Invocation presents SOPHIE TRUDEAU (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) + MICHAELA GRILL & Loom

Event Details

Event type: All Ages / Licensed

Invocation Presents
An evening of sound and vision
with
SOPHIE TRUDEAU
[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]
&
Austrian Filmmaker
MICHAELA GRILL

with special guest
LOOM

A multihanded audiovisual performance by these outstanding international creators. This live art action explores the links between analogue (16 mm) and digital by creating an amalgam of pictures and sounds, with a strong dash of improvisation.

SOPHIE TRUDEAU (Montreal) is a member of acclaimed band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, known for their legendary concerts and cinematic music. They won the Polaris Music Prize in 2013. Trudeau has worked with visual artists on many occasions and her music has featured on several soundtracks. She recently worked with American filmmaker Jem Cohen on his performance WE HAVE AN ANCHOR, which was presented at EMPAC in New York and the Barbican in London, among others.

MICHAELA GRILL (Austria) studied in Vienna, Glasgow and London, and has produced a number of films, sound installations and audiovisual performances since 1999. She sits on the advisory board of Austrian experimental film distributor sixpackfilm. In 2010 she won Best Artist Award for Avant-garde Film from the Austrian Ministry of Education, the Arts and Culture. Her films, installations and performances have been shown at festivals and art centres worldwide, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, the Austrian Film Museum, the ICA in London and MoMA in New York, among others.

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