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Credits
- Creator – Original concept
Robert Lepage - Lighting design – Original concept
Martin Gagnon - Ambiance Lighting and Visual Design
Production team
- Production manager
Mario Brien - Assistant to the production manager
Caroline Pineau - Technical director
Michel Loiselle - Assistant to the technical director
Annie Lacourse - Communications assistant
Chantal Duplain - Lighting assistant and programmer
Matthieu Rousseau - Lighting assistant
Charles-Étienne Paquette-Bouthillier - Project manager, electricity and control
François Gagnon - Groupe ÉcoSynergie - Electricity and control assistant
Éric Gagnon - Groupe ÉcoSynergie - Network administrator
Marc-Antoine Fleury - Computer designer
Dominic Minguy-Jean - Location supervisor
Jacques Rouleau - Key grip
Danny Rochette - Grips/carpenters
Dave Boutin-Noël
Pierre L'Heureux - Gofer
Jean-François Grenier - Buyers
Jean-Philippe Turmel
Yannick Nolin - Machine operator
Yves Marois - Technicians
Alexandra Gendron
Alexandre Rousseau
Benoît Rousseau
Christian-Olivier Paré
Cindy Dumont-Bédard
Claude Michaud
Daniel Trottier
Danny Jenkins
Dominique Lemieux
Elsa Daigle
Émilie Fecteau
Emy Durette-Yockell
Ève Drouin-Vaillancourt
François Bart Laflamme
François Patry
Frédéric Cyr
Frédéric Fortier
Guillaume Loubier-Jacques
Jean-Benoît Allard
Jean-Pascal Michaud
Jean-Philippe Turmel
Jérôme Vallée
Keena Lamarre-Meetaroo
Marc Vinceslas
Marc-Olivier Pelletier
Marie-Pier Lepage
Mireille Bergeron
Nicolas Jenkins
Olivier Bourque
Philippe Mainguy
Philippe Matte
Sébastien Bolduc
Stéphane Painchaud
Valérie Bossinotte-Gosselin
Yannick Nolin
Yves Marois - Producer
Michel Bernatchez - Vice president, finance
Jean-Pierre Vézina - Administrative and human resources director
Guy Lanteigne - Director of communications and project manager
Martine Rochon - Technical consultants
Tobie Horswill
Catherine Guay - Technical director
Patrick Durnin - Assistant to the producer
Vanessa Landry-Claverie - Special project manager
Dali Berthiaume - Communications assistant and marketing coordinator
Catherine Jalbert - Administrative assistants
Sylvie Racine
Carmen Hattote - Assistant to the vice president, finance
Francine Poitras - Travel agent and receptionist
Francine Dupuis - Network administrator
Marc-Antoine Fleury - Archivist
Véronique Saint-Jacques - Workshop technican
Sylvain Durocher - Maintenance
Daniel Bernatchez - Agent and assistant to Robert Lepage
Lynda Beaulieu - Assistant to Lynda Beaulieu
Johanne Tremblay - Assistant to Robert Lepage
Patrick Caux - Aurora Borealis
Production of Ex Machina
Presented by the City of Quebec
In collaboration with
Bunge of Canada and the Port of Quebec
Ex Machina
Robert Lepage inc.
Aurora Borealis
Aurora Borealis is a permanent lighting installation inspired by the colors of the northern lights. Robert Lepage and Ex Machina will again exploit the lines of the Old Port grain silos, this impressive architecture structure, by permanently lighting them every night, for five years, from dusk until 11:30 pm.
“Aurora Borealis is a contemplative work; an artistic impression of the magnitude and the beauty of nature. It is not a show or a video projection but rather movement of light on a building, movements inspired by the aurora borealis.” Robert Lepage, designer and co-creator of the project.
Aurora Borealis is also the meeting of two artists, Robert Lepage and Martin Gagnon long-time collaborators on a multitude of projects, including The Image Mill™, ZuluTime and Elsinore.
For this project, the designers used green technologies that need very little maintenance; all the lights used are LED (Light-Emitting Diode) technology, known for its low energy consumption, its longevity and reliability.
Illumination time of the silos will vary depending on sunset times. On evenings where The Image Mill™ is projected, the silos will be lit a few minutes after the end of the projection.
Our partners
Many partners helped to make this project possible. Thanks to the City of Quebec, who is the principal promoter, we can contemplate the permanent lighting system until 2013. The Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec also gave us a financial contribution. Finally, we would like to highlight the exceptional collaboration of the Port of Quebec and Bunge Canada, who have generously opened their doors to us and have given us once again their trust.
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