMICA Interactive Video System
Curators : Alain Thibault et Frédéric Loury. Presented by Art Souterrain
C-2 MTL, Montreal, Canada, May20-27, 2012
http://bianmontreal.ca/artists/#philomene-longpre-qc-ca
http://video.mountainlake.org/video/2241525712

BODY TRACKS Exhibit.
XIA Interactive Video System
Curator: Christine Redfern
MVSU Museum, Halifax, Canada
March 24 – May 13, 2012,
Opening and Artist’s Talk: Saturday 24 March, 2-5pm
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2011/12/22/isa_tousignant_top_3/
http://msvuart.ca/index.php?menid=02&mtyp=17&article_id=400  

ANIMA Exhibit.
XIA Interactive Video System
Curator: Christine Redfern
FOFA Gallery, Main Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Sept. 6 – Oct. 7, 2011
Opening: September 8, 5-7PM
ANIMA: BOOK LAUNCH + COCKTAIL: Launch of Who Is Ana Mendieta?
ANIMA: ARTIST TALK + RECEPTION: Philomène Longpré, Karilee Fuglem + Elena Willis
EV 6-720, 6th floor of the EV ( same building as FOFA), September 28, 6-8PM
http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/1710
http://fofagallery.concordia.ca/ehtml/PhilomeneLongpre.htm
http://www.akimbo.ca/exhibitions/?id=30710  

BODY TRACKS Exhibit.
XIA Interactive Video System
Curator: Mireille Bourgeois and Christine Redfern
101 Gallery and Saw Video, Ottawa, Canada
Jun 10 – Jul 9 2011
Opening: Friday, June 10, 2011 – 7pm – 11pm
http://www.g101.ca/exhibits/body-tracks
http://artengine.ca/blog/?p=2448
http://andrewwright.posterous.com/?tag=philomènelongpré  

COLLIDER3. International Digital Art Festival.
FORMICA Interactive Video System
Curator: Tony Samangy
Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, USA.
March-April 2011

NEW MONSTER. LIFE Museum
FORMICA Interactive Video System
Saint-Nazaire, France. Curator: Charles Carcopino,
June 2010
http://nouveauxmonstresontour.wordpress.com/
http://www.maccreteil.com/fr/studio/event/82/exposition-nouveaux-monstres  

Dancing Machines. EXIT. International Digital Art Festival.
ILLUSIO Interactive Video System
Curator: Charles Carcopino,
MAC, Créteil, France.

March 2010
http://www.maccreteil.com/
http://www.artmag.com/coeurs/exit/dancing.html
http://www.yasni.fr  

Dancing Machines. VIA. International Digital Art Festival.
ILLUSIO Interactive Video System
Curator: Charles Carcopino,
Le Manège, Maubeuge, France. March 2010
http://www.ruedutheatre.eu/article/828/dancing-machine/
http://via-2010.over-blog.com/article-philomene-longpre-50646813.html  

NOUVEAUX MONSTRES. LILLE 3000.
FORMICA Interactive Video System
Curator: Charles Carcopino,
Gare St-Sauveur Museum, Lille, France. 

Sept.- Oct. 2009
http://www.lille3000.eu/lille3000/en/event/nouveaux-monstres
http://www.lille.maville.com/actu/actudet_-Les-nouveaux-monstres-cherchez-l-horreur-_loc-1075171_actu.Htm
http://archives.lesoir.be/monstres-a-puces-electroniques-_t-20091006-00Q7MU.html http://aenathon.blogspot.com/2009/11/lille-3000-lexpo-nouveaux-monstres-et.html  

2009 ELEKTRA MIAM. International Digital Art Festival.
Curator: Alain Thibault
Cinémathèque, Montréal, Canada.
June 2009
http://www.elektramontreal.ca/mdn.php?l=en  

