MUON, Benjamin (see also LÉTOURNEAU, Éric)
Canada
Benjamin Muon, Standard II ReciproCity/RéciproCité Toronto 2001 PHOTO Andrew Pommier
Standard II
Wednesday October 31 6:33 am (sunrise) – 10:30 pm
Elle Corazon | 176, rue Bernard Ouest, Montréal
Action pour costume de parachutiste anglais, cloche, injonction et sac Jean-Coutu
Wednesday October 31 6:33 am (sunrise) – 10:30 pm
Elle Corazon | 176, rue Bernard Ouest, Montréal
ReciproCity/ RéciproCité Montréal round table discussion
Thursday November 1 12 pm – 5 pm
L’ancien Copie-Art | 813, rue Ontario
Organized by Josée Tremblay as part of ReciproCity/RéciproCité Montréal
Sponsored by Studio 303
Standard II
Saturday November 3 12 pm – 12 am
Gladstone Hotel | 1214 Queen Street West
ReciproCity/RéciproCité Toronto round table discussion
Sunday November 4 1 pm
Organized by Paul Couillard as part of ReciproCity/RéciproCité Toronto
Benjamin Muon is an intermedia artist practicing concrete performance art, live electronic music and performative projects for radio and mass media. He studied musical composition and theatre with artists from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Indonesia, Roy Hart Theater and Zaj. He has an MFA in electronic arts from UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal). From 1999 to 2001 he worked for the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), producing concerts, recordings and radio programs about new music, sound poetry, audio art and radio art. He also produces performance art works for alternative mass media such as digital radio and corrupted Web streaming. As André Éric Létourneau, he is a frequent contributor to publications and catalogues about performance art, and has written for Canadian art magazines including Inter, Parallelogramme and Esse. He currently teaches art history at Collège André-Grasset and works as an independent curator. Since 1987, he has presented more than 50 performances in 10 different countries. A monograph of his work was published in 1997 by AKI in Enschede (the Netherlands) as part of the visiting artist program Pepinières Européennes. In 2000, he toured the United States with his performance piece Table. His first solo music CD will be released by Squint Fucker Press in 2002.
Benjamin Muon, Standard II ReciproCity/RéciproCité Montréal VIDEO courtesy Josée Trermblay © Eric Létourneau 2001
Benjamin Muon, Action pour costume de parachutiste anglais, cloche, injonction et sac Jean-Coutu ReciproCity/RéciproCité Montréal VIDEO courtesy Josée Tremblay © Eric Létourneau 2001
Benjamin Muon, Standard II ReciproCity/RéciproCité Toronto © Eric Létourneau 2001
ReciproCity/RéciproCité Montréal round table discussion, L’ancien Copie-Art 2001
ReciproCity/RéciproCité Toronto round table discussion (part 1), Gladstone Hotel 2001
ReciproCity/RéciproCité Toronto round table discussion (part 2), Gladstone Hotel 2001
