Présent composé (2026)
Karl Lemieux and Marie-Douce St-Jacques have been collaborating on film screenplays for several years. Their love of music and cinema gave rise to Présent composé. They share a common desire to shape their material: Lemieux through film footage that is projected, manipulated, and transformed in real time; St-Jacques through semi-improvised compositions on the electronic organ. At the heart of their approach lies a fascination with the slow movement of matter and its transition from one medium to another.
Karl Lemieux
Karl Lemieux is a filmmaker whose work draws inspiration from the dialogue between cinema, music, and sound art. Central to his practice are a deep attachment to the cinematic medium and a commitment to analog film. His films, installations, and performances have been presented in numerous museums, galleries, theaters, concert halls, and film festivals around the world. Since 2010, he has been creating 16mm projections for the Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. He is also the co-founder, alongside Daïchi Saïto, of the Double Négatif collective, dedicated to the production and dissemination of experimental cinema. His debut feature film, Maudite Poutine, was presented in the Orizzonti section of the official competition at the 73rd Venice Film Festival.
Marie-Douce St-Jacques
Interdisciplinary artist Marie-Douce St-Jacques has developed a practice at the intersection of experimental music, sound art, independent publishing, curation, and printmaking. She is a member of the musical project Le fruit vert and the creator of the sound installation series L’étang de vibrations. Her series of graphic scores, Les papiers préparés – The Well Tuned Papers, invites multiple interpretations.