IRIS Interactive Video System
Curator: Andrée Duchaine,
Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
May 2007
http://air.hkas.edu.hk/longpre/
http://www.artnode.hk/
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comm_PLongpre_hk_060407_fra.pdf  

Looptopia Festival.
EAST/WEST TELEMATIC EXCHANGE Interactive Video System
The Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America
The Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
April 2007
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comm_PLongpre_hk_060407_fra.pdf  

OCTOPUS Interactive Video System
Curator: Andrée Duchaine,
Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong
March 2007
http://www.artnode.hk/artist_page.php?artist_id=8
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comm_PLongpre_hk_060407_fra.pdf  

Festival Di Cupramontana.
Passage Interactive Video System
Curator: Dores Sacquegna
PrimoPiano Living Galerie, Lecce, Italy
March 2007
http://www.primopianogallery.com/opereartistaeng.asp?IDArtista=33
http://cuprarte.blogspot.com/  

BASCULER Exhibition
ILLUSIO Interactive Video System
Curators: Julie Bélisle, Mélanie Boucher, Audrey Genois.
UQAM Gallery, Montreal, Canada
February 2007
http://www.uqam.ca/nouvelles/2007/07-053.htm
http://www.cubiq.ribg.gouv.qc.ca/alswww2.dll/APS_ZONES?fn=ViewNotice&q=1000192
http://www.lienmultimedia.com/article.php3?id_article=16024
http://www.banq.qc.ca/ressources_en_ligne/bibliographie_quebec/refonte_2008/tdm700.html  

FORMICA Interactive Video System
Curators: Andrée Duchaîne and Julie Bélisle
Parisian Laundry Gallery, presented by Molior Group
Montreal, Canada
January 2007
http://www.molior.ca/en/projets/formica
http://www.lavoixpop.com/Technologies/2007-02-02/article-1006888/Interaction-virtuelle/1
http://www.ledevoir.com/motcle/philomene-longpre/
http://hour.ca/2007/02/15/ooh-mama/
http://rhizome.org/announce/events/45828/view/
http://blog.elektramontreal.ca/
http://ludicine.ca/filmographie/formica” target=”_blank”
http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/visualarts/visualarts.aspx?iIDArticle=11424
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comm_paris_formica_2007-01-05_eng.pdf  

NATURALMENTENATURAL.
Passage Interactive video System.
Curator: Dores Sacquegna
PrimoPiano Living Art Gallery, Lecce, Italy
September 2006
http://www.teknemedia.net/archivi/2006/9/16/mostra/17619.html  
http://ny.art-radar.com/events/event.php?idelemento=33608
http://busca.unisul.br/pdf/86458_Vivian.pdf
http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/42263
http://www.exibart.com/profilo/eventiv2.asp?preview=si&stampa=si&idelemento=33608  

ILLUSIO Interactive video System
GL2 Gallery, Chicago, United States of America
May 2006
http://www.anne-vandierendonck.com/outside/illisio-philomene-longpre/  

Interactive Playground: Sight Unseen Exhibition
Underlayers Interactive video System
Curator: Byeong Sam Jeon
Bodies of Work- The Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture:
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, United States of America
March 2006
http://bsjeon.net/sight_unseen/
http://www.beverlyartcenter.org/
http://www.karakuriblock.com/top.htm  

19e International Festival FICFA- New Media.
Octopus Interactive video System
Curator: Angèle Cormier, Molior Group
Moncton, NB, Canada
September 2005
http://galeriesansnom.org/philomene-longpre
http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/ats_mfa/html/news.html
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comficfa20050912-fr.pdf
http://www.ciam-arts.org/archives/archives_autres/2005_09/Molior/
http://www.mozus.ca/reviews/L’Acadie%20Nouvelle%2024%20septembre%202005.pdf  

BUDi2005, Digital Art Content Festival
Passage Interactive video System
Kyungsung Art University
Busan, South Korea
April 2005

