CURRICULUM VITAE
Louis-Philippe Demers
Software Designer
Lighting & Scenic Designer
Interaction Designer
Machine Designer
Media Artist
BIOGRAPHY
Louis-Philippe Demers combines several profiles: Artist, Freelance Designer, Professor, Researcher and
Entrepreneur. He is a multidisciplinary artist using hybrid approaches.
He worked on the conception and production of several large-scale interactive robotic installations, so far
realizing more than 300 machines. His robotics works could be found in theatre, opera, subway stations,
art museums, science museums, music events and trade shows.
He also conceives and realizes interactive environments exhibited and used in museums, festivals,
corporate events and public spaces. In addition, he acts as stage, lighting and exhibit designer as well as
a consultant for the integration of technology in the arts.
Since 1988, he participated in more than seventy artistic and stage productions. He has collaborated with
several recognised artists including: Bill Vorn, Michael Saup, Garry Stewart, Art Zoyd, Michael Simon,
Christian Möller, Stelarc, Thecla Schiphorst, Robert Lepage, Peter Gabriel and Le Cirque du Soleil.
His works have been primed with several prizes and featured at major international festivals and venues
such as Lille 2004, Expo 92, Expo 2000, Sonambiente, ISEA, SIGGRAPH and Sonar. Throughout his
career, he received four mentions and a distinction at the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica, the prize for
Interactive Lighting at Lightforms 98, a recommendation at the Japan Media Art Festival 2010, the first
prize of artificial life Vida 2.0 and a special mention at Vida 12.0. His major work, Devolution, received six
prizes in 2006 including the Ruby Innovation award in South Australia, Outstanding Performance from
Australian Dance Awards and two Helpmann Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Broadway’s Tony.
He combines post-graduate studies in computer science, education in media arts and stage/lighting
design for the theatre. He was intern then artist in residence at the Media Arts section of the renowned
Banff Centre after completing a year of doctoral studies in robotics at McGill University. Louis-Philippe
conducted independent research on interactive lighting and control systems for the stage which
culminated into his role of president of Kunst Macchina Production Company; a group specialized in the
commercialization and the R&D of software solutions for the entertainment. Currently, Demers is
completing a practice based Ph.D. surrounding ontologies of the machine performers.
Demers frequently gives workshops and lectures, he has also curated artistic events and organized
several colloquiums. From 2000 to 2005, Louis-Philippe Demers was a Professor of Digital Media and
Exhibit Design at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung, the academic institution affiliated to the world
renowned ZKM (Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie) in Karlsruhe (Germany). In late 2006,
Demers joined the Interaction and Entertainment Research Centre (IERC) of the Nanyang Technological
University (NTU) as a Principal Investigator. Currently Demers is Associate Professor at NTU’s School of
Art, Design and Media and was the school’s Associate Chair Research.
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ASSETS
Strong Synthesis Skills
Good Communication Skills
Team Leader
Entrepreneur
Large Project Management
Strong Multidisciplinary Approach
Scientific & Artistic Backgrounds
Academic Background
Research Skills
Pedagogic Skills
Product Specification & Market Development
Computer Science Media Arts Teaching New Media Field
Professional practice since 1981
Professional practice since 1990
9 years experience (upto dec 2009)
Strong Overview, Vision & Insight
Interactive Systems, Surface Computing and Tangible Media
Real-Time Systems
Animatronics / Mechatronics
Entertainment & Production Experience
Exhibit Design
Curator Experience
OBJECTIVES
Position within educational and/or research environments.
Development of singular high-end technologies applied to design, media, entertainment or the arts.
Pursue an international career as a media artist.
Key role in challenging projects.
DATA / CONTACT
French (native),
English (fluent),
German (basic)
Canadian Citizen
Single
Born in 1959
Singapore: +65 9072 7264
email: [email protected]
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www:
www.processing-plant.com
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UPCOMING and ONGOING PROJECTS
2010
Cyberlabor, workshop leader on Theatre and Media,
with Jo Fabian, Victor Morales and Georg Hobmeier, Theatre St-Polten (Austria).
2011
Ecological Pixels, a colony of hundreds of ant-robots draw pictures,
part of the Seven Sins Tour, Club of Marrakech.
2011
2012
Brain (workting title), robotic character, dance/video performance from Klaus Obermaier
Ars Electronica / Brucknerhaus(Austria).
Olympics Cultural Program (London).
