Dr Phillipe Pasquier

  • Artist (New Media Artist)
Performer, director, composer, musician, producer and educator Phillipe Pasquier completed his Ph.D. in the field of artificial intelligence at Laval University (Québec, Canada. His art examines the applications of endowing machines with autonomous behaviours.
Tags: Synapse, Sonic art
creator of
Escalophone
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Beaulieu Shopping Mall, Nantes, France
In the context of the collective exhibition SBAM+, the robonom collective presented a quadriphonic sound installation for two escalators located in a vast shopping mall in Nantes. During three weeks, over two thousand daily passers-by crossed through various sounds which were also going up and down the stairs.

 
creator of
The wall of sound
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A wall of heteroclite speakers is used to diffuse the output of a network of vintage analogue synthesizers. Each speaker broadcast the sound of a single synthesizer. The various synths are linked so as to make different parts of the wall interact, thus creating an unusual spatial effect for the audience.