Programming
CATHERINE LALONDE MASSECAR
À la recherche de la variable humaine (X)
To explore the theme of “Methods and games of space: zones of existence" as part of DARE-DARE's programming, Catherine Lalonde Massecar proposes an approach based on the Machine génératrice de protocoles (mgP) she created in 2022.
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Through the distribution of poetic mathematical formulas and artistic scores to be implemented at La Halte and in the streets of the neighborhood, the artist invites you to freely explore the various forms that the interpretation of these suggested formulas can take, or to create new ones.
À la recherche de la variable humaine (X)
(mmP) ⟶ (mgP) = (nS) *
X, 2X, X/3, X^2,
√X, X^3, ln(X), sin(X), tan(X), |X|, cos(X),
Σ(2X + X/3 + X^2 + √X + X^3 + ln(X) + sin(X) + tan(X) + |X| + cos(X))
Variable X
Borrowed from the Latin variabilis, which can change, vary.
In mathematics, a variable is an unknown value that varies within a set of numbers. A variable is denoted by a letter. In an interdisciplinary artistic process [in the public space] based on an equation or formula, the variable X helps to identify the unknown factors within the set of different elements to be taken into account.
To explore the theme of “Méthodes et jeux de l'espace: zones d'existences” in the DARE-DARE program, Catherine Lalonde Massecar proposes an approach based on the Machine génératrice de protocoles (mgP) she created in 2022. Putting this machine into action involves executing the formula (mmP) ⟶ (mgP) = (nS), and leads to the generation of new systems for creating and conceptualizing artistic maneuvers and operations.
À la recherche de la variable humaine (X) proposes to rethink this formula by integrating factors related to the human encounter (xRH) and the impermanence of the territory of action (xTA).
Summer and fall 2024
- Investigation and research into existing formulas
- Exploration of locations and writing of new equations
- Application: equations, mgP, variables, etc.
- Reflection and final action(s)
Acknowledgements (1st stage) :
Formula emitters (X) July 3 and 4, 2024: Laurence Beaudoin Morin, Sylvie Laplante, Paul Bradley, Nicolas Bernier and Mary Massecar (also scriptwriter/calligrapher).
* Protocol generating machine (mgP) :
Méta-méta protocole (mmP) Let the ideas, words, sparks and images that occupy our minds appear, and which will enable us to formulate, at the limit of consciousness and what escapes it, some instructions for establishing a protocol-generating machine (mgP).
Protocol-generating machine (mgP) Instinctively/machinically execute a sequence of operations over a period of time determined by the meta-meta protocol (mmP).
New system (nS) Allow a code, formula, concept or sign to emerge from the protocol-generating machine (mgP). Formulate the new system (nS). Carnets de l'Opéra-Manœuvre, 2022, p.47 Catherine Lalonde Massecar