2011-13
Sinergia, Towards an alliance between scenic arts and scientific research,
Collaborative project between ZHDK (Zurich), EPFL(Lausanne), Manufacture Theatre
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
The Tiller’s Girls, interactive robotic installation,
VIDA 12.0 – video screening (Madrid)
Cyberlabor, Theatre St-Polten (Austria)
Bain Numeriques (France)
Lille 3000 (France)
Elektra (Montreal)
2010
2010
The Prayer Drums, interactive sound+video installation,
Remoteness, Frankston Art Centre (Melbourne)
Prix Ars Electronica, Digital Musics (Linz)
2010
The Wind Tunnel, interactive sound+video installation,
Japan Media Arts Festival – video screening (Tokyo)
2010
Natural Teratology, biologically inspired malformed robot.
Collaboration with Biologist/Artist Brandon Ballengee.
Major Research Initiatives (NTU).
2008-2011
Digital Realities Laboratory, Principal Investigator, 1.25M SGD, NTU
Social Robotics, Entertainment Robotics, Tangible Media, Surface Computing
2008-2011
Cinematics and Narratives, Co-Principal Investigator, 1.7M SGD, NRF Singapore
Motion tracking, behaviour and emotion recognition of participants.
Major External Funding.
2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
Area V5, Museum of Civilization. Transport, installation . 50KSGD
Brain, production costs, 100KSGD, pending approval
Ecological Pixels, commission, 1M SGD
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ROBOTIC INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2009-10
Area V5, an interactive robotic installation, commission
Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City (Canada)
2007
Three Monkeys, discrete robotic manipulators created for Norgren stand.
Hannover (Germany)
2006
2007
2007
2007
2007
DEVOLUTION, robotic & dance performance, Garry Stewart choreographer,
Adelaide Theatre Festival 06
Sydney Festival 07
Adelaide
Theatre de la Ville (Paris)
Annecy (France)
2008
2008
Video screenings – Mutamorphosis/Enter 3, Prague Czech Republik
Video screenings - Art in Post-Biological Age, Modern Art Museum, Russia
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005
2005
Colony 002, robot for a dance performance, Pablo Ventura choreographer,
in Kubic;s Cube - Gogbot (Netherlands)
In Kubic’s Cube – ISEA 2008 (Singapore)
in Kubic’s Cube – Digital Art Weeks 2007 (Zürich)
in Fabrica – New Baltic Dance ’07 (Lithuania)
in Kubic’s Cube - Transmediale 2006 (Berlin)
in Fabrica – CyNetArt (Dresden)
in Fabrica - FigurenTheatre (Erlangen)
in Fabrica - TanzWasserWerk (Zurich)
2004
Colony 001, robotic installation,
Montreal Science Museum (Montreal,Canada)
2004
2004
Armageddon, robotic performers for an Operetta
Commissioned by Art Zoyd, European Capital of Culture Lille 2004 (Lille,France)
Scène Nationale du Manège (Maubeuge, France)
2003-2004
En Attendant le Métro, with Robert Lepage,
Public Space Robotic Installation, Subway Station Fives,
Commissioned by European Capital of Culture Lille 2004 (Lille,France)
2000-2003
Shockheaded Peter, animatronics for the stage,
A junk Opera by Prof. Michael Simon director,
Düsseldorf Schauspiel Theatre
2001
2001
2001
2002
2002
2002
2003-04
2004
L’Assemblée, robotic installation,
Creative residency at HFG / ZKM (Germany)
Parc des Expositions Scientifiques (Belgium)
Elektra Festival (Montreal, Canada)
VIA (Paris,France)
EXIT (Maubeuge,France)
EMAF(Osnabrueck, Germany)
European Capital of Culture Lille 2004 (Lille,France)
Festival Oriente Occidente (Trento, Italy)
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ROBOTIC INSTALLATIONS & PERFORMANCES
2000
2000
2001
2006
r111, multi-media installation, collaboration with Michael Saup,
EXIT, Maison des Arts de Creteil, Paris (France)
Parc des Expositions Scientifiques (Belgium)
Canon Art Lab (Japan)
Z.K.M. (Germany)
2001
Festival d'Expérience Robotiques (F.E.R.) ,
Guest Curator, Biennale on Robotics,
Parc des Expositions Scientifiques (Belgium)
1999
1999
2000
2002
2003
2003
2003
2004
Le Procès, robotic live performance,
Cabaret Technologique Zulu Time, Robert Lepage director,
Production Ex Machina & Peter Gabriel.
Zürich (Switerzland),
Maison de la Culture de Creteil (France)
La Caserne (Canada)
EMAF (Osnabrueck, Germany)
Exit 2003 (Paris,France)
Via 2003 (Maubeuge,France)
European Capital of Culture Lille 2004 (lille, France)
Festival Oriente Occidente (Trento, Italy)
1999
1999
1999
1998
1997
La Cour des Miracles, installation,
Rotterdam festival, V2 (Netherlands),
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Soissons (France),
Kunstpflug (Berlin, Germany),
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (Canada),
International Symp. on Electronic Arts ISEA'97 (Chicago, USA).