Snow Print Film Festival
Passage Interactive video System
Las Manos Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Febrary 2005
http://www.lasmanosgallery.com/  

Nippon-USA Contest
Nippon Steel Gallery
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
January 2005

File 2004, Electronic Art Festival
Octopus Interactive video System
Curators: Andrée Duchaîne et Julie Bouchard
SESI Art Gallery presented by The Group Molior
Sao Paulo, Brazil
November 2004
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comm_file_161104.html

Plato’s Cavern Video Installation
VAV Gallery, University Concordia
Montreal, Canada
June 2004

Digifest, Electronic Art Festival
Formica Interactive video System
Curator: Christine Redfern
DX Design Exchange Center of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
May 2004
http://www.dx.org/  
http://karma-laboratory.com/oldweblog/cat_photography.html  

Thailand New Media Art Festival 2004
Passage Video Installation
Bristish Council of Bangkok
Bangkok, Thaïland
March 2004
http://www.heimat.de/home/thailand/MAF04/artists.htm
http://rhizome.org/discuss/view/12299/  

Octopus Interactive video System
Curators: Andrée Duchaîne et Julie Bouchard
Oboro Gallery, Presented by the Group Molior
Montreal, Canada
February 2004
http://www.ciam-arts.org/archives/archives_autres/2004_03/Molior/index.htm
http://www.molior.ca/communiques/comm_octo_oboro.html
http://www.oboro.net/fr/season/saison-2003-2004-fr  

Elsewhere International Exhibition 2003
Passage Video Installation
VAV Gallery, University Concordia
Montreal, Canada
May 2003

Promo 4.3, Festival Digital Art
Octopus Interactive video System
Curator: Bill Vorn
SAT Society of Arts and Technology
Montreal, Canada
April 2003
http://www.sat.qc.ca/  

Stanley Mills Purchase Prize Exposition
Passage Video Installation
VAV Gallery, University Concordia
Montreal, Canada
July 2002

Sculpture Union 413 Exhibit
Silent Interactive Video Installation
Harwood Art Center,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
June 2002
http://harwoodartcenter.org/ss/  

05.02 Elsewhere International Exhibition 2002. VAV Gallery.
(Montreal, Canada)

Elsewhere International Exhibition 2002
VAV Gallery, University Concordia
Montreal, Canada
May 2002
http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/fr/  

Photo Contest – Exhibiton of the selection
Library of the University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM , United States of America
April 2002

Expo Sculpture
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, United States of America
March 2002

Installation Project: La ville en Boîte
Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Cultural Leardership
Montreal, Canada
Summer 2001

Out of order: Undergraduates Show
Plato’s Cavern Video Installation
Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery,
Montreal, Canada
April 2001

Promo 4.0, Festival Digital Art
Cycle Interactive video system
Curator: Bill Vorn
SAT Society of Art and Technology
Montreal, Canada
April 2001
http://www.sat.qc.ca/  

Plato’s Cavern Video Installation
VAV Gallery, University Concordia
Montreal, Canada
February 2001
http://www.vavgallery.com/  

Installation Project: Tapis de consommation
Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Cultural Leardership
Montreal, Canada
Summer 2000

Art and Sound in Asia
Grant project/6 months in Asia
Photo and Sound project: Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia
1999-2000

Respiration
Salles Culturelles du Gesu
Montreal, Canada
April 1999
http://www.legesu.com/  

Avez-vous digeré?
Gallery 705, Building 460 St-Catherine West
Montreal, Canada
November 1999

Absurdity, Photos
Tierra del Fuego Gallery
Montreal, Canada
June 1998

Raisonnance
B.C.J Building
Montreal, Canada
April 1998

Raisonnance
B.C.J Building
Montreal, Canada
April 1998

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Grants & Awards

Concordia Accelerator Award. Concordia University. Canada.
March 2013.

Open Competition Award. Concordia University. Canada.
Sept. 2012 – April 2013.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. CALQ Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Montreal/Halifax. Feb. 2012.

