Exhibition
Mobile and robotised furniture

The Rustlings of the Group Are Invented as They Slip Away

Vjosana Shkurti
When
April 03 → May 10, 2025
From Tuesday to Saturday
From 12 pm to 5 pm
Location
ELEKTRA Gallery
5445 Av. de Gaspé #104, Montréal, QC H2T 3B2
Access
Free entrance

Robotic benches, which are normally fixed and immobile, come to life and move freely around the gallery, seeking to break free from their basic function.

(Artists)

Marie-Pier Vanchestein

Marie-Pier Vanchestein

Montréal (Québec), Canada
Artiste visuelle

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Information

This installation features robotic benches that move through the space in unison, following rules inspired by swarm algorithms. Through their programmed yet unpredictable movements, the benches attempt to escape the gallery as a collective. The hum of their motors accompanies this bid for freedom, creating a shared murmur.

The artist explores how a group can exist and evolve within a given space. These exhibition benches, typically stationary and designed to invite people to sit, become active elements that constantly interact, adjust, and reorganize themselves.

By playing with subversion and the principle of emergence, the exhibition questions our relationship with the structures that surround us. Can these benches truly break free from the framework that defines them? Through this poetic staging, the artist invites us to rethink the bonds that unite a collective and the spaces it inhabits.

Credits

Exhibition produced as part of the 2024 Hexagram-ELEKTRA call for projects

Original concept, design, and production
Marie-Pier Vanchestein

Support and guidance
Alexandre Castonguay

Programming assistance
André Girard and Alexandre Castonguay

Fabrication assistance
Alexandre Bérubé, Wood
Élise Brodeur-Magna, Metal
Danny Glaude, 3D Printing

Mechanism and prototyping
Robert Saucier, Mechanism
Pierre Gaudet, Prototype

Venue

ELEKTRA Gallery

5445 Av. de Gaspé #104, Montréal, QC H2T 3B2

Partners

Hexagram

The Rustlings of the Group Are Invented as They Slip Away
April 03 → May 10, 2025
ELEKTRA Gallery