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Credits

Original concept and design
Robert Lepage
Co-creator and image design
Steve Blanchet
Composer and sound design
René Lussier
Lighting design
Martin Gagnon
Ambiances conception lumière et visuelle inc.
Co-creator and co-designer of the original scenario
Philippe Meunier
Museologist and co-designer of the original scenario
Philippe Dubé
Projection technical design
Paul Souverbie
Image production coordinator and creative assistant
Marie Belzil
Coordinator and creative assistant
Original version
Félix Dagenais
Image design assistant
Original version
Jacques Collin
Production manager
Mario Brien
Assistant to the production manager
Caroline Pineau
Technical director
Michel Loiselle
Technical direction assistant
Annie Lacourse
Sound broadcasting system designer
Jacques Boucher
Image production consultant
Pierre-Yves Toulot (Cosmo AV)
Head computer graphics design
Maxim Boisseau
Computer graphics design
Dominique Grenier
François Mercier
Olivier Breton
Sylvain Gignac
Computer graphics design
Original version
Anne-Marie Lévesque
Ludovic Gauthier
Image programmer, modelling
Jean-Philippe Turmel
Image programmer and operator
Sébastien Grenier-Cartier
E/T/C video system design
Jean-Marc Constantien
Nicolas Manichon
Benoît Thomas
Patrick Lefebvre
Patrice Bouqueniaux
Image production assistant and researcher
Valériane Cossette
Researchers
Karine Charbonneau
Marie-Michèle Pineault
Computer graphics design and video editor
Luc Saint-Laurent
Sound engineer and mixer
Martin M. Messier
Studio musicians
René Lussier
Jean René
Marie Bernard
Tom Walsh
Jacques Drouin
Liette Remon
Martin Tétreault
Némo Venba
Pierre Langevin
Sound director
Marc Doucet
Head of sound
François Côté
Head of sound assistant
Frédérick Fortier
Sound engineer
Pierre Bouchard
Project manager, electricity, and wiring
François Gagnon
Project manager, electricity, and wiring assistant
Éric Gagnon
Lighting assistants
Donald Leblanc
Lighting project manager
Richard Côté
Lighting project manager assistant
Guillaume Ricard
Lighting director
Dominic Minguy-Jean
Laser technicien
Steve Montambeault
Key grip
Danny Rochette
Field supervisor
Jacques Rouleau
Grips/Technicians
Mireille Bergeron
Elsa Daigle
Emy Durette-Yockell
Raynald Forgues
Pierre-Luc Gagné
Mathieu Giroux
Pascal Gravel
Stéphane Gravel
Guillaume Hébert
Dany Jenkins
Keena Lamarre-Meetaroo
Carolyne Landry
Marie-Pierre Lepage
Carolanne Loiselle
Guillaume Loubier-Jacques
Philippe Mainguy
Claude Michaud
Michel Nadeau
Yannick Nolin
Stéphane Painchaud
Christian Paré
François Pâtry
Marc Olivier Pelletier
Benoît Rousseau
David Trottier
Jérôme Vallée
Jean-Benoît Allard (stagiaire)
Émilie Labonté (stagiaire)
Commissionaires
Guillaume Loubier-Jacques
Jean-Philippe Turmel
Storeman
Jean-François Grenier
Carpenters
Pierre L'Heureux
Marco Poulin
Machinery operator and grip
Yves Marois
Computor-assisted designer
Dominic Minguy-Jean
Event organization trainee
Maxime Guérard
Communications assistant
Chantal Duplain

NATIONAL OPTICS INSTITUTE TEAM

Jean-Yves Roy
André Fougères
Bruno Bourliaguet
Éric Savard
Nathalie Renaud
Yves Champagne

UBISOFT TEAM

Yanick Piché
Aurelien Baguerre
Guy Lampron
Nicolas Robitaille
Guillaume Menuel
Nathalie Marineau
Annie Dumais
Jean-François Viau
Louis Rouleau
André Michaud
Chantal Fournier
André Minotti
Patrick-Robert Tougas
Mathieu Boudreau
Chantal Cloutier

