emilie payeur {----- interdisciplinary artist
CV
EDUCATION
2024- Bacc. in Psychology, UQAM
2024 Clinical herbalism, FloraMedicina, Canada
2013 MMus - Electroacoustic Composition, University of Montreal
2010 BMus - Electroacoustic Composition, University of Montreal
2007 Technique - Jazz guitar, Cégep of Drummondville
MEMBER OF
2020-2021 Pinkki Pilvi (noise music duo with Charlotte Clermont)
2018-2019 Giri Kedaton (balinese gamelan ensemble)
2018-2020 Moshi Moshi (experimental and kawaii video/music trio with Gabrielle Godbout and Charlotte Clermont)
2017-2020 Jeunesse Cosmique (space music label and family)
2016-2018 Projet K (experimental music ensemble)
2015-2019 Dead Squirrels (noise music trio with Philippe Vandal and Alain Lefebvre)
2011-2020 Kohlenstoff Records (an experimental music label and artist collective)
SOLO PERFORMANCES
2021 Electrochoc no.2, with Joël Lavoie, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, CA
2021 with Ylang Ylang, Seulement, Lowbrau, Verdun, CA
2019 No Hay Banda, Sala Rossa, Montreal, CA
2019 EIM 2019/Sporobole/SOMA Bar/Sherbrooke, CA
2019 Émilie Payeur, Project Vo, Jukka Kääriäinen, Natalia Castrillon, Galleria Akusmata, Helsinki, FI
2019 Moon Sound Album Release on Paitapes, Laterna Magica, Helsinki, FI
2019 Maailmanlopun Odottajat VI - Olin ennen joku toinen, Somewhere in Metsälä, Helsinki, FI
2019 Suoni per il Popolo with Byron Westbrook and T. Gowdy, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CA
2019 Opening for Ben Shemie « A Skeleton » album release, Sala Rossa, Montreal, CA
2019 Nada + The RBeatless, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CA
2019 Mystery/Wonder Night, Bar RITZ
2018 Solo Missions, The Plant, Montreal, CA
2018 Substrat #3 (Kohlenstoff Records), SAT, Montreal, CA
2018 Ok là (with Pierre Paré-Blais), Stationnement Ethel, Montreal, CA
2018 Kaksi Kertaa album release, Galerie Marc Gosselin, CA
2017 A Montreal Night in Finland II (With Jari Suominen and Charles Quevillon), Titanik Galleria, Turku, FI
2017 A Montreal Night in Finland I (With Marja Ahti and Charles Quevillon), Third Space, Helsinki, FI
2017 No WiFi/Pop Montreal, « Feux de Joie » release (with Pierre P. Blais (visuals)), Escogriffe, Montreal, CA
2017 Piper Curtis album release (with Charlotte Clermont (visuals)), Poisson Noir, Montreal, CA
2017 Practice #9, Never Apart, Montreal, CA
2017 Kohlenstoff Unplugged, Café Résonance, Montreal, CA
2016 Kohlenstoff Record event, Skol, Montreal
2016 //noïsundaéè\\\\, La Plante, Montreal, CA
2016 Soirée exigeante I, La Passe, Montreal, CA
2016 Inductive Prism I, Cagibi, Montreal, CA
2016 « Deadline » release, Galerie Gham et Dafe, Montreal, CA
2016 Alain Lefebvre's album launch, Atomic Cafe, Montreal, CA
2015 Suoni per il Poppolo Festival, La Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2015 Kohlenstoff Records event, Sala Rossa, Montreal, CA
2014 Official Kohlenstoff Records Launch, Skol, Montreal, CA
2014 Kohlenstoff Records Event, La Plante, Montreal, CA
2014 Kohlenstoff Records Event, Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2013 RIDM, Centre Phi, Montreal, CA
2010 Nuit de la Création, Montreal, CA
2009 Gala Dare-Dare, Montreal, CA
PERFORMANCES WITH DEAD SQUIRRELS
2019 Mardi spaghetti, Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2018 Fun, fun, no fun, fun, Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2017 Usine 106 U, Montreal, CA
2017 Galerie Gham et Dafe, Montreal, CA
2017 Radical dB Festival, Etopia Centre, Zaragoza, Spain
2017 La Forêt Rouge album launch, Brasserie Beaubien, Montreal, CA
2017 Gonzo Noise Show, La Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2017 DAME 25th anniversary, album launch, Gesu, Montreal, CA
2017 Kohlenstoff Winter Fest, Brasserie Beaubien, Montreal, CA
2016 Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2016 Happy Birthday to me, VHS loft, Montreal, CA
2016 Soirée Astrale, Matahari, Loft, Montreal, CA
2016 The Plant, Montreal, CA
