European premiere

Martin Messier is a Montreal-based artist who has spent over 15 years creating performances and installations which combine robotics, light, sound, and video. He began his studies in composition but soon branched out into an experimental sound practice which integrated visual elements. At the centre of his work is the interplay between objects and human bodies, both in terms of their sonic and physical relationships. For Rewire, Messier presents the project 1 Drop 1000 Years. This performance emerged from an invitation to ruminate on the process of homeostasis – a symbol of adaptation and durability, it is the process wherein an organism self-regulates its internal temperature despite its external surroundings. Looking towards the ways in which the world itself self-regulates its temperature – through an oceanic stream called the thermohaline circulation – Messier considers how one drop moves through this system, traversing the globe and changing the world as it travels. This bright, visually stunning performance of light and sound is both a celebration of water’s vitality and a warning about the climatic changes that are slowing down this planetary self-regulation.

Co-presented by MUTEK.
The presentation of this work was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

*This is a seated concert