SSHRC Doctoral Award. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Federal funding agency for university-based research and graduate training in the social sciences and humanities.
Canada. May 2011 – April 2012.

SIP Conference Travel. Special individualized Ph.D. Program. Concordia University.
Montreal/Akron, United States of America.
March 2011.

New Millenium Bursary. Canada.
Jan. 2011.

R. Howard Webster Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. Canada.
Sept. 2010 – April 2011.

SIP Entrance Fellowship. Special individualized Ph.D. Program. Canada.
Sept. 2010 – April 2011.

FQRSC Scholarship B1. Governing doctoral scholarship programs.
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture. Government of Québec.
Canada/United States of America.
Sept. 2008 – April 2011.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. CALQ Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Canada/France. Sept. 2009.

The OCTAS Merit Award in Digital Arts, FiQ. Le Réseau ACTION TI.
Canada. August 2008.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. CALQ Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
Canada/China. April – June 2007.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. Canada Council for the Arts.
Canada/China. April – June 2007.

The Judith Hamel Award. The Best New Media Artwork FICFA.
Canada. April 2005.

The Trustee Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
United States of America.
Feb. 2004. Full Tuition.

FQRSC Scholarship B1. Governing master scholarship programs.
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture.
Government of Québec. Canada.
Sept.2004 – May 2006.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. Canada Council for the Arts.
Montreal/Moncton. July 2005.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. Canada Council for the Arts.
Canada/Brazil. Oct. 2005.

Travel Grant – Media Arts Professionals. Canada Council for the Arts.
Canada/Brazil. July 2004.

The Alfred Pinsky Medal, highest ranking student award, Concordia University.
Canada. June 2004.

Studio Art Prize, Concordia University. Canada.
June 2004.

Purchase Art Grad Prize, Concordia University. Canada.
June 2004.

Prize of Excellence in New Media Art, HEXAGRAM Institute for Research and Creation.
May 2003.

Golden Key International Honour Society Award, Concordia University.
Canada. March 2002.

New Millenium Bursary in Arts of Canada. Canada.
Oct. 2001.

The Mobility Bursary, Ministère de L’éducation du Québec. Canada/United States of America.
Sept. 2001 – May 2002.

Golden Key International Honour Society Award, Concordia University.
Canada. 2001.

The Stanley Mills Purcharse Prize. Canada.
Dec. 2001.

The Cultural Merite Bursary, Cegep du Vieux-Montreal. Canada.
April 1999.


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Research/ Professional Experience

Visualizing Media Futures Symposium. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, United States of America.
March 2013. Artist Guest Lectures

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Winter 2013.
Artist Guest Lectures and workshops in BFA classes

CALQ/Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Montreal, Canada, winter 2012.
Invited Jury Member – New Media Projects

Concordia University/Bill Vorn Robotic Art Research Lab, Montreal, Canada, 2010-2011.
SIP Graduate Research Assistantship

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2010-2011.
Artist Guest Lectures and workshops in various MFA and BFA classes

FOFA Gallery/Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Fall 2011.
Artist Guest Lecture – Round Table on Video Art

SAW Video/101 Gallery, June 2011, Ottawa, Canada.
Artist Guest Lecture – Round Table on Video Art

Quartier des Spectacles de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, 2011.
Jury’s Director – New Media Projects

CALQ/Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Montreal, Canada, 2011-2012.
Invited Jury – New Media Projects

Emily Davis Gallery, Collider3 Camp Week, Akron, United States of America, winter 2011.
Artist Guest Lectures and Seminars

Quartier des Spectacles de Montreal, Canada, 2010, Jury’s Director – New Media Projects
Elektra 10ième Édition, MIAM, Montreal, Canada, May 2009.
Artist Guest Lecture

University of Washington/DXARTS Center, Seattle, United States of America, 2009.
Research Assistant in Digital Arts – James Coupe. Media Art Tutorials Design

