Défoncer des murs

Filmed in the derelict buildings that were to become Le Diamant, Défoncer des murs puts into dialogue about twenty micro-narratives carried by forty-five performers distributed in the numerous interstices of the place. The actions loop, unfold slowly, contaminate and intertwine with eachother. Through different games of superposition and reiteration, the video installation evokes, like an enigma, the spirit of the place and gradually weaves a new narrative.

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Artistic direction : L’ODHO and Jacynthe Carrier with the complicity of the guest performers

Coordination assistance and artistic direction : Philippe Lessard-Drolet

Coordination assistance : Ariane Plante

Video direction : Alexandre Berthier et Julie Pelletier

Music : Georges Azzaria, Léonard Azzaria, Guillaume Bouchard, Cresencio Salcedo, Antonin Dvořák, Haydn, Katia Makdissi-Warren, Olivier Messiaen, Morbid Lament, Gabrielle Noël Bégin, under the musical direction of L’ODHO

Sound recording : Anne-Marie Bouchard, Miriane Rouillard, Louis-Étienne Payer

Performers : Hector Alvarado, Georges Azzaria, Léonard Azzaria, Etienne Baillargeon, Christine Bernard, Josiane Bernier, Bruno Blais, Jean-Louis Blouin (Violons du Roy), John Blouin, Emmanuel Borden, Bruno Bouchard, Guillaume Bouchard, Noëlla Bouchard (Violons du Roy), Pierre Bouchard, Etienne Boulanger, Pierre Brassard, Jacynthe Carrier, Simon Castonguay, Jasmin Cloutier, Count Wurdulak, Zachary Delorme Crowley, Simon Drouin, Raphael Dubé (Violons du Roy), Simon Elmaleh, Maggy Flynn, Benoit Fortier, Laurie-Eve Gagnon, Pascale Gagnon (Violons du Roy), Carlos García, Antonio García, Marie-Ginette Guay, Vincent Hinse, Marilou Lavoie, Roland Lepage, Berthier Lessard, Philippe Lessard Drolet, Nadine Lizotte, David Nadeau Bernatchez, Gabrielle Noël Bégin, Danya Ortmann, Julie Pichette, Jocelyn Robert, Geneviève Savoie, Sarah Smith, Chloé Surprenant, Ulric van Darek

Works of art : Georges Azzaria (mechanical pianos), Pascal Gingras, Catherine Lessard (Quatre saisons, arrow works) et Théâtre Rude Ingénierie.

Editing : L’ODHO and Jacynthe Carrier

Video technical direction : Nicolas Dostie

Audio technical direction : Frédéric Auger

Calibration : Julie Pelletier

Heritage consultant : Gabrielle Larocque

Coproduction : Le Diamant and SPIRA

The project pas made possible thanks to the Canada Council for Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Entente de développement culturel MCC-Ville de Québec.