Messier doesn’t sew : with a computer and microcontrollers, he reactivates old Singers as to release the luminous and resounding presence of the past.
By narrowly controlling and amplifying the machines’ noises and micro-movements, he carries his public in a dreamlike universe where the old Singers, as singular beings, are magnified.
After years of silence, Sewing Machine Orchestra gives the floor to these surviving objects.
Concept, performance, programming, light and music
Martin Messier
Electronic
Samuel St-Aubin
Photos credits
Alexis Bellavance