The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is pleased to announce that domino effect by Ingrid Ingrid is the winner of the 9thedition of Luminothérapie. The participatory installation, composed of a set of giant sonorous and illuminated dominos, will be presented untilJanuary 27, 2019 at Place des Festivals, located in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles, Montreal.
Play as a catalyst for new encounters
As part of the novel winter experience provided by Luminothérapie, domino effect consists of 120 dominos distributed across several stations. The public is invited to play with sets of 10 giant, brightly coloured dominos in different ways, creating a wide range of sound and lighting effects. Every set features a different sound profile (vocals, percussion, marimba, balafon, flute and so on), and when players topple the dominos in a long cascade, the resulting multi-coloured domino orchestra plays a unique musical work in a colorful and luminous bow of pastel hues!
Ingrid Ingrid delivers a fun and entertaining experience that brings people together and fosters a spirit of cooperation. Players can join forces to set up the dominos faster and trigger the next cascade, or nudge them in the opposite direction to reverse the sound sequence. And since each domino makes its own unique sound, visitors can even play DJ by “scratching” a domino, spinning it at different speeds or drumming on it with their fingers.
The installation is rounded out by an architectural projection on UQAM’s Pavillon Président-Kennedy, created by Nouvelle Administration. The projection borrows the installation’s colourful hues and pairs that graphic language with visuals that reference the world of dominos. Space, sonority and colour are at the centre of this exploration, where the chain reactions and original decomposition of the dominoes are caused by sound.
With its vintage tropical colours, the interactive and collaborative domino effectexperience makes for a positive, energizing outing. Come join us and forget the winter gloom!
“Congratulations to the team of Ingrid Ingrid for making Place des Festivals sparkle and bringing it to life with the power of interactivity. And thank-you to the team at the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership for coming back for a ninth consecutive year with this temporary luminous event, which brightens up downtown Montreal in the dark winter to delight passers-by of every age. Ingrid Ingrid’s installation illustrates our homegrown creators’ immense talent in finding new avenues for occupying public spaces all year round.”
Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal
With this project, we wanted to celebrate public and physical space as a place for get-togethers and surprises – the kind of place where it’s fun to play and relax. The domino effect is our impact on each other, the contagiousness of happiness, the idea that we can accomplish extraordinary things when we get together. – Geneviève Levasseur, creative director, Ingrid Ingrid
Photo credit | Nicolas Gouin – l’Hibou
