‘In The Beginning…’ Residency Status Report #2

Greetings from the Early Universe! It’s a lot less complicated out here. There’s no global pandemic, the universe is of much lower entropy, and I’m bathing in primordial soup made of Quark-Gluon plasma. It’s quite hot and dense, similar to the way I like my showers. I quite like it here and I may never return. Who needs the complexity of the Universe as it is today, anyway? It has been a little while since I last did a written report. It turns out that doing a residency during a pandemic is a slow challenge. Navigating lockdown and curfews has …

‘In the Beginning…’ Residency Status Report #1 – Swarm

After almost a month of process work, logistical adventures, research and deep thought, I feel I am coming to a pivotal point for this residency which is, of course, the exciting part. So far I have been researching the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and the Second Law of Thermodynamics (Entropy). …

Welcome, Swarm!

Visual Voice Gallery is delighted to welcome Swarm, our first artist in residence in our new research-focused iteration. Swarm is a Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist who is interested in cosmology and astronomy. She will be posting on this blog during her two-month residency at Visual Voice to document her ideas, impressions, …

Starscape

Visual Voice Artist in Residence Program

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the cultural sector right here in Montreal and across the world. Performance venues are closed, there are serious restrictions on museums and galleries, and we’ve all had to make a shift to the digital world. In spring and early summer 2020 the …