Programming
Ælab
Entre branches, bronches et rayons.
The duo Ælab, part of the Interventions component of the 2026–2027 program, is presenting two bike-and-audio activities with the Mobile Station, as well as an AV performance featuring modular synthesis, exploring the combined power of plants and mobility.
Photo: Régis MassicotteThe Mobile Station is a key component of Ælab's research-creation projects, which explores the combined power of plants and mobility. It is a modular, tubular micro-art installation mounted on a bicycle trailer and moved by the duo. Here, we explore the evolving relationship with trees and waterways, with air and the sap-blood circulation as shared internal and external environments. Cycling reinforces the exchange between trees and humans through oxygen and CO2, while active listening fosters a sense of multiple connections through different modes of embodied experience.
Ælab cellule de recherche-création
Gisèle Trudel and Stéphane Claude are artists who have worked under the name Ælab since 1996, an artistic research cell they co-founded. Their collaborative practice develops works that explore the entangled relationships between art, technology, ecologies, and process philosophy. Through an approach akin to experimental documentary, Ælab creates installations and performative actions emerging from investigations conducted in liminal, unstable, and inspiring environments. Their practice connects multiple modes of inquiry while emphasizing listening, immersion, and environmental dynamics. Stéphane Claude is an artist, sound designer, sound engineer, and specialist in immersive audio. He served as lead researcher of the audio sector at OBORO (2005–2025). Gisèle Trudel is an artist who was a professor in the School of Visual and Media Arts at Université du Québec à Montréal (2003–2025) and held the Canada Research Chair MÉDIANE (mediane.uqam.ca, 2020–2025).