SALON: DATA XXX

For the 30th Salon: Data, which began in 2010, Eastern Bloc will become an experimental video-game

arcade for a poetic exploration of virtual environments. Presented with curators Roby Provost and Jules Deslandes

and the Technoculture, Art and

Games research centre (TAG), this gaming^evening is open to

all ages. It

takes place April 13 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Eastern Bloc, 7240 Clark, 2nd floor, Montréal. TRAIPSE by Alexandre Lemire invites

participantsto play an

electronic version of a choose-your-own-adventure book featuring an old-fashioned young adult deciding what to do on a Friday night, burdened by negative self-criticism and endless heartbreak. DEMAIN MATIN by Ganesh Baron Aloir is an interactive installation on procrastination, staged in the artist/designer’s workspace. The goal is simple: finish the task before the deadline while avoiding distractions. A Kinect captures

the user’s position, which can

trigger or avoid distractions, and the ideal position changes over time. HOT DOG BIJOU by Hope Erin Phillips is a mysterious game in which you

play a sensitive, affectionate

dog who comforts a saddened person, part meme and part detective game. STATE OF MIND by Collectif Fantazem explores emotions tied

to the need for freedom and

the difficulty of satisfying it through three audiovisual tableaux. GRÉMENT PRO FISHING 2K17 by Jules Deslandes and Roby Provost is a collaborative installation and video game in which two players try to catch the largest fish in a limited time. APOLLO 11 by Collectif Grand bruit is a space drama retracing the lunar disaster

of July 20, 1969.

GRAND BRUIT is a tribute to the refusal

to disappear and an

ode to the evanescence of things. PARCOURS

D’HÉBERTISME by Pénélope and Chloë with

Geneviève Lebleu is a course that tests the body throughout the space. The evening also includes ODE AU TECH by Mégane Voghell, UNTITLED by

Alvaro Salvagno and

DJs Hazy Montagne

Mystique,

Fruits, aNTOJe and Yerly. Full Eastern Bloc

programming is