2016 Kohlenstoff Record Triple album launch, Matahari loft, Montreal, CA
2016 Grunge/Noise event, Cagibi, Montreal, CA
2016 Inductive Prism II, La Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2016 Listener I, 820 Plaza, Montreal, CA
2016 IN/TER/FER/ENCE, La Passe, Montreal, CA
2016 Deadline launch, Galerie Gham et Dafe, Montreal, CA
2015 Danger Music II, Bar Pub Saint-Denis, Montreal, CA
PERFORMANCES WITH PROJET K
2017 Karaoké poésie SOIR x OMRI x Projet K, Atelier Tak, Montreal, CA
2017 Ben Richter & Projet K, Resonance Café, Montreal, CA
2017 Les enjeux du contemporain dans la poésie québécoise, Uqam, Montreal, CA
2017 Welcome, Espace La Risée, Montréal, CA
PERFORMANCES WITH MOSHI MOSHI
2020 Parc Angrignon, Montreal, CA
2020 F I L L E S - T R O N I Q U E S, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CA
2019 Mystery and Wonder, Ritz PDB, Montreal, CA
2019 Eardrum Buzz vol. 50, Barfly, Montreal, CA
2019 VOLUME 2, La Plante, Montreal, CA
2019 Drone Day, La Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2019 Eardrum Buzz vol. 34, Barfly, Montreal, CA
2018 Merry Krautmas X, Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2018 Bar RITZ, Montreal, CA
2018 Shiro Oni Studios, Oniishi, JA
2018 Eardrum Buzz vol. 20, Barfly, Montreal, CA
2018 Laura Krieg album launch, Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2018 Ananas Beach, Café Atomique, Montreal, CA
PERFORMANCES WITH PINKKI PILVI
2021 Festival minuscule (day 2) with Chittakone Baccam, parc d'Argenson, Montreal, CA
2020 with Chabanel///Deidre///Tati Au Miel///ottoman.grüw, Vitrola, Montreal, CA
PERFORMANCES WITH GIRI KEDATON
2019 Uyut Swara #1 : GK Sekaha eksperimen, Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2019 Rivage à l'abandon (electronics), École de cirque de Verdun, Montreal, CA
2019 April concert, Salle Claude-Champagne, Montreal, CA
LIVE COLLABORATIONS
2023 Annedda, with Élise Bergeron, Olivier Landry Gagnon, Annie Gagnon, Montreal, CA
2023 Le mot bruit : Les tracés oniriques, with Alexandra Tremblay, Marianne V, Clarisse Bériault, Mont-Joli, CA
2022 FIKA(S) Festival, with Heta Bilaletdin, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CA
2021 Je suis calme et enragé.e/Symon Henry, Montreal, CA (video)
2020 Vidéo-émeraude 1: It's Insane with Lori Freedman, Elisabeth Lima and Julie Houle, Montreal, CA (video)
2020 Mercredimusics, with Rémy Bélanger de Beauport and Sarmen Almond, Casa Obscura, Montreal, CA
2019 Sonne l'image, with Ensemble Super Musique, Gesu, Montreal, CA
2019 Sigh and Sound Festival, with Peter Blasser, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, CA
2019 Blueberries, lingonberries and magic (Dave Lawrence, Antti Ylönen, Mau Järvinen), Galleria Harmaja, Oulu, FI
2019 Absent Kale (with Dave Lawrence, Klara Bergman Fröberg, Peter Elvin), Työväentalo, Ii, FI
2019 Le désert mauve/Symon Henry, Festival des musiques de création, Salle Pierrette-Gaudreault, Jonquière, CA
2019 Le désert mauve/Symon Henry, Viens voir ailleurs festival, La Nef de Saint-Roch, Québec, CA
2019 Tour de Bras : Guionnet/Payeur/Normand, B-312, Montreal, CA
2019 Trois Duos/Rara Avis, with Elizabeth Millar, Coop les Renards, Montreal, CA
2018 Merry Krautmas X, with Julien Champagne and Jonathan Lachance, Casa del Popolo, Montreal, CA
2018 with Pierre Paré-Blais, Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2018 Ambiant Caravane I, with NADA, Caravane Café, Montreal, CA
2018 Origami, Music for Sponge with Martin Marier, Luminocity, Kamloops, CA
2017 Ruka, The Hand, duo with Space Clouds Filter, la Vitrola, Montreal, CA
2017 Noise flute duo with Jonathan Lachance, Casa del Poppolo, Montreal, CA
2016 Symon Henry's poetry collection launch, Caravane Café, Montreal, CA
2015 La cohérence d'errer ensemble, duo with Symon Henry, Bar le Bleury, Montreal, CA
CONCERTS (ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC)
2017 CNMAT, UC Berkeley, US
2016 Ars Electronica Forum Wallis, Castle Leuk, SW
2016 Wire Tapping Festival, Jerusalem
2014 Yokohama ACL Festival, Red Brick Warehouse, JA
2014 Inauguration of the Acousmatic Season, Teatro del Suono e della Citadella Mediterranea della Scienza, Bari, IT
2014 Festival Longueur d'Ondes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest, FR
2013 CEMIcircles Festival, UNT Sky Theater, Denton, US
2013 First Electronic Music Festival, Artos Foundation, CH
2012 60 x 60 Canada Mix, Suncor Energy Hall, St John’s, CA
2012 Akousma 9, Usine C, Montreal, CA
2012 60 x 60 Canada Mix, BC Creative Hub, Vancouver, CA
2012 Sonic Rain Concert Series, University of Oregon, Oregon, US
2012 San Francisco Tape Festival, The Center for Dance in the West, Dance Common, San Francisco, US
2011 Soundcrawl, Nashville, Tennessee, US
2011 Soundwalk, PO
2011 Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium, Toronto, CA
2011 Athena Mix, Bucharest, RO
2011 Athena Festival, Murray State University, Murray, US
2010 University of Louisville New Music Festival, Louisville, US
2010 Soundwalk, Portugal
2010 Spectrum, Denton, Texas, US
2010 Centerpieces Concert, Denton, Texas, US
2009 7e Festival Longueur d’ondes, Brest, FR
2009 Festival Futura, Paris, FR
2009 WEARL Festival, Fullerton, California, US
2009 ÉuCuE 27iii Plugged, Montreal, CA
2008 ÉuCuE 08, Montreal, CA
WORKS FOR INSTRUMENTS/ENSEMBLES
2023 The Unexpected Cyclist (Ensemble SuperMusique), 4-5-6.04.2022, Montreal
2022 Les chants de l’Amanite (work for Table de Babel/Totem contemporain)/concert, Édifice Wilder, Montreal
ART PERFORMANCE
2023 Annedda, with Élise Bergeron, Olivier Landry-Gagnon, Montréal, CA
2022 Création d'ouvertures et de connexions dans l'espace-temps, Galerie Cache, Montreal, CA
2019 I Got Lost in the Forest and When I Found my Way Out I Realized I Was the Forest, Museokahvila Huilinki, Ii, FI
MUSIC FOR DANCE, CIRCUS, MOVIES or INSTALLATIONS
2021 microsleeps, an installation by Charlotte Clermont, OPTICA, Montreal CA
2019 AlieNationPicnicPanic, by Klara Bergman Fröberg and Peter Elvin, FI/SW
2018 Plants Are Like People a film by Charlotte Clermont, Montreal, CA
2018 PS: Auto tracking, a film by Charlotte Clermont, music in collaboration with Hazy Montagne Mystique, Montreal, CA
2017 Plant Dreaming Deep a film by Charlotte Clermont, Montreal, CA
2016 Le Jardin des morts a short by Benjamin Gueguen, Montreal, CA
2014 La Descente, Circus School of Verdun, Montreal, CA
2011 Tartare by Manon Oligny, Montreal, CA
RESIDENCIES
2023 Öres (1 week residency for the Summer exhibition), Örö Island, Finland
2023 Château Landry, Mont-Joli, CA
2022 Öres, Örö Island, Finland
2019 Kulttuurikauppila, Ii, Finland
2018 Shiro Oni, Oniishi, JP
2018 OBORO : New Media Creation Grant, Montreal, CA
2017 Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
2009 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, US
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2020 Robert Fleming Prize, CA
2018 New Media Creation Grant, OBORO, Montreal, CA
2014 Finalist at Luigi Russolo Award, FR
2011 SOCAN competition : 2nd prize, CA
2010 JTTP Canadian Electroacoustic Community : 3rd place, CA
2010 Finalist at University of Louisville Young Composer Competition for New Electro-Acoustic Music, US
2009 3rd place at SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, CA
2009 Concours Internationaux de Musique de Bourges, FR
2008 JTTP Canadian Electroacoustic Community : 9th place, CA
2007 Open Space Art Society, British-Columbia, CA
TRAVEL GRANTS
Canada Council for the Arts : 2010, 2014, 2018
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec : 2010, 2014, 2017
LOJIQ : 2018, 2019, 2022
GRANTS
CAC Explore and create : 2022 (Working on a commissionned work for Ensemble SuperMusique)
CAC Explore and create : 2022 (Exploring new territories as an experimental musician)
CAC Explore and create : 2020 (My[contact])
CALQ Exploration and digital deployment / Digital arts / 2020 (Kronik)
CAC Explore and create : 2020 (Dripping drops of silence and blooming flowers of Eternity)