1996
No Man's Land, commissioned by Ars Electronica Festival,
Ars Electronica Centre (Linz, Austria).
1996
1995
The Frenchman Lake, installation,
Sonambiente Sound Art'96 (Berlin, Germany),
International Symposium on Electronic Arts
ISEA'95 (Montréal, Canada).
1994
At the Edge of Chaos, installation,
Images du Futur (Montréal, Canada).
2003
1997
1996
1996
1995
1994
1994
1993
1993
Espace Vectoriel, installation,
SONAR'03 10 Year Review, (Barcelona,Spain)
ARTEC'97, Nagoya Biennale (Nagoya, Japan),
Art Futura'96 (Madrid, Spain),
DEAF`96 Dutch Electronica Art Fest (Rotterdam, Netherlands),
Sound Art Festival, Sprengel Museum (Hannover, Germany),
PALOMAR (Montréal, Canada),
SONAR'94 (Barcelone, Spain),
European Media Arts Festival 1993 (Osnabrück, Germany),
SIGGRAPH'93 Machine Culture (Los Angeles, USA).
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INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES & INSTALLATIONS
(selection)
2009
Scenography, public art and interactive media, exhibition and workshop leader,
Bauhaus Lab, Theatrehaus Jena and Bauhaus University.
2008
Studio 110110, an interactive dance floor, multi-touch system
ISEA IMI Demo-Graphics 2008 (Singapore)
2008
The Beat Table (beta), an interactive multi-touch beat box
ISEA IMI Demo-Graphics 2008 (Singapore)
2007
2008
The Wishing Wells / Stage 1 / Dry Liquid, a multi-touch interactive surface studies on
displays and rendering of elements.
Singapore Science Centre (Singapore)
ISEA IMI Demo-Graphics 2008 (Singapore)
2006
iTag, a portable Musak generator derived by RFID tags of surrounding commercial
products, a commission from Space Media Arts
London
2004
SchillerHaus Fountain,
Public Space, Interactive Water Fountain,
SchillerHaus Centre (Frankfurt, Germany)
2004
Cirque du Soleil / Interactive Performance Floor,
In Collaboration with Les Ateliers Numériques (Montreal) and
Holger Forterer (Germany), MGM Grand / Cirque du Soleil (Las Vegas, USA)
2002-03
Hypersymphonique, interactive exhibit
about Symphonic Orchestra,
Musée de la Civilisation de Québec (Québec,Québec)
2001
Conference on Impact of New Technologies and Arts,
conference chair (Köln, Germany)
2000
AIRAIL, Frankfurt Airport group, Interactive Space,
Expo2000 portal (Frankfurt, Germay)
1998
Lost Referential, sound&moving light installation,
LIGHTFORMS'98, intl. competition, Interactive Prize,
NY Museum of Science (NYC, USA)
1995
220v Electro-Clips, large scale sound&light interactive outdoor
installation, collaboration with Christian Möller, V2 Organisatie (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
1994
Body, interactive lighting for Stelarc,
Nexus Phase 8, ACREQ Production (Montréal, Canada)
1995
1995
1994
Electro-Clips, interactive danse, Christian Möller,
Stephen Galloway,
Dance Fest (Munich, Germany),
Theatre am Turm (Frankfurt, Germany),
Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria).
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INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES & INSTALLATIONS
1992
Glen Gould, design & programming of an interactive exhibit,
Canadian Pavilion, EXPO '92 (Sevilla, Spain).
1992
1992
Escape is out of the Question,
Thecla Schiphorst choreograph,
CyberArts (Los Angeles, USA),
Intl. Symp. on Electronics Arts TISEA '92 (Sydney, Australia)
1992
The Shadow Project, John Crawford &Thecla Schiphorst,
Studio II, Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada).
1991
Eschroadepipel, Zack Settel composer,
Intl. Computer Music Conf. ICMC'91 (Montréal, Canada).
1991
Léthé, sound&light installation, scenic,lighting, music,
Project Studio, Media Arts, The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada).
1990
LUDI, multi-media opera, interactive and scored lighting,
New Music America 1990, Spectrum (Montréal, Canada).
1989
l'autre gauche, danse, multi-media control,
Project Studio, Media Arts, The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada).
1989
(selection)
The Rite of Spring, computer assisted lighting,
Project Studio, Media Arts, The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada),
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
USITT'89 (Calgary, Alberta).
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LIGHTING DESIGN
(selection)
2006
2007
2007
2007
2007
DEVOLUTION, robotic & dance performance, Garry Stewart choreographer,
Adelaide Theatre Festival 06
Sydney Festival 07
Adelaide
Theatre de la Ville (Paris)
Annecy (France)
2001
Thunder, lighting, Sarah Bild choreograph,
Danse-Cité (Montréal, Canada)
1999
Perceval, lighting & set design, La Nef,
Salle Pierre Mercure (Montréal, Canada).
