Simon LAROCHE

Profile

Born in 1978. Lives and works in Montreal. Graduated with an MA in Communications/Multimedia from Université du Québec à Montréal in 2002.
Laroche produces media and robotic installations and performances. His work is transdisciplinary and has been exhibited at major festivals, biennales and museums (Ars Electronica, ISEA, Elektra/BIAN, la Villette, MACM, Némo, Wro, FILE, etc.). He teaches art at Concordia University and collaborate with a number of researchers and other artists.

Recent exhibitions and activities
2024 “Biennale Chroniques,” LE COUVENT, Marseille
2023 “Popmolle,” Agora de la Danse, Montreal
2020 “DEAD WEB – THE END,” Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2019 “NEMO Biennale,” 104-Centquatre, Paris
2019 “We Are the Progeny of Electricity”, Watermanns Art Centre, London

Awards
2024 Fully supported research residency at Superior Technology School, Montreal
2024 Fully supported research residency on AI at Sporobole, Sherbrooke, Canada
2023 Production grant for Popmolle, Canada Council for the Arts 

About works

Laroche produces transdisciplinary artworks and develop a critical and experimental approach to the hybridization of artificial, biological and social systems, in order to outline the cultural and technical determinants that characterize our epoch. He explores the relationships established between humans, their environment and their mediatization within a technological apparatus. His work engages with the deprogramming of perceptions, or the deconstruction of artifactual systems now pervading all fields of human and non-human activity, pointing to the subtractive effects of technology and media on the human experience, in opposition to the dominant paradigms of innovation. His artworks engage the spectator within the realm of perceived reality, the former at times even being absorbed to the point of being its condition of existence.