University of Washington/DXARTS Center, Seattle, United States of America, 2008- 2009.
Instructor. Teaching assistant. Course: DXARTS 450 – Experimental Cinema

Hong Kong Art School, Hong Kong, China, 2007.
Instructor. Course: Interactive Video Systems

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States of America, 2006-2008.
Part-time Faculty Member, Department of Art and Technology Studies.
Courses: Wired and Contemporary Practice in Art and Technology

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America, 2006.
Teaching Assistant – Steve Waldeck. Course: Mechatronics

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America, 2006.
Teaching Assistant. Course: CNC Robotic Art & Design

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America, 2005.

« Intimacy – Artifical life ». Artist Guest Lecture

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, United States of America, 2005.
« Illusio, Interactive Video System ». Artist Guest Lecture

Kyungsung Art University, Busan, South Korea, May 2006.
Artist Guest Lecture and Seminar

Festival International FICFA, Moncton, Canada, Oct. 2005.
Octopus ». Artist Guest Lecture

Concordia University/B.Vorn Robotic Art Research Lab, Montreal, Canada, 2002-2004.
Research Assistantship

Digifest Festival, Toronto, Canada, May 2004.
Artist Guest Lecture

Concordia University/VAV Gallery, Elsewhere International Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, 2003.
Art Curator

Engrenage Noir, Montreal, Canada, 2002.
Curator – Cultural Activities

Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada 2000-2002.
Fine Arts Professor. Course: Media Art

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Publications

Books | Magazines | Monographs | NewspapersWebsites | Radio and Podcast


Book

  • Bélisle, Julie; Boucher, Mélanie and Audrey Genois. “Basculer”. 2008, 72 p.,
    Galerie de l’UQAM, ISBN 978-2-920325-21-0
  • Mattes, Cathy and Christine Redfern. “Body Tracks/Traces du Corps”. 2012, 40p.,
    Gallery 101, ISBN 978-1-8996183-50-3
  • “Elsewhere Exhibition 2003.” Exhibit Catalogue. Concordia University, Montreal.
  • “Elsewhere Exhibition 2002.” Exhibit Catalogue. Concordia University, Montreal.
  • “Stanley Mills Purchase Prize Collection” Catalogues Mills 2001, Montreal.



Magazines



Monographs



Newpapers



Websites

Radio and Podcast

  • TV PBS – International Digital Arts Biennial – BIAN MONTRÉAL by Paul Larson, May 31, 2012
    (Aired : Thursday, May 31 at 8:30pm / Friday at 6am and 12:30pm / Saturday
    at 7:30pm/ Sunday at 6am and 10:30am.)

  • TV C2-MTL, Exposition E-merge Exhibit, Montreal, Qc, April, 2013
    E-Merge Exhibition / Art Souterrain

    Exposition E-merge Exhibit @ C2-MTL from Exposition E-merge on Vimeo.

  • Radio Canada. Painchaud, Audrey. “Entretien avec Philomène Longpré- L’exposition Body tracks”, March 27, 2012.

    Arts et culture. L’exposition «Body tracks »

    L’exposition «Body tracks» présente des oeuvres collectives dont celle de Philomène Longpré. C’est une exposition qu’on pourrait traduire en français par les traces que laisse les corps. Cette exposition collective fait beaucoup echo au travail d’Ana Mendieta, une artiste américano-cubaine, qui a été très proléfique dans les années 1970. Audrey Painchaud a rencontré Philomène Longpré, une artiste multimédia, qui participe à cette exposition. Comme Ana Mendieta, elle fait dans l’art multimédia et utlise le corps comme moyen d’expression.
    http://www.radio-canada.ca/audio-video/pop.shtml#urlMedia=http://www.radio-canada.ca/Medianet/2012/CBAFH/LereveilNouvelleEcosseetTN201203270752.asx