Creations produced during the PhD in Performing Arts at Université Laval.
2017-2021
Seven : neveS
Performance. Presented as part of a practice-based research course in plural dramaturgies at Université Laval. Student, responsible for the video conception, creation and live manipulation. 2018.
Performance created and presented as part of a practice-based course on plural dramaturgies at Université Laval.
Following a theoretical introduction to the notion of plural dramaturgy and fundamental concepts, the students were divided into working groups. Each group was responsible for a layer of the performance (video, actions, sound, spatial device). I was part of the group responsible for the video layer. We designed a video system that mixed the feed of live cameras and pre-recorded material, worked and transmitted through a video mixer on 7 monitors placed in the 7 modules that made up the scenic device.
Following a theoretical introduction to the notion of plural dramaturgy and fundamental concepts, the students were divided into working groups. Each group was responsible for a layer of the performance (video, actions, sound, spatial device). I was part of the group responsible for the video layer. We designed a video system that mixed the feed of live cameras and pre-recorded material, worked and transmitted through a video mixer on 7 monitors placed in the 7 modules that made up the scenic device.
photos by: Guillaume Thibert
Séminaire sur la dramaturgie plurielle (Programme de Maitrise et de Doctorat en Littérature et arts de la scène et de l’écran - Université Laval) - professeur Robert Faguy, Soutien technique: Harold Boivin.
With and created by : Audrey Thibeault (M) - Maxime Milhorat (M) - Karine Ledoyen (M) - Alexandra Lachapelle (M) - Léa Ferland (M) -Danielle De Garie (M) - Marie-Loup Cottinet (M) - Anissa Lebbad (en échange) - Natalia Soldera (D) - Thomas Langlois (D) - Robert Gomes Barbosa (D) - Andrée-Anne Giguère (D) - Marie-Hélène Doré (D) et Ensemble Lunatik - Direction artistique : Fabienne Gosselin. Interprètes: Fabienne Gosselin (piano), Marie-Loup Cottinet (violoncelle), Mélanie Évrard (violon), Geneviève Savoie (flute), Samuel Desgagné Rousseau (clarinette), Alexanne Trudelle-Caron (alto), Anne-Alexandra Roulin (alto), Raphaël Guay (percussions).
With and created by : Audrey Thibeault (M) - Maxime Milhorat (M) - Karine Ledoyen (M) - Alexandra Lachapelle (M) - Léa Ferland (M) -Danielle De Garie (M) - Marie-Loup Cottinet (M) - Anissa Lebbad (en échange) - Natalia Soldera (D) - Thomas Langlois (D) - Robert Gomes Barbosa (D) - Andrée-Anne Giguère (D) - Marie-Hélène Doré (D) et Ensemble Lunatik - Direction artistique : Fabienne Gosselin. Interprètes: Fabienne Gosselin (piano), Marie-Loup Cottinet (violoncelle), Mélanie Évrard (violon), Geneviève Savoie (flute), Samuel Desgagné Rousseau (clarinette), Alexanne Trudelle-Caron (alto), Anne-Alexandra Roulin (alto), Raphaël Guay (percussions).
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AREA (Autour du Rose Enfer des Animaux)
Participative installation. Practice-based research lead by professor Robert Faguy at Université Laval. Research assistant, responsible for the video conception and creation. 2017-2018.
The practice-based research project investigated the creative process for the composition of plural dramaturgies and aimed at the development of a notation and scenic production software optimized for this type of creation. The scenic creation side was inspired by the dramatic text Le rose enfer des Animaux by Claude Gauvreau and set up as an installative and performative device in which the audience was the only human component.
I was part of the second and third phases of creation. In the second phase we tried a new non-linear approach for the conception and composition: instead of starting from fragments of the text and staging them, we started from inspirations of the text to compose several complete micro scenes. For example, we designed and produced a 5 minute composition that included: video mapping and projection, movements of an electronic device installed on the scenographic table and monitors. We put them all together and make adjustments afterwards. In the third phase we looked at the adjustments, refinements, and the resonances between those elements. This moment also allowed us to create new elements and new sequences, motivated by the emergence of ideas, senses and directions from the adjustments.
I was part of the second and third phases of creation. In the second phase we tried a new non-linear approach for the conception and composition: instead of starting from fragments of the text and staging them, we started from inspirations of the text to compose several complete micro scenes. For example, we designed and produced a 5 minute composition that included: video mapping and projection, movements of an electronic device installed on the scenographic table and monitors. We put them all together and make adjustments afterwards. In the third phase we looked at the adjustments, refinements, and the resonances between those elements. This moment also allowed us to create new elements and new sequences, motivated by the emergence of ideas, senses and directions from the adjustments.
photos by : Ludovic Fouquet, Natalia Soldera and Arielle Cloutier.
Practice-based research lead by Robert Faguy.
Research assistants and artists : Natalia Soldera, Ludovic Fouquet, Keven Dubois, Roberto Gomes Barbosa, Hugo Hepp.
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Soigner le Passé : un regard sur nos collections
Exhibition on conservation and restoration presented by DESS students in museology and Professor Jean-François Gauvin (Université Laval). Research assistant, responsible for the video conception, creation and integration for the virtual restauration of a sculpture. 2019.
I was invited to make a virtual restoration for a sculpture, based on the research work of museology students, with video mapping.
Credit : Jean-Christophe Gagnon-Labonté, technicien in audiovisual production at Université Laval.
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Peut être... La fécondation des astres
Immersive theatrical experience. Presented as part of a practice-based research course in immersion at Université Laval.
Student, responsible for the video conception, creation and integration and part of the collective dramaturgy. 2019.
As part of the immersion seminar we studied basic theoretical notions and concepts and we used them in a practical way through the conception and production of a scenic creation lasting 15 minutes. The basis for the creation were conceptual sketches produced by each member of the group and the choice of an initial immersive device: a triangle constructed by three translucent screens of 20 x 7 feet. I was responsible for the conception, creation and integration of the videos projected in these three screens and for a sequence of interactivity between video and performers / spectators (the bird scène), made using the software Isadora.
Each section shows the images presented on the three screens at the same moment.
original videos : Isabelle Clermont.
video conception and editing for the performance and screenshots : Natalia Soldera.
capture and editing : Isabelle Clermont and Harold Boivin.
Séminaire sur l'immersion (programme de maîtrise et doctorat en littérature et arts de la scène et l'écran).
Professeure Carole Nadeau.
Équipe : Isabelle Clermont, Clara Barbeux, Mathieu Lemoine et Natalia Soldera.
