Experience

ELEKTRA Festival

• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Project Manager

  • Jan 2022 - Present



somme Collective

• Montréal, Québec, Canada

• Co-Founder

  • 2019 - Present

  somme is a collective of artists that work with biological materials, sensing performance suits / environments, and custom electronics. The collective consists of the artists Sam Bourgault, Owen Coolidge, Matthew Halpenny, Matthew Salaciak, and Emma Forgues. Their creation is tailored towards exploring issues of the technosphere, the materiality of virtual networks, human labor within information networks, bio-technologies, and pervasive surveillance. Each member brings a unique background to the collective that lets them operate between various fields of thought. Sam Bourgault: robotics, physics, & performance Owen Coolidge: electronics, computer vision, & imaging Matthew Halpenny: genetics, biological systems, & ICTs (information communication technologies) Matthew Salaciak: sound synthesis, hardware development, & data analysis Emma Forgues: robotics, video synthesis, & mapping They have created biological-kinetic sculptures and performances inspired by exhaustive network labour. Their work has been featured in Elektra XX, MIAN 2019, and Le Centre Pompidou. They were selected as the New Media Creation Grant Caisse Desjardins grant receipients for 2019 and are members of Milieux Institute for the Arts, Culture, & Technology. Show less



she.PHASE

• Co-Founder

  • 2017 - Present

  she.PHASE is a collaboration between Emma Forgues and Sam Bourgault. Both studying Computation Arts, their heterogenous experience, from art to science, leads to a diversified approach in their artistic practice. Their common interests involve the body, cybernetics, interactivity, both in the real and in the virtual world.emmaforgues.ca/sambourgault.com/she.phase@gmail.com

• Independent Live Visuals Performer

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Performed live visuals for Montreal-based music collectives and labels including Discwoman, LIP, Slut Island, Toplap Montréal, NON/BEING, Void and more.



AbTeC, Initiative for Indigenous Futures

• Montréal, Québec, Canada

• Videographer

  • Dec 2016 - Feb 2022



AbTeC’s Initiative for Indigenous Futures

• Montréal, Québec, Canada

• Unity & VR Developer

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  - Virtual Reality developer - Documented VR experiences mixing both virtual and physical environments - Developed ideas integrating text in immersive environments - Virtual Reality developer - Documented VR experiences mixing both virtual and physical environments - Developed ideas integrating text in immersive environments



Centre for Clinical Research in Health, Concordia University

• Montréal, Québec, Canada

• Unity Developer & 360 Video Edito

  • 2018 - 2019

  360 video editing, VR Consulting and programming. 360 video editing, VR Consulting and programming.



OBORO

• Canada
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sound Editor

  • 2018 - 2018

  Sound editor for Rita Mckeough’s multimedia installation, ​Veins​, that was exhibited at OBORO, a center dedicated to production and presentation of art, contemporary practices and new media. Sound editor for Rita Mckeough’s multimedia installation, ​Veins​, that was exhibited at OBORO, a center dedicated to production and presentation of art, contemporary practices and new media.



Milieux

• Montréal, Québec, Canada

• Unity Developer

  • 2018 - 2018

  Provided VR development and support for ISLAND​ | for Olivia McGilchrist, For an updated version of the project presented at the Campus Hexagram show during Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. Tasks: Provided VR development and support for ISLAND​ | for Olivia McGilchrist, For an updated version of the project presented at the Campus Hexagram show during Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. Tasks: