2026 Members’ Challenge | FEEDBACK

Do you have something in the works, an idea to put to the test, an embryonic concept, or even an unfinished piece that could use some feedback? Want to discover or explore new techniques?

This year, DAÏMÔN invites you to explore the process of feedback through one or many mediums over the course of an extended co-creation process.

From May 20 to June 13, participating DAÏMÔN members will share the multifunctional studio and electronics lab for a period of research-creation followed by an informal public presentation.

A call for participation is open until May 5, 2026.

Additionally, three workshops open to all and led by a guest artist will explore practical applications of the feedback process across different mediums. 

• WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 | Joy Boissiere (digital arts) will initiate participants to the use of Touch Designer software.
• SATURDAY, MAY 30 | Simon Labelle (sound art) will introduce the practice of audio-visual feedback.
• SATURDAY, JUNE 6 | AM Dumouchel (photographic arts) will guide participants through the experimental generation of digital imagery.

This year, the members’ challenge therefore offers a context for shared experimentation where a fruitful interaction between practices can emerge. What better way to celebrate the anniversary of our center, which has been dedicated to media arts in all its forms for 40 years now!

Marc A. Reinhardt
Guest Curator

Joy Boissiere is a non-binary artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Moniang, Montreal. She works in the worlds of performance, installation, exhibition, and theater. As a multidisciplinary artist, her practice sees her take on the roles of technical and artistic director, scenographer, lighting designer, technician, videographer, and cultural coordinator.

Simon Labelle has been working as a composer and sound artist for some twenty years. He has presented his work at AXENÉO7 (2020, 2019), the MUTEK Festival in Montreal (2015, 2013), and Piknic Electronik (2013), among others. He has released six albums. In developing his artistic approach, he often works by limiting himself to a select few acoustic sources to create a palette that will guide the rest of the project.

AM Dumouchel develops a hybrid artistic practice that combines digital and analog photography to create constructed images presented as digital collages. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Ottawa (2014) and teaches visual arts at Cégep de l’Outaouais and the University of Ottawa Her practice places significant emphasis on gesture and a deliberate slowness, bringing photography closer to a more artisanal approach to imagery.