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Discussion Exploration #1 : Collaborating with a sound artist
Meetup - Experimental Cycle - Spring 2025
Monday June 2, 2025
6 pm - 9 pm
Main Film Atelier
2025 Rue Parthenais #304-A, Montréal, Quebec, H2K 3T2
Guests | Guillaume Vallée, Chittakone Thirakul (Hazy Montagne Mystique), Charles-André Coderre, Étienne Hamel (Nicolet)
Moderated by | Maxime Corbeil-Perron
Free upon registration
As part of our experimental cycle, Main Film presents Discussion Exploration: a series of gatherings taking place on the first three Mondays of June! These panels will focus on sound explorations in experimental film practices.
On this first Exploration Monday, we bring together filmmakers and sound artists who have collaborated on several experimental films. They will explore the role of sound in artistic exploration: How does it enhance the visual experience? How is a soundtrack composed—blending sound design and musical score—and to what extent does the sound work itself embrace an experimental approach? They will also reflect on the dynamics of collaboration: what they find in each other that inspires them to work together again, and how these exchanges enrich their own respective artistic practices.
For more information, please contact us at : services@mainfilm.qc.ca
Guillaume Vallée
Experimental filmmaker, video artist and independent curator Guillaume Vallée graduated from Concordia University with a degree in animation and an MFA in Studio Arts – Film Production. He works mainly in Super8, 16mm and VHS. His audiovisual performances have been presented at numerous festivals in Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and Austria. His experimental films and videos, distributed by Vidéographe, Light Cone and Winnipeg Film Group, have been shown internationally at numerous festivals. Guillaume Vallée was artist-in-residence at La Bande Vidéo (Canada) in 2017, at Le Fresnoy – studio national des arts contemporains (France) and at Signal Culture (USA) in 2018. In 2020, he was able to carry out three artist residencies, at Studio 303 (Montreal, CA), Visual Alchemy with Al Razutis (British Columbia, CA) and Main Film (Montreal, CA). In 2021, at PANACHE Art Actuel (Sept-Îles, CA) and at Light Cone’s post-production residency, Atelier 105 (Paris, FR) to edit his latest short film elles s’élèvent, ces forteresses éponges.
Chittakone Thirakul (Hazy Montagne Mystique)
Hazy Montagne Mystique is a sound artist and explorer of immersive landscapes, fusing analog textures, modular synthesizers and experimental sound manipulation. Inspired by direct cinema, the New Wave and surrealism, he constructs works in which sound dialogues with image, oscillating between dream and altered reality. Co-founder of the space label Jeunesse Cosmique, he moves between atmospheric compositions, audiovisual installations and live performances, integrating glitch, ghostly voices and hijacked samplings. Drawing on his Tai Dam and Laotian origins, he infuses his creations with a sensitive, spiritual memory. His work, imbued with a luminous melancholy, transcends genres, creating music that is contemplative, evocative and deeply sensory, where each frequency rewrites a world in perpetual mutation.
Charles-André Coderre
Charles-André Coderre lives and works in Montreal. He makes experimental short films (Granular Film – Beirut, La noirceur souterraine des racines) and also works on live 16 mm projections for several performances and music concerts (Jerusalem In My Heart [2014-2019], Fractures Chimiques). He is particularly interested in various photochemical image alteration techniques. His practice focuses on the performative, mechanical and contaminated dimensions of analog cinema. His latest 16mm performance, Y’a Matière Au Pays des Éclairs, was presented at the latest edition of RIDM (2024) and Prismatic Ground (New York, 2025).
Étienne Hamel (Nicolet)
Etienne Hamel’s practice as a composer and sound designer revolves around the use of synthesizers and audioanalog processing devices, sampling and tape manipulation techniques, and the importance of intuition in the creative process. In addition to his activities as a composer, Etienne oversees the chansonfolk-exploratory project
Nicolet, with which he has released three albums since 2017, heads the instrumental music micro-label Feu Neu Records, and works as a sound recordist, mixer and producer from his recording studio, the Waterhouse, based in Sutton.
Moderated by Maxime Corbeil-Perron
Maxime Corbeil-Perron, an artist based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal, explores various artistic mediums including audiovisual performance, experimental cinema, electroacoustic composition, improvisation, sound art, and installation. As a filmmaker, he has won numerous prestigious awards, including Best Experimental Animation at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (2021) and the Experimental Grand Prix at the Festival Tous Courts (France, 2020). As a composer and sound artist, he has received accolades such as an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica (2021) and the Italian Senate Medal from the biennial composition competition Città di Udine (IT, 2012, 2016). He has been artist-in-residence at various renowned centers, and his works have been showcased at numerous international festivals and events.
