Research Projects

Labo Studio is a research-creation space in digital creativity where interdisciplinary projects contribute to a shared portfolio of works, reflections, and scholarly outputs. It aims to establish digital creativity as a fully recognized artistic field and to support its broader dissemination.

This PERSÉIS project on innovative entrepreneurship in regional areas aims to understand how to create an ecosystem that supports the attractiveness and retention of innovative entrepreneurs across Quebec.

Bringing together art, nature, and digital technology to reveal the emotions that connect us to the living world. An immersive experience where impressionist paintings and plant-generated music merge to transform eco-anxiety into positive emotions and lasting well-being.

La Balançoire is a poetic animated short film that explores the passage of time through the relationship between a father and his daughter. Carried by music and the cycle of the seasons, the film gently evokes transformation, memory, and family bonds.

C’est la Vie! is an experimental video game artwork that explores the narrative and aesthetic possibilities of artificial intelligence through a sensitive interactive experience. The project combines game design, procedural writing, and locally generated imagery within an ethical and responsible creative approach.

Creative economy: an idea you sense before you define. By asking people on the spot, we captured sparks of imagination that reveal the richness and diversity of this notion.

Collaborative Project with Dave Haway, Jocelyn Benoit, Maxime Deslongchamps-Gagnon, Edouard Raffis, and Alice Calixte.

The Culture in the Regions axis is leading a collective reflection on the meaning of regional culture. Through workshops, lectures, and study days, the initiative aims to strengthen dialogue between cultural practitioners, researchers, and citizens.

At the intersection of art and artificial intelligence, this project designs an immersive experience to foster young adults’ mental well-being and renew the museum experience.

When science reveals the invisible, art gives it a voice. Human and plant cells become images, then music — blending art, science, and technology to illuminate the living world that connects us to one another and to nature.

Bringing together art, nature, and digital technology to reveal the emotions that connect us to the living world. An immersive experience where impressionist paintings and plant-generated music merge to transform eco-anxiety into positive emotions and lasting well-being.

The Culture in the Regions Axis is collaborating on a pilot project led by a group of accredited museum institutions in Quebec.

From ice to the senses: a new way to listen to the climate. Using climate data from Nunavik, art and AI create a sensory work that transforms eco-anxiety into lasting eco-resilience.

A groundbreaking study on how streaming platforms influence the visibility of French-language music. Between actual usage, algorithmic biases, and social dynamics, the project analyzes what makes content discoverable.

Film on the activity “L’Art dans tous ses états ! Danse et théâtre” by the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

The Théâtre Aux Écuries (TAÉ) has established a Service Centre to support theatre organizations with limited resources by providing flexible access to specialized services. This project aims to measure the social impacts of this initiative and to promote its replicability in other cultural contexts.

The living as instrument, art as impulse. Plant signals turn into music, creating a sensitive space where young people transform eco-anxiety into creative, meaningful engagement.

See, hear, and feel the plants: transforming eco-anxiety into eco-resilience. By connecting arts, sciences, philosophy, and Indigenous cultures, this project creates sensory experiences with plants to ease eco-anxiety and inspire eco-resilience.

When the climate changes, the land speaks. By blending art and science, the artists transform thirty years of climate data into music, revealing the depth of Nunavik’s transformations and their human impact.

When the ice melts, the music rises. By blending art, science, and contemporary music, this project translates Arctic warming into sound-based emotions accessible to all.

Music, Virtual Reality, and Mental Health of Patients Hospitalized in the Intensive Functional Rehabilitation Unit at the IUGM: A Pilot Clinical Trial.

When museums become places of care: art emerges as an ally for well-being, from care to cure. A pioneering book explores how museums—at the crossroads of art, health, and society—are becoming key contributors to well-being and therapeutic care.

Benefits of a three-month program of weekly virtual museum visits for community-dwelling older adults: Results of a randomized clinical trial

This research project evaluates the effects of visits to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), prescribed by physicians, on the mental health, well-being, and quality of life of patients living in Quebec. It is part of a broader reflection on the role of the arts as a lever for intervention in health care.

"CLTRS" is an immersive video game experience that highlights female pleasure within an intimate and sensual universe. Through open-ended and contemplative exploration, the game transforms curiosity into an act of affirmation and offers a work emerging from a research-creation approach.