Once again this year, the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival – one of the largest in the entertainment industry – will welcome a large delegation of Quebec artists.
In total, 23 artists or musical groups from Quebec are in the official selection at SXSW, which is being held this year from March 8 to 16 in Austin, Texas. These are Alix Fernz, Arielle Soucy, Corridor, Crab, DVTR, Hanorah, Jason Voltaire, La Sécurité, Le Couleur, Lola 1: 2, Love Language, maxime., Miranda Joan, N Nao, Night Lunch, NOBRO, Population II, Prince Amine, Shaina Hayes, Simon Leoza, Sorry Girls, Totally Sublime and zouz. SODEC is organizing a networking meeting on March 13 in Austin, and ten Quebec artists will perform there.
The musical artists are added to the eight Quebec films selected by the organizers of SXSW – a record for La Belle Province: 7 beats per minute (Yuqi Kang), Your ears (Alexandre Isabelle), Adrianne & the castle (Shannon Walsh), Hunting day (Annick Blanc), Hello Stranger (Amélie Hardy), My tomato heart (Benoît Le Rouzès Ménard), Turtles (David Lambert) and A hole in the chest (Alexandra Myotte and Jean-Sébastien Hamel).
PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE GENTILHOMME WEBSITE
The POP installation!
On the digital side, two Quebec XR works are in selection: Joseph Rouleau: final reminder (Émilie Rosas and Colas Wohlfahrt) and Opal (Thibaut Duverneix and Guillaume Cardell). An interactive installation entitled POP!, created by Gentilhomme, will also be presented in the city of Austin until March 22. It is made up of five monoliths, each containing an inflatable creature.
Last year, Quebec was represented by 19 musical artists and three films.
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