A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s production program, Michel Lemieux has been astounding audiences with the originality and scope of his creative output for over three decades. By 1984, an entire generation of artists in Quebec and around the globe had been impacted by his multidisciplinary show, Solide Salad. A creator, set designer, director, composer, performer and videographer, Lemieux continues to be at the forefront of the performing arts. With the production company Lemieux Pilon 4D Art, founded in 1990, he and Victor Pilon devise singular shows in which new technologies intensify the audience’s sensory and emotional experience. Their collaboration has yielded Dreamscapes, Icare, La Belle et la Bête, The Tempest and NORMAN. The duo also created the opera Starmania, TORUK – The First Flight and Continuum at the Montreal Planetarium. Lemieux and Pilon’s work has been presented internationally. Created in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard, Cité Mémoire, an urban multimedia experience of Old Montreal, is their latest production.
Victor Pilon belongs to the first generation of multidisciplinary artists. Ever since his encounter with Michel Lemieux in 1990, these two intrepid artists have become masters at the art of integrating theatre, film, dance, poetry, visual arts and music to create unique experiences in live performance. This extraordinary duo devises large-scale productions such as TORUK and Delirium for Cirque du Soleil and the opera Starmania. Their recent output includes Dreamscapes, Icare, La Belle et la Bête, The Tempest and NORMAN. The duo also created Continuum at the Montreal Planetarium. With over 30 works to their credit, Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon have garnered acclaim in Canada, the United States, Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia. Created in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard, Cité Mémoire, an urban multimedia experience of Old Montreal, is their latest production.
- 9 Artworks
- 47min
- After Babel, a Civic Square
Cité Mémoire
Artwork description
One of the largest projection circuit, created by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard. Listen to the soundtrack on the free application Montréal en Histoires. Discover 25 projections in Old Montréal, Old-Port of Montréal and at Fairmont Le Reine Elizabeth hotel.