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Credits
- Original concept and design
Robert Lepage - Co-creator and image design
Steve Blanchet - Sound design and original music
René Lussier - Lighting design
Martin Gagnon
Ambiances conception lumière et visuelle inc. - Co-creator and co-designer of the original scenario
Philippe Meunier - Museologist and co-designer of the original scenario
Philippe Dubé - Projection technical design
Paul Souverbie - Image production coordinator and creative assistant
Marie Belzil - Coordinator and creative assistant
Original version
Félix Dagenais - Image design assistant
Original version
Jacques Collin - Production manager
Mario Brien - Assistant to the production manager
Caroline Pineau - Technical director
Michel Loiselle - Technical direction assistant
Annie Lacourse - Sound broadcasting system designer
Jacques Boucher - Image production consultant
Pierre-Yves Toulot (Cosmo AV) - Head computer graphics design
Maxim Boisseau - Computer graphics design
Dominique Grenier
François Mercier
Olivier Breton
Sylvain Gignac - Computer graphics design
Original version
Anne-Marie Lévesque
Ludovic Gauthier - Image programmer, modelling
Jean-Philippe Turmel - Image programmer and operator
Sébastien Grenier-Cartier - E/T/C video system design
Jean-Marc Constantien
Nicolas Manichon
Benoît Thomas
Patrick Lefebvre
Patrice Bouqueniaux - Image production assistant and researcher
Valériane Cossette - Researchers
Karine Charbonneau
Marie-Michèle Pineault - Computer graphics design and video editor
Luc Saint-Laurent - Sound engineer and mixer
Martin M. Messier - Studio musicians
René Lussier
Jean René
Marie Bernard
Tom Walsh
Jacques Drouin
Liette Remon
Martin Tétreault
Némo Venba
Pierre Langevin - Sound director
Marc Doucet - Head of sound
François Côté - Head of sound assistant
Frédérick Fortier - Sound engineer
Pierre Bouchard - Project manager, electricity, and wiring
François Gagnon - Project manager, electricity, and wiring assistant
Éric Gagnon - Lighting assistants
Donald Leblanc - Lighting project manager
Richard Côté - Lighting project manager assistant
Guillaume Ricard - Lighting director
Dominic Minguy-Jean - Laser technicien
Steve Montambeault - Key grip
Danny Rochette - Field supervisor
Jacques Rouleau - Grips/Technicians
Mireille Bergeron
Elsa Daigle
Emy Durette-Yockell
Raynald Forgues
Pierre-Luc Gagné
Mathieu Giroux
Pascal Gravel
Stéphane Gravel
Guillaume Hébert
Dany Jenkins
Keena Lamarre-Meetaroo
Carolyne Landry
Marie-Pierre Lepage
Carolanne Loiselle
Guillaume Loubier-Jacques
Philippe Mainguy
Claude Michaud
Michel Nadeau
Yannick Nolin
Stéphane Painchaud
Christian Paré
François Pâtry
Marc Olivier Pelletier
Benoît Rousseau
David Trottier
Jérôme Vallée
Jean-Benoît Allard (stagiaire)
Émilie Labonté (stagiaire) - Commissionaires
Guillaume Loubier-Jacques
Jean-Philippe Turmel - Storeman
Jean-François Grenier - Carpenters
Pierre L'Heureux
Marco Poulin - Machinery operator and grip
Yves Marois - Computor-assisted designer
Dominic Minguy-Jean - Event organization trainee
Maxime Guérard - Communications assistant
Chantal Duplain
NATIONAL OPTICS INSTITUTE TEAM
- Jean-Yves Roy
André Fougères
Bruno Bourliaguet
Éric Savard
Nathalie Renaud
Yves Champagne
UBISOFT TEAM
- Yanick Piché
Aurelien Baguerre
Guy Lampron
Nicolas Robitaille
Guillaume Menuel
Nathalie Marineau
Annie Dumais
Jean-François Viau
Louis Rouleau
André Michaud
Chantal Fournier
André Minotti
Patrick-Robert Tougas
Mathieu Boudreau
Chantal Cloutier
PERFORMANCE TEAM
- Site managers
Mario Brien
Michel Loiselle - Assistant to the site manager
Caroline Pineau - Video director
Sébastien Grenier-Cartier - Projection assistant
Nicolas Paquet - Video technicians (E/T/C)
Patrick Matuszek
Benoît Thomas
Mathieu Coutu
Patrick Lefebvre
Florient Lopez
Jean-Vincent Stefano - Head of sound
François Côté - Sound director
Marc Doucet - Head electrician
Richard Côté - Assistant to head electrician
Guillaume Ricard - Lighting manager
Dominic Minguy-Jean - Grip
Carolyne Landry - Network techniciens
Marc-Antoine Fleury
Guillaume Pelletier
Yannick Richard
EX MACHINA
- Producer
Michel Bernatchez - Vice-president, finance
Jean-Pierre Vézina - Administrative and human resources director
Guy Lanteigne - Director of communications and project manager
Martine Rochon - Special Project Manager
Dali Berthiaume - Technical consultants
Tobie Horswill
Catherine Guay - Technical manager
Patrick Durnin - Assistant to the producer
Vanessa Landry Claverie - Communication assistant and marketing coordinator
Catherine Jalbert - Sales coordinator and publishing
Jean-Philippe Côté - Administrative assistants
Sylvie Racine
Carmen Hattote - Assistant to the vice-president, finance
Francine Poitras - Travel agent and receptionist
Francine Dupuis - Network administrator
Marc-Antoine Fleury - Archivist
Véronique St-Jacques - Workshop technician
Sylvain Durocher - Maintenance
Daniel Bernatchez
ROBERT LEPAGE INC.