1997
1996
1994
Le Jardin des Délices, lighting & set design, La Nef,
Tokyo, Japan,
Salle Pierre Mercure (Montréal, Canada).
Maison de la Culture Frontenac (Montréal, Canada).
1996
Anxiety of Immortality, Thom Sokoloski director, Autumn Leaf Production,
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada)
1995
Le Chant d'Éole, La Nef,
Salle DuMaurier, Monument National (Montréal, Canada).
1996
1995
Les Chants du Capricorne, Pauline Vaillancourt, director & performer,
Du Maurier Theatre (Toronto, Canada),
Musée d'Art Contemporain (Montréal, Canada).
1995
Speed the Plow, Dominic Champagne director,
Nouvelle Compagnie Théatrâle (Montréal, Canada).
1996
1994
1993
1992
Musiques pour Jeanne la Folle, lighting&set, La Nef,
Milwaukee (USA),
Mexico D.F., Cervantino Festival (Mexico),
Peer, Brussels (Belgium),
Théâtre la Chapelle (Montréal, Canada).
1994
The Bridge, Jean-Frédérick Messier director, Benchtours Theatre,
Glasgow's Mayfest, Scotland Tour (Glasgow, Scotland).
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LIGHTING DESIGN
(selection)
1994
Les Bouleaux, Sarah Bild choreograph,
Tangente, Agora de la Danse (Montréal, Canada).
1994
La Boîte, Andrea Davidson choreograph, Danse-Cité,
Agora de la danse (Montréal, Canada).
1994
1991
The Dangerous Kitchen, Concert Frank Zappa, production ACREQ,
Cullen Theatre (Houston, USA),
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (Montréal, Canada).
1993
Holographic Sculpture, scored lighting, Marie-C. Mathieu,
Casino of Montréal (Montréal, Canada).
1992
1992
Musiques pour le Parc Lafontaine, outdoor large scale event,
Parc Lafontaine, printemps de l'ACREQ (Montréal, Canada),
Musée d'Art Contemporain (Montréal, Canada).
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(selection--see also artwork)
Academic / Teaching
2006-ongoing Assoc. Prof. , School of Art, Design and Media,
Interaction and Entertainment Research Centre, Principal Investigator,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2008-2009
Associate Chair Research, School of Art, Design and Media,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2002-2005
Full Professor (rank C4), State School of Design Karlsruhe,
Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM)
Exhibit Design Dept. teaching of installation, performance and
exhibit (Karlsruhe, Germany).
Work included: administration of the exhibit design studio, support and supervision of
student projects, workshops on installation, programming, robotics and lighting.
2000-2002
Guest Professor (rank C4), State School of Design Karlsruhe,
Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM)
Exhibit Design Dept. teaching of installation, performance and
exhibit (Karlsruhe, Germany).
1999-2000
Assistant (professor), State School of Design Karlsruhe,
Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM)
Exhibit Design Dept. teaching of installation, performance and
exhibit (Karlsruhe, Germany).
1993-1995
Faculty, Computed Art Intensive, Faculty, Simon Fraser University, summer workshops
for the introduction to interactive technologies and multi-media programming for
performance (Vancouver, Canada).
1984 -1985
Lecturer (Charge de cours), U. de Montréal, Introduction to
Structured Programming
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(selection--see also artwork)
Academic / Teaching
Workshops
2010
2009
2008
2008
2008
Workshop on Machine Performers, Cyberlabor, Theaterhaus St-Polten, Austria
Workshop on Scenography and Media, Bauhaus festival, Theaterhaus Jena, Germany.
Workshop on Interaction Design, Weimar-Bauhaus Universoty, Weimar
Workshop on Physical Computing, National Centre of the Arts, Mexico DF
Workshop on MoCap and Robotics, CIANT, Prague
2005-2006
2002
2000
Animatronics Atelier and Workshop, École des Beaux-Arts, Aix en Provence
2003
Workshop on Interaction Design, ICADA (intl. Commercial Art Designer Association),
Design Conf., Bejing, Shanghai, China
1999
Interactive Lighting Atelier,
State School of Design (Karlsruhe, Germany).
1996
Workshop on MAX and multi-media,
Art+Tech Institute (Linz, Austria)
1993
Workshop on interactive lighting,
Dance and Technology Conference,
Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada).
Conferences (organizer, reviewer, jury).
