Project Archives

Artengine is delighted to collaborate with Critical Mass on their first Illuminights – an outdoor projection for Port Hope, Ontario. Fluid Light brings a cross section of projects that combine analogue and digital technologies with both contemplative and playful video projections into the streets of this changing Ontario small town. With work from Johann Baron Lanteigne, Laura Taler and Mercedes Ventura.

The Cromotograph created by the multidisciplinary design studio La Camaraderie.. This innovative artwork, a fusion of technology and artistic expression, invited participants to create personalized, real-time visual masterpieces through movement and light.

The Jormungand (Midgard) and Julunggul (Rainbow) serpents sit between 2 worlds; the old world that needed and revered them and the present which has shunned such monsters as fears metamorphosed into mythical form.

Orchestrer la perte / Perpetual Demotion is an interactive installation comprising a feeding robot, human eaters, bacterially activated foods, a refrigerator, and a human slave. OLP/PD draws attention to the systemic, performative nature of eating.

Drinkbot Dress allows its wearer to decide who to serve a shot to (and who to leave dry). A playful take on the cocktail dress, Drinkbot is made of leather and electronic components housed inside a 3D printed dress through a process called sintering.

The Woman’s Tears Machine Gun is a gun to end all wars. With bullets filled with woman’s tears, it completely deflates the desire for violence and is the first gun created for peace.

SoundTrack was created out of a 6 month program curated by Art Engine for emerging artists and designers culminating in a feature presentation at the 2015 Maker Faire in Ottawa. 

We are the city. Collectively we form the fabric from which the city is woven. Outside of shopping malls, office blocks, restaurants, cafes, condo towers and government houses there is a common space we all navigate.

Agit POV is a simple LED device for the spokes of your wheel that makes clever use of your pedal power, turning your bicycle wheel into a personal billboard.

Jesse Stewart created this project for our festival event We Make The City! We Are The City!. Stewart asks you to step out into the city and to listen and play. 

LandLine is an app-based creative city intervention that discusses the region’s culture and current social stance.

A simple ride around the canal becomes a crowd-sourced concert by way of radios, gears, LEDs, pedals, processors and a mobile sound system.

The Dynamic Maze is a play structure designed to inspire imaginative spatial play. The brightly coloured towering reeds and giant inflatable balls transform Waller Park into a playful landscape—a playscape—for both children and adults.

Our collaboration with the dance music innovators A Tribe Called Red continues with a new edition of our urban Pow Wow events. More than your average club night, SPIRIT TRACKS creates a celebratory space.

In the performance Symbiose, the architecture of the space will come to life with its own live sounds and performed images. Vibrations captured from within the space and from the city surroundings are made audible and mixed live into an ambient soundscape. These sounds are joined by multiple projections echoing through the space in a performance that marks the passage of time.

Juno winner Jesse Stewart presents his latest audiovisual work in a geodesic dome build specifically for this occasion. A unique immersive experience!

Digital Territories, an audiovisual exploration at St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, will take you on a journey through uncharted sonic landscapes and new media artistry. Experience the fiery intensity of “Lucifer” by Szkieve and This Is Not Design, the mechanical symphony of “La Chambre des Machines” by Nicolas Bernier and Martin Messier, and the cosmic electronic universe of “Le Révélateur” by Roger Tellier-Craig and Sabrina Ratté. This event promises to be a playful, disorienting, and wondrous exploration of the digital realm.

Electric Pow Wow 2011, an electrifying event held at the Museum of Civilization’s Grand Hall, celebrated the fusion of indigenous culture and modern electronic music. A Tribe Called Red, a renowned First Nations DJ collective, headlined the event, blending traditional Pow Wow music with cutting-edge electronic beats.

“Church Music” event transformed St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts into more than just a venue; the basilica’s unique architecture became an integral part of the performance.

Swim Sound, a unique and immersive musical performance, took place at the historic Champagne Baths pool as part of the Electric Fields festival. This collaboration between composer and percussionist Jesse Stewart and new media artist Rob Cruickshank explored the relationship between sound and space in the unique acoustic environment of a public pool.

“Solid Vision” is an art installation showcasing independent Canadian artists’ work in stereoscopic video production. The exhibit explores various creative approaches to 3D, from traditional animation to custom shooting rigs.

3D VJs
This Is Not Design (Montréal)
Mathew Cameron (Ottawa)

Founded in 2002, V-Atak is a label dedicated to audio-visual art. Made up of a hybrid of VJs, movie makers and musicians, our label has grown to develop an uncompromising aesthetic. When performing live or producing video music, our crew is at its best when taking risks.

The Philosopher Cube was an interactive art installation created for the 2010 Electric Fields festival in Ottawa. It featured a 3D projection of an alien cube on the Rideau Centre wall, posing philosophical questions to passersby and displaying their answers, gathered through Twitter.

Electronic art can be fluid and elusive. Ideas are often ahead of technology. An artist’s work is always evolving. Can we create a presentation environment that allows artists to express the tension between these parts of the creative process?

Six musicians attempt to reproduce the sound emanating from a recording of Dan Flavin’s work comprised of six fluorescents tubes. The staging of a futile and excessive listening.

artinjun.ca is a open site for ndn interventions and projects for and by artists in any discipline who self identify as indigenous. it is also a site for indigenous art organisations dedicated to supporting art activities. artinjun.ca is devoted to the propagation of art on the internet and the artistic exploration of new technologies.

Video Music highlights work by Canadian and international artists with a distinct focus on the moving image as an instrument for musical composition.

Artengine transformed a decommissioned church into an electrifying haven for electronic audio-visual performance art. “Electronic Evangelicals” was a testament to Artengine’s commitment to pushing artistic boundaries while embracing the symbolic power of unconventional spaces.