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 Sound design, Ni viande, ni objet, a campaign to prevent sexual violence in the community, Sporobole, Sherbrooke, CA
2013 Sound design, sound recording, original music on Le Fleuve et son île, a documentary by Paul Carvalho, Montreal, CA
2012 Sound design, sound recording on La Main et les autres, a documentary by Paul Carvalho, Montreal, CA
2012 Lecturer, music and technologies, University of Montreal, CA
ARTIST TALKS
2018 Shiro Oni Studios, Oniishi, JA
2018 MIAN, Centre Phi, Montreal, CA
SCREENINGS
2021 Preserve Forever by Opening to Explode, Video Femme dans le parc, Montreal, CA
2020 cold cold nevers evers, Video Femme dans le parc, Montreal, CA
2019 Super ! Super ! Super !, Chaud Maintenant II (Galerie Galerie), Mtl, CA
2019 Metsässä I, WUFF, Winnipeg, CA
2019 Umpimähkään, Festival l'Oeil d'Oodaaq, Saint-Malo, FR
2018 North Korean Prayers, Video Femmes dans le parc, Montreal, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 «Untitled for now, title to come», Galleria Ränni, Oulu, Fi
2022 GOD, Eisode, Montréal, CA
2022 As a New Skin Grows Your Body Slowly ReabsorbsThe Fluid(s), in a bunker on the island of Örö, FI
2021 You Are Loved by Everyone and Everything, Poste Audio, Centre Clark, Montreal, CA
2019 Je me souviens, tu m'avais dit que la réalité était si complexe que nos yeux seuls ne pouvaient réussir à la voir, FIMAV, CA
2018 I Think There Might be a Giant Wasp in the Washroom, Please be Careful, Kanna Art Festival, Oniishi, JA
2018 I Once Though Trees Could Sing But it Was All in my Head, OBORO, Montreal, CA
2017 Every Little Thing is Connected to Something Bigger (Much Bigger Than the Universe), Titanik Galleria, Turku, FI
2015 Dépanneur Café, Montreal, CA
2014 Ohrenhoch der Gerauschladen | The Noise Shop, Berlin, GE
2013 Maison des artistes, Montreal, CA
2012 Studio Bizz, Montreal, CA
Station C, Montreal, CA
2011 Galerie Luz, Belgo Building, Montreal, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Kesä näyttely : A Walking Mind Entering a Psychic Energy Machine-Generator Sometimes Used as a Sanctuary for Shy Snakes, Örö, FI
2022 Manuel pour un nouveau voisinage, cur. Eric Mattson, Produits Rien, Montreal, CA
2020 AUDIOSPHERE: Social Experimental Audio, Pre- and Post-Internet, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, SP
2019 Que disent les plantes ?, cur. Marie Perreault, Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, CA
2018 La contamination est (ici) positive, cur. Eric Mattson, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, CA
2017 Étude de l’objet: Bilder und Klangbilder, Kurt-Tucholsky-Literaturmuseum, GE
2016 Démarches affectées, Gham et Dafe, Montréal, CA
2013 Encan bénéfice pour l’Aire Libre, Montréal, CA
YES Art expo au Marché Bonsecours, Montréal, CA
2012 Galerie Espace Projet, Montréal, CA
2011 BYTE Gallery, Transylvania, US
2010 Galerie Kaf Art, Montréal, 2 exhibitions during that year
DISCOGRAPHY
2020 STRANGENESS RELOADED (Ida Toninato), Dragon’s Eye Recordings, LA, USA
2020 Firmament (with Moshi Moshi), Mikroclimat, CA
2019 Turku Sessions, TAKKEHERRIE, NL
2019 Moon Sound, Paitapes, FI
2018 Kaksi Kertaa, Rara Avis, CA
2017 Feux de Joie, Jeunesse Cosmique, CA
2017 Sound Pressure Exercises (with Dead Squirrels), Mikroclimat, CA
2016 Deadline, Kohlenstoff Records, CA
2015 The Chants Beneath Project, US
2012 Table des Matières, Kohlenstoff Records, CA
2010 Cache 2010, Canadian Electroacoustic Community, CA
2008 Cache 2008, Canadian Electroacoustic Community, CA
PUBLICATIONS
PAYEUR, Émilie (2024), « Contribution d'Émilie Payeur : The Unexpected Cyclist », L'Extension, recherche&création, https://percees.uqam.ca/fr/le-vivarium/contribution-demilie-payeurthe-unexpected-cyclist
Sinudoidal Perspectives • Perspectives sinusoïdales, 2024
YOUNG, Jeremy et MÉTAYER, Catherine. Triggered Sound, Palaver Press, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom, 2012