PERFORMANCE TEAM

Site managers
Mario Brien
Michel Loiselle
Assistant to the site manager
Caroline Pineau
Video director
Sébastien Grenier-Cartier
Projection assistant
Nicolas Paquet
Video technicians (E/T/C)
Patrick Matuszek
Benoît Thomas
Mathieu Coutu
Patrick Lefebvre
Florient Lopez
Jean-Vincent Stefano
Head of sound
François Côté
Sound director
Marc Doucet
Head electrician
Richard Côté
Assistant to head electrician
Guillaume Ricard
Lighting manager
Dominic Minguy-Jean
Grip
Carolyne Landry
Network techniciens
Marc-Antoine Fleury
Guillaume Pelletier
Yannick Richard

EX MACHINA

Producer
Michel Bernatchez
Vice-president, finance
Jean-Pierre Vézina
Administrative and human resources director
Guy Lanteigne
Director of communications and project manager
Martine Rochon
Special Project Manager
Dali Berthiaume
Technical consultants
Tobie Horswill
Catherine Guay
Technical manager
Patrick Durnin
Assistant to the producer
Vanessa Landry Claverie
Communication assistant and marketing coordinator
Catherine Jalbert
Sales coordinator and publishing
Jean-Philippe Côté
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 St-Jacques
Workshop technician
Sylvain Durocher
Maintenance
Daniel Bernatchez

ROBERT LEPAGE INC.

Agent and assistant to Robert Lepage
Lynda Beaulieu
Assistant to Lynda Beaulieu
Johanne Tremblay
Personal assistant to Robert Lepage
Patrick Caux
Ex Machina thanks the following organisations and people for their collaboration in the making of The Image Mill:

The City of Quebec
The maire, Mr. Régis Labeaume
The counsellors of Quebec City's town council
Mr. Louis Côté, Principal private secretary
Mr. Jean-Louis Duchesne, Director of le bureau des grands événements
The Image Mill - 2009 Edition
Production of Ex Machina
Presented by the City of Quebec
Invitation of Hydro-Quebec
In collaboration with
Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Société Radio-Canada
Office national du film
INO and UBISOFT
Bunge of Canada and the Port of Quebec

The Image Mill

The Image Mill is an architectural projection produced and performed, in Quebec City, by Robert Lepage and Ex Machina. Representing the largest projection ever done, it requires the use of fine technology to project a huge quantity of images and films on the grain silos of the Quebec Harbour, an oversized screen, 600 feet wide by 30 meters high! In the hands of the creators, this huge mass of concrete is in constant transformation, which gives us the strange impression of it being alive and talking to us. Leaving the usual clichés behind, we discover the fascinating history of Quebec City with its upheavals, its controversies, and its great political and popular moments.

The Image Mill was created as part of the festivities surrounding the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. Following the success of the 2008 edition, the work has been extended for another five years. There will be three phases of creation over these years; in 2009, 2011 and 2013, during which 20% of the content will be redesigned, improved or enhanced with new material.

“Because of its geographical location, urban planning and its history, Quebec City is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Extremely photogenic, it was first mapped and then drawn, engraved, painted, photographed and filmed. We have invented a mill that transforms, animates, presents and celebrates the 400 years of images of Quebec City. The images are almost all taken from archives that carry us as far as when Samuel de Champlain first drew Quebec City.” Robert Lepage

Where to see and listen to The Image Mill

Image Mill 2009 Map

To experience and appreciate the work at its best and in all its dimensions, people are encouraged to position themselves on the docks, between the Old Port Market, Dalhousie Street, and Quay Saint-André Street.

The Mill frequency: 97,5 FM

Those who want to watch the mega project from outside this area should tune in to 97,5 FM on their personal walkman to hear The Image Mill soundtrack simultaneously. You can also download the The Mill Frequency radio show in MP3 which contains thorough interviews with The Image Mill creators (in french).

Our partners

Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the National Film Board of Canada and la Société Radio-Canada have provided most of the archives used for The Image Mill.

For the 2009 edition, two partners have contributed directly to the creation of a segment of The Image Mill: INO (Institut national d’optique) offers a remarkable laser effect, and Ubisoft made a 40-minute segment illustrating the industry of the video game in Quebec.

Thanks to the City of Quebec and its important investment, the project was renewed for the next five years.

We wish to thank Hydro-Quebec for its unwavering support and Bunge Canada, the Port of Quebec and the Abraham-Martin co-ownership for their amazing collaboration, without whom the project could not have been realized.

The film The Image Mill Revealed paints a portrait of the last three months preceding the première of The Image Mill.