2010
2010
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2006
2001
2001
1998
1992
International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR2010), design competition jury
Hexagram / CINQ, jury for R&D grant program
Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI 2010), MIT Media Lab, Explorations Jury
AI Shanghai Lectures (with AI Lab Zurich), local organizer
ISEA 2008, organizing committee and chair of Demographics exhibit at ADM
IMI Intl Workshop, organizing committee and chair of exhibits
Z-Node Symposium on PhD in Arts&Science, chair and organizer
DIMEA 2006, Art Show Reviewer
Impact of New Technologies and the Arts, conference chair & organizer,
Köln Ludwig Museum
F.E.R., Robotic Art Festival, Festival Curator & Chair,
Festival of New Cinema and Media (FCMM), Jury (New Media), Montréal
Panel chair & organizer, USITT (United State Institute for Theatre Technology),
Computers and Live Performance (Boston, USA).
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(selection--see also artwork)
Interactive Design
2005
Consultant, survey of artists using interactive art,
potential for the science museum,
Montreal Science Centre (Montreal, Canada)
2004
Consultant, Design, system, software
interactive performance floor for MGM Grand (Las Vegas), Ateliers Numériques &
Cirque du Soleil (Montreal, Canada).
2003
Consultant, Design, system, software
SchillerHaus Fountain, interactive public Fountain,
Satis&Fy Productions (Frankfurt, Germany).
2002
Consultant, Design, system, software
Hypersymphonique, interactive exhibits about Symphonic Orchestras,
Museum of Civilisation (Quebec, Quebec).
2001
Consultant, Thematic Analysis, Exhibit on Lighting,
Museum of Civilisation (Quebec, Quebec).
2000
Consultant, Design, system, software
Frankfurt Airport Group, interactive Exhibit, Expo2000,
Satis&Fy Productions (Frankfurt, Germany).
1995
Consultant, system, software & exhibit design for 220V Electro-Clips,a large scale
interactive public light & sound exhibit, V2 Organisatie (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
1994
Consultant, system & software design for Electro-Clips, Theatre am Turm, an interactive
dance performance (Frankfurt, Germany).
1994
Consultant, software design, Intégration Inc.,
Macro-Mind Lingo programming for a teaching
system of veterinary medicine (Montréal, Canada).
1992
Consultant, software design, interface design for museum,
Glen Gould Exhibit, Canadian Pavilion, Expo'92 (Sevilla, Spain).
1989-1991
Software developer, design and implementation of @FL, a novel interactive control
system for lighting (and media). This project was realized with the support of several
research grants from Arts Council of Quebec and Canada (Montréal, Canada).
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Software Design, Research & Development
1994-1998
President of Kunst Macchina Production Company,
Product development and research supervision of the Behaviours Technology, a
distributed multi-tasking real-time media control system (Montréal, Canada).
Work included: supervision of teams of R&D (up to 15 developers), product support (3
persons) and operations (3 staff), architecture design, UI design, users manual, market
development & research, marketing, customer integration, programming 3D graphic
algorithms, trade shows, reports such as business plan, Tax credits, etc.
1993
Consultant, Intégration Inc. et National Film Board of Canada, survey and selection of
motion control systems for cameras and animation (Montréal, Canada).
1988-1989
Consultant, Intern, Media Arts, The Banff Centre,
system administrator, conduct workshops on tools, establish computer services,
equipment selection, design of digital studios: video, sound, theatre, data base system for
the scheduling and booking of the various studios (Banff, Canada).
1987-1988
Research Assistant, McGill U. et SPAR Aerospace,
study and reports on task planning & software architecture of the robotic manipulator of
the Space Station (Montréal, Canada).
1987
Consultant, McGill U. et Canadian Microelectronics Corp.
evaluation and selection of a CAD system for VLSI design (Montréal, Canada).
1985-1986
Research Associate, Head of Laboratory, VLSI Lab., U. of Montréal, develop an
integrated CAD system for VLSI, direction of the laboratory and the Cheshire Project
(Montréal, Canada).
Work included: supervision of Lab research (3 staff, 10 grad. students), direction of the
Cheshire Project, system integration, U.I. specification, algorithms for layout automation,
programming, grants proposals, several papers written on the project.
1983,1984
Research Assistant, VLSI Lab., U. of Montréal,
develop an integrated CAD system for VLSI (Montréal, Canada).
1982
Consultant, Institute for Clinical Research,
port and modify a DNA sequencing system(Montréal, Canada).
1981
Research Assistant, Computer Vision Lab., U. of Montréal,
develop a vision system based on structured lighting (Montréal, Canada).
1980
Research Assistant, Computer Graphics Lab, U. of Montréal,
develop novel 2D algorithms (Montréal, Canada).
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ACADEMIC
2005-11
Ph.D. (undergoing) (On Line / Off Site Program) , Robotic Ontologies,
Züricher Hochschule der Kunst, Univeristy of Plymouth,
1991
Media Arts Residency, Canada Council for the Arts project,
Media Arts Dept., The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada).
