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BIO

Jérôme Delapierre is a visual artist and interactive designer working in Montreal. He studied Computation Arts and Interactive design at Concordia University as well as Contemporary Arts and new media at IMUS University in France. Currently, he is the artistic director of Anartistic, and freelance visual designer and researcher at Topological Media Lab and Alkemie Atelier.
He has collaborated with different artists and researchers like Coeur de pirate, Alex Nevsky, Cath Laporte, Dj Champion, Pk langshaw, Sha Xin Wei, Michael Montanaro, Roger Sinha and Jean Derome, and his work has been presented at festivals and events in various countries. His research is based on the relationship between human and technology and non linear interactivity, focusing on the experiences of urban social behavior. He is interested in new ways to create visual sets and environments by exploring eclectic projection techniques. Jérôme's work encompasses: visual design, responsive video, interactive installations, performances and scenography.

Artist statement

With the development of intuitive interfaces and devices, artists, designers and programmers will explore more multi-sensory and innovative forms of interaction for users/participants.

In the near future, we will be moving away from the standard and restrictive keyboard and mouse forms of computer based interaction.
With this kind of interaction, people can manipulate the digital layer as a communication support and as a way to stimulate the potential of social exchanges.
The space and architecture are used as an interactive plateform, an embodied interface.

Real time and Web cam communication for example has the potential to allow users to share time as a foundation for alternative modes of communication and participate to an interactive exchange which questionning the real context, like the architecture and social behaviours.
This experimentation with human interaction in computational communication is founded on the premise that interaction design is in the beginning stages of sensory and real time exchange and those participants are just beginning to understand how to navigate this type of collaborative communication.
I am interested in new communication models and tools where the frontier between immateriality and physical reality become integrated and progressively intertwined/interdependent.

Biographie (fr)

Jérôme Delapierre est un artiste visuel et un designer interactif basé à Montréal. Il a étudié en arts numériques et design interactif à l’université de Concordia et en nouveaux médias à l’IMUS en France. Il est maintenant directeur artistique d’Anartistic ainsi que designer visuel et chercheur au Topological Media Lab et à l’atelier Alkemie.
Il a collaboré avec divers artistes et chercheurs tels que Coeur de pirate, Alex Nevsky, Cath Laporte, Dj Champion, Pk langshaw, Sha Xin Wei, Michael Montanaro, Roger Sinha et Jean Derome. Son travail a été présenté dans divers festivals et événements dans le monde. Sa recherche tourne autour de la relation entre les êtres humains, la technologie et l’interactivité non-linéaire, se concentrant sur les expériences de comportements sociaux urbains. Il s’intéresse par ailleurs aux nouvelles façons de créer des installations visuelles et des ambiances en explorant les différentes techniques de projection.
L’œuvre de Jérôme Delapierre inclut notamment du design visuel, de la vidéo et des installations interactives, des spectacles et de la scénographie.