LES COURANTS | ce qui pousse, se défait, grouille encore – les ateliers – Anne-F Jacques

As part of its Slow Tech program, Ada X presents Les courants, a series of activities in collaboration with the Maison de la Culture and the Rivière-des-Prairies library. Running from September 2019 to May 2021, this initiative offered an introduction to the world of digital arts for young people and families.

PHASE 2:
ce qui pousse, se défait, grouille encore
Anne-F Jacques and the Le Phare youth

Between February and March 2020, some 15 young people participated in electronic art workshops with Anne-F Jacques at Le Phare in the Marie-Victorin HLM in Rivière-des-Prairies as part of the Les courants program. The participants learned how to make various sound devices using recycled electronics and found objects.

” First, to explore the electrical currents in Le Phare’s workspace, they made various sound sensors using broken electronic equipment such as radios, tape recorders, hard drives and speakers. This was followed by a “scratch” workshop with a read head, cassette tapes and cards with magnetic strips. In the third workshop, they created tape sound loops. Inspired by the work of Anne-F Jacques, these activities allowed the young participants to discover the hidden potential of salvaged materials and technologies considered obsolete.” — Nathalie Bachand

As part of Les courants, Anne-F Jacques also did a residency and a solo exhibition at the Maison Pierre-Chartand. Read more about Anne-F Jacques’s practice here.