1989
Media Arts Residency, l'autre gauche, production,
Media Arts Dept., The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada).
1988-1989
Computer Media Intern, art & technology,
Media Arts Dept., The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada).
1988
Stagecraft I, Theatre Design & Production,
Theatre Complex, The Banff Centre (Banff, Canada).
1987-1988
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, not completed, Robotic &
A.I.,Dept. of Electrical Engineering, McGill University (Montréal, Canada).
1982-1986
M.Sc., Computer Science, C.A.D. for VLSI,
Dépt. I.R.O., Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada).
1983
CMOS Circuit Design,
Dept. of Computer Science, U. of Calgary (Calgary, Canada).
1978-1981
B.Sc., Computer Science,
Dépt. I.R.O., Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada).
1976-1978
Diplôme d'études collégiales (DEC), Science,
Collège de l'Assomption (l'Assomption, Canada).
1971-1976
Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES),
Collège de l'Assomption (l'Assomption, Canada).
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PRIZES
Prix Ars Electronica 2010 ORF, Ars Electrionica (Linz, Austria),
Honourable Mention, Digital Musics for the Prayer Drums.
Japan Media Art Festival 2009,
Jury Recommended Work (Art Division) for the Wind Tunnel.
LIFE 12.0 International Competition (2009),
Artificial Life Art competition,
Special Mention for The Tiller Girls, Telefonica (Madrid, Spain).
Australian Dance Award 2006 for Outstanding Performance by a Company (Sydney, Australia)
Ruby Awards 2006 (Adelaide. Australia)
Innovation - Devolution
Helpmann Award 2006 (Sydney. Australia)
Best New Work - Devolution
Best Lighting Design – Devolution
Australian Cinematographer's Society (SA Branch Awards)
Commercials Retail - Gold to Chris Herzfeld (Devolution)
Corporate Productions - Gold to Chris Herzfeld (Devolution)
Prix Ars Electronica 2005 ORF, Ars Electrionica (Linz, Austria),
Honourable Mention, Digital Music for The Mechanized Eccentric.
Medien Kunst Pries, SWR (Germany)
Final selection for October 2004 prix - for r111.
Prix Ars Electronica 2002 ORF, Ars Electrionica (Linz, Austria),
Honourable Mention, Interactive Kunst for r111.
LIFE 2.0 International Competition 1999,
Artificial Life Art competition,
first prize for La Cour des Miracles, Telefonica (Madrid, Spain).
LIGHTFORMS 1998, International Lighting Design Competition,
Museum of Science (NYC, USA)
Interactive Award for Lost Referential.
Prix Ars Electronica 1996 ORF, Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria),
Interactive Kunst Distinction Award for No Man's Land.
IDMA'96 International Digital Media Awards (Toronto, Canada),
Best Non-Commercial Artwork Award for Espace Vectoriel
Best of Show for Espace Vectoriel
Prix Ars Electronica 1995 ORF, Ars Electrionica (Linz, Austria),
Honourable Mention, Interactive Kunst for Electro-Clips.
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GRANTS - SCHOLARSHIPS
NTU
2008-2011
Digital Realities Laboratory, Principal Investigator, 1.25M SGD, NTU
Social Robotics, Entertainment Robotics, Tangible Media, Surface Computing
2008-2011
Cinematics and Narratives, Co-Principal Investigator, 1.7M SGD, NRF Singapore
Motion tracking, behaviour and emotion recognition of participants.
Independent Research
Recherche-Innovation, Ministère des Affaires Culturelles,
Espace Vectoriel,
Interactive Lighting.
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
Travel and Exhibit grants.
EMAF 2002
Canada-Japan Funds, Canada Arts Council, 1995, declined.
Integrated / Computer Media, Canada Council for the Arts,
Production, L’Assemblee
Production, La Cour des Miracles,
Production, The Frenchman Lake,
Research grant, Interactive Lighting.
Support Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec,
Production, Le Procès,
Production, La Cour des Miracles,
Production, No Man's Land.
Catalog of EMAF 2002
Academic Studies
Full Scholarship, Computer Media Intern 1988-1989, The Banff Centre
IBM Theatre Crafts Scholarship, summer 1988, The Banff Centre.
Conseil de la Recherche en Sciences Naturelles et Génie (CRSNG), summer 1980.
CRSNG, post graduate studies, 1984, declined.
CRSNG, post graduate studies, 1987, Ph.D. McGill U.
Overseas Research Scholarships (ORS) for U.K., declined.
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Anthropocentrism and the Staging of Robots, Cyberlabor Symposium, St-Polten
Physicality in Interactive and Robotic Arts, Graduate School of Culture Tech, KAIST
Scenography and Media, Weimar-Bauhaus University, Weimar
Perception of Robotic Agents, Thematic Correlations for Art Researchers, Monash U.