- Agent and assistant to Robert Lepage
Lynda Beaulieu - Assistant to Lynda Beaulieu
Johanne Tremblay - Personal assistant to Robert Lepage
Patrick Caux - Ex Machina thanks the following organisations and people for their collaboration in the making of The Image Mill:
- The City of Quebec
The maire, Mr. Régis Labeaume
The counsellors of Quebec City's town council
Mr. Louis Côté, Principal private secretary
Mr. Jean-Louis Duchesne, Director of le bureau des grands événements - The Image Mill - 2009 Edition
Production of Ex Machina
Presented by the City of Quebec
Invitation of Hydro-Quebec
In collaboration with
Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Société Radio-Canada
Office national du film
INO and UBISOFT
Bunge of Canada and the Port of Quebec
The Image Mill™
This year, by popular request, The Image Mill will be back in its 2D version on the Bunge grain silos in the Quebec Harbour.
The architectural projection produced and performed, in Quebec City, by Robert Lepage and Ex Machina represents the largest projection ever done. It requires the use of fine technology to project a huge quantity of images and films on the grain silos of the Quebec Harbour, an oversized screen, 600 meters wide by 30 meters high! In the hands of the creators, this huge mass of concrete is in constant transformation, which gives us the strange impression of it being alive and talking to us. Leaving the usual clichés behind, we discover the fascinating history of Quebec City with its upheavals, its controversies, and its great political and popular moments.
The Image Mill™ was created as part of the festivities surrounding the 400th anniversary of Quebec City. Following the success of the 2008 edition, the work has been extended for another five years. In 2012, audiences will once again have the chance to discover a never-seen-before version of the show as the 2011 3D version will be switched to 2D. For the next and last creative phase in 2013, it is 20 % of the content that will be redesigned, improved or enhanced with new material.
“We have invented a mill that transforms, animates, presents and celebrates the beauty of Quebec City. We are glad to be able, once again, to give the public a new version of this image mill”. - Robert Lepage
Dates and times in 2012
Tuesday to Saturday, from June 26 to September 1
Starting at 10 pm in June and July
9:30 pm in August
9 pm in September
No performances on Sundays and Mondays
Except on July 22, 23, 29 and 30
Extras on September 6, 7 and 8 at 9 pm
Where to see and listen to The Image Mill – 2012 Edition
To experience and appreciate the work at its best and in all its dimensions, people are encouraged to position themselves on the docks, between the Old Port Market, Dalhousie Street, and Quay Saint-André Street.
The Mill Frequency: 97,5 FM
Those who want to watch the mega project from outside this area should tune in to 97,5 FM on their personal fm radio. Digital radios will also be sold on site, so The Image Mill – 2012 Edition soundtrack can be heard simultaneously.
You can also download the The Mill Frequency radio show in MP3 which contains thorough interviews with The Image Mill™ creators (in French).
Our partners
Thanks to the City of Quebec and its important investment, the project will go on until 2013. We wish to thank Bunge Canada, the Port of Quebec and the Abraham-Martin co-ownership for their amazing collaboration, without whom the project could not have been realized.
Ex Machina also thanks partners of this 2012 edition : Ça bouge!, Tanguay, Le Soleil, Voilà Québec, NRJ, Rouge FM, TVA and Réseau de transport de la Capitale.
Ex Machina also wishes to thank its financial partners, the Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins and Investissement Québec.
Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the National Film Board of Canada and la Société Radio-Canada have provided most of the archives used for The Image Mill™.
Film
The film The Image Mill Revealed paints a portrait of the last three months preceding the première of The Image Mill™.
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The Image Mill™
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