As part of Art Pop 2009, Agence TOPO presents101 Song Scores, a performative and poetic infiltration initiative by the artists Sheena Hoszko & Michelle Lacombe.

101 Song Scores is a project which addresses the subjective ways of relating to song lyrics and their meaning. The artists compiled a database of song “scores” (text-based performance directions) culled from the lyrics of western popular music of the last 50 years. In collaboration with Agence Topo, these informations are available online to propose a long series of shared moments of action. With an emphasis on waiting, the 101 Song Scoresweb page highlights the integral relationship between an action and its duration. Have fun, perform!

«VÉVÉ» – http://veve.sofianaudry.com
Generative and interactive
Words are but amalgams of letters. It is the relationship between words that gives them life and meaning. In this project, visitors contribute to the creation of dialogical entities called vévés, taking a conversation based on the simple exchange of words. From this dialogue, the vévés learn, become more complex and evolve. They seem to be animated by their own will.
This project launched at the International Festival of Litterature Blue Metropolis (Montréal) in May 2008 is resulting from Sofian Audry’s artist residency at Agence TOPO.
Creation : Sofian Audry
Audio : Alexandre Quessy
Coproduction : Agence TOPO (fall 2007 – spring 2008)
Presentation:
International Festival of Literature Blue Metropolis, May 2008, Montréal
Olympic Games of the French Speaking Countries, September 2009, Beyrouth

« Verano » (« summer ») was started by Isabelle Bernier in 2005 during a residency in Mexico at the multimedia center of the Centro national de las artes. She ended the work with the support of Agence TOPO that host her in residency. The launch took place at the gallery Powerhouse / La Centrale in March 2007.
Creation : Isabelle Bernier
Coproduction : Agence TOPO (fall 2005 – winter 2006)

Detours: Poetics of the City invites you to explore the streets of Montreal through a series of reworked city transit maps, using photos, video, audio, drama, poetry and iconography to explore personal engagements with the city. The detour happens as a break from routine, an unexpected trip through the spaces of stories and small observations that are strewn across the everyday landscape. [+]
Team
Taien Ng-Chan, Donna Akrey, Lance Blomgren, Gordon Neil Allen, Adrian Gorea, Emilie O’Brien, Samuel Thulin
Agence TOPO
Multimédia director: Vincent Archambault
Coordination: Marc Fournel
Production: Agence TOPO, 2011

Bêta-cité is an audiovisual & interactive mapping project on the Web created by the Audiotopie cooperative in collaboration with Agence TOPO. The website makes it possible to create audio guided urban walking tours which the user can design and try out in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Laurent boroughs in Montreal. Bêta-cité provides a space for interpretation, discovery, experimentation and composition on the internet based on a walking itinerary.
Équipe du projet
Audiotopie
Scénarisation: Yannick Guéguen, Edith Normandeau
Création musicale: Étienne Legast, David Martin
Captation vidéo: David Tousignant
Narration: Sylvain Lamy et Marie-Hélène Gosselin
Agence TOPO
Réalisation multimédia: Vincent Archambault, assisté de Keshia NauDominique et Alex Saint-Gelais
Direction de projet: Michel Lefebvre
Coordination: Éric Legendre
Production: Agence TOPO, 2010

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La popularité d’outils de cartographie et de visualisation terrestre se fait grandement sentir dans l’expérience du web. L’emploi de systèmes de géolocalisation se généralise et infiltre l’univers numérique. À l’aide de ces technologies, des artistes explorent la volonté de « situer ». Les œuvres qui en résultent questionnent cette nouvelle conscience géographique issue des pratiques en réseau.
Réunis par la commissaire Sylvie Parent, les artistes Matthew Biederman (Montréal), Grégory Chatonsky (Montréal), Zahra Poonawala (Strasbourg, France) et Cheryl Sourkes (Toronto) ont bénéficié, en 2009-2010 de résidences et de soutien à la production de l’Agence TOPO pour la réalisation de leurs projets. Avec Spectrum Survey, Biederman prend la mesure des ondes électromagnétiques qui nous entourent. Dans Circulation, Chatonsky fait du trafic urbain le moteur d’un dialogue entre un homme et une femme. Poonawala nous fait découvrir le monde par la voix des haut-parleurs, dans Public Address System, et Sourkes propose GeoTag, une version web du jeu Géographie.
Lire l’essai de Sylvie Parent – Géoweb : création de nouvelles géographies – qui élabore sur le thème et décrit les quatre projets sélectionnés.
Production : Agence TOPO, 2010
Directeur de projet : Michel Lefebvre
Réalisateurs multimédia : Vincent Archambault,Guy Asselin
Stagiaires multimédia : Keshia Nau-Dominique, Alex St-Gelais