Interaction Design, Weimar-Bauhaus University, Weimar
Anthropocentrism and Staging Robots, National Centre of the Arts, Mexico DF
Anthropocentrism and Staging Robots, CIANT, Prague
Sensual Technologies, Centre for Contemporary Arts with Brunel U., London
Robots in Entertainment, Singapore Science Centre
Challenging Anthropocentrism, Mutamorphosis, Prague
Interaction Design, Academy of Media Arts and Design, ChiangMai
Motion Tracking for Media Control, Lighting Dimensions Intl., Las Vegas
Mechanomorphic Machines for Performances, VSUP / CIANT., Prague, ZOOM Brno
Public artwork and RFID Technologies, HCI 2006 Engage, London
Anthropocentricity and the Social Robot, 50th Artificial Intelligence Summit, Switzerland
Collaborative process, In Artist’s week of Adelaide Theatre Festival
Sound Design, R.M.I.T. (Melbourne), Lecturer.
Mechatronics – Variable Truss Geometry Workshop, École des Beaux-Arts, Aix en Pce.
Lecture on Mutliple Ontologies Disorder, A.I. Lab, University of Zurich
Interactive Multi-Media Performance, École des Beaux-Arts/CIANT,Aix en Pce.
Robotic Art, Denmarks Design Skole, Medialogi, Visual Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
ICADA (intl. Commercial Art Designer Association), Design Conf., Bejing, Shangai, China
MEDIASPACE 03, Stuttgart, Germany
Etopia , Tempodrom, Berlin
Roboti Media, Impact of New Technologies and the Arts, Köln Ludwig Museum
F.E.R., Robotic Art Festival, Curator & Chair,Parc D'aventures Scientifiques (Belgium)
Institute of Advanced Studies, Keynote Speaker, Princeton U.
CrossFair2000 – “Intelligent Stage”, Speaker, Essen (Germany)
SONAR 2000, Lectures on New City Trends, Barcelona
Mechatronics Atelier, École des Beaux-Arts, Aix en Provence
Interactive Lighting, State School of Design Karlsruhe
Robotic Art, panellist, IEEE Intl Conf on Robotics and Automation (Detroit, USA)
Out of the Box, Flesh Eating Technologies, guest lecturer,
Media Arts, The Banff Centre
Pong Festival, guest lecturer, Brown U. & Rhode Island School of Design (USA)
Columbia University, guest lecturer, School of Architecture (NYC, USA)
Workshop on MAX and multi-media, Art+Tech Institute (Linz, Austria)
Robots&Knowbots, panellist Art Futura (Madrid, Spain)
10 Billion Robots: The Creation of Real Artificial Worlds, Poster Session
ISEA 96 (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Real Artificial Life as an Immersive Media, lecture
Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University, (NYC, USA).
Artificial Life: Challenges and Possibilities, panellist, ISEA 95, (Montréal, Canada).
3-Space, Time-Base, In-yer-face Art: The Aesthetics of Real Space Interactives, panellist,
ISEA 95, (Montréal, Canada).
Espace Vectoriel, Video Presentation
ECAL 95 (European Conf. on Artificial Life), (Granada, Spain).
Workshop on interactive lighting, Dance and Technology Conference,
Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada).
Intercative Lighting Systems, USITT (United State Institute for Theatre Technology),
Computers and Live Performance (Boston, USA).
Workshop on Man-Machine in Live Performance, lecturer (Pisa, Italy).
Lecturer, U. de Montréal, Introduction to Structured Programming.
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PUBLICATIONS
Robotic Art
Demers L.P., “Machine Performers: Between the Agentic and the Automatic”, to appear in Entfesselte
technische Objekte:Zum zeitgenössischen Verhältnis von Mensch und Technik in der Kunst , edited
by Martina Leeker.
Demers L.P., “Machine Performers: Between the Agentic and the Automatic”, Human Robot Interaction
2010 Worhshops, Osaka.
Demers L.P., “Embodied Agents : behaving without thinking”, proc. of ISEA08, Singapore, 2008.
Demers L.P., Horakova J, “Anthropocentrism and the Staging of Robots”, "Transdisciplinary Digital Art:
Sound, Vision and the New Screen", CCIS (Communications in Computer and Communication
Science), Springer Verlag, 7:434-450, 2008.
Demers L.P., Horakova J, “Anthropocentrism and the Staging of Robots”, proc. Of Digital Arts Week,
Zurich, July 2007.
Demers L.P.,”Towards an Understanding of Staging Robots”, Montreal Planetarium College Summit, April
2007.
Demers L.P., "Anthropocentricity and the Social Robot: Artistic and Aesthetic Investigations into Machine
Behaviours", Proc. of 50th AI Summit, Switzerland, 2006.
Demers L.P., Vorn B., "ES: das Wesen der Maschine", catalog of the European Media Art Festival 2002,
114 pages,2003, ISBN 3-926501-22-7
Demers L.P., Vorn B., "La Cour des Miracles", catalog of the Exhibit, Louise Ismert Editor, 25 pages,
ISBN 2-551-18961-6
Demers L.P., Vorn B., ”Schizoid Ontologies of Cybernetic Lures”, to appear in ”Flesh Eating
Technologies”, edited by Sara Diamond, Sylvère Lotringer, M.A.Moser, The Banff Centre, Feb. 1998.
Demers L.P., Vorn B., " Real Artificial Worlds: the Perversion of Perception", ISEA95, Montréal.
Demers, L.P., Vorn B., "Real Artificial Life as an Immersive Media", 5th Biennial on Art&Technology,
Connecticut, march 95.
Interactive Art
Berry R, Demers LP, “The Earth from Orbit as a Musical Score”, proc of Asian Space Conf. 2007,
Singapore, May 07.
Demers L.P., Jean P., ”New Control Approaches on Lighting, ShowLight '97, Ghent, Flemish Opera
House, April 97.
Demers, L.P., "Interactive and live accompaniment lighting for Dance", proc. of Dance and Technology
Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 1993.
Crawford J., Schiphorst T., Gotfritt M., Demers L.P., "The Shadow Project", proc. of the Symposium on
Arts and Technology, New London, CT, 1993.
Demers, L.P., "@FL:Ideas on a Lighting Synthesis Device", International Workshop on Man-Machine
Interaction in Live Performance, Pise, Juin 1991.
Demers, L.P., "A Performance Instrument for Lighting", Proceedings of International Computer Music
Conference 1991, Montréal 1991.
Robotics
Hayward V., Daneshmed L.K., Foisy A., Boyer M., Demers L.-P., Ravidran R., Ng T.,
" The
Evolutionary Design of MCPL: the MSS Command and Programming Language", proc. of IEEE
International Workshop on Intelligent Robots and Systems '90, Japan, July 1990.
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PUBLICATIONS
Computer Aided Design
Cerny E., Bois G., Bourgault M., Demers L.P., Fauvel S., Jacques P., Mailhot P., Roy C., "Integration of
VLSI CAD Tools Based on Cell-Objects: the CHESHIRE System", ABLEX publ.
Demers L.P., Jacques P., Fauvel S., Cerny E., "An Approach to Object Oriented Integration of VLSI
Tools", proc. of the International Workshop on Tool Integration and Design Environment, Paderborn,
Nov. 27-28 1987.
Demers L.P., Jacques P., Fauvel S., Cerny E., "CHESHIRE: An Object-Oriented Integration of VLSI CAD
Tools", proc. of the 24th Design Automation Conf., Miami, June 1987.
Demers L.P., Bois G., Jacques P., Cerny E., "An Integrated VLSI Design System with Symbolic Layout
Tools", proc. of the Intl Workshop on Symbolic Layout and Compaction, Chapel Hill, Nov. 1986.
Demers L.P., Jacques P., Fauvel S. , Cerny E., "CHESHIRE: An Object-Oriented Approach to VLSI
Design System Integration", proc. of the 1986 Canadian Conf. on VLSI, Montréal, Oct. 1986, pp.
291-294.
Demers L.P., Roy C., Cerny E., Gecsei J., "Integration of VLSI Symbolic Design Tools", Proc. of
COMPINT 1985., Montréal, Sept. 1985, pp. 308-312.
Demers L.P., Bois G., Cerny E., Gecsei J., "Hierarchical Compaction in an Integrated Environment", proc.
of the 1985 Canadian Conf. on VLSI., Toronto., Nov. 1985.
Roy C., Demers L.P., Cerny E., Gescei J., "An Object-Oriented Switch-Level Simulator", Proc. of the 22nd
Desifgn Automation Conf., 1985.
Demers L.P., Roy C., Cerny E., Gecsei J., "A symbolic Design Station and its Integrated Environment",
proc. of the 1984 Canadian Conf. on VLSI., Oct. 1984.
Demers L.P., Roy C., "Combining Symbolic Design Tools with Switch-Level Simulation", Proc. of the 1983
Canadian Conf. on VLSI., 1983, pp. 126-130.
Computer Graphics
Demers L.P., Thalmann D., Magnenat-Thalmann N., "Locating, Replacing and Deleting Patterns in
Editing of Line Drawings", Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (Journal ), Jan. 1985.
Demers L.P., Thalmann D., Magnenat-Thalmann N., "Locating, Replacing and Deleting Patterns in
Editing of Line Drawings", Proc. of Graphics Interface 1983.
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