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Miscellanées

Vano Hotton

Research

Miscellanées

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  • Perception
  • Illusion
  • Sensation

About

Miscellanees, it is an inventory of small discoveries, a hybridization of effects and ideas. During this residency, Vano Hotton's main goal focuses on searching for narrative codes that do not use the word or the word to tell a story. The "basic materials" of this exploration are different techniques of optical illusions and magic effects, in two and three dimensions, which the artist researcher will expose to certain hypotheses by experimental methods in order to reveal unexpected effects. Old animation techniques, the use of video projection, craftsmanship and low technology are among the tools favoured by his team. At the end of these experiments, the material developed and the links that could be forged between the different discoveries will enable him to take a new step in his research project: the creation of a coherent kinetic narrative, unique to his artistic approach.

Credits

Project Initiator and Principal Investigator — Vano Hotton Search/video integration, actor/manipulation of objects — Étienne D'Anjou Sound and acoustic research/integration — Miriane Rouillard Adviser and specialist in optical illusion — Marie-Eve Rousell

Biographies

Vano Hotton Vano Hotton is a well-established and award-winning Quebec stage designer and director. Since his release from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec in 1998, he has gained significant experience in design and contributed to various organizations on Quebec and Canadian theatre. These recent production studies, completed in 2026 at the same school, now allow him to approach his creations in a global way. Beyond theatre, Vano has long shared his know-how in visual design, production and cultural mediation by regularly collaborating with dance, museum and major outdoor events. Étienne d'anjou Étienne d'anjou graduated from the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec in 2017. He has performed several roles in various productions including: Doggy in Gravel, Because of Carmen, Between Others and Nikki Don't die for. It's also for this role in Nikki won't die he was named for the Nikki Roy Award in 2020 (promising Talent). Since then, he has also interpreted the Reservist in Monarchs project a show about the Post-Trauma Stress Syndrom among the military. Recently, you could see him in The great heats by Michel-Marc Bouchard at the Dam-en-terre Theatre in Alma. In 2026, you can see him all over Quebec in Paul at home in the role of Biscuit. It was in this show that he made his first weapons as a puppeteer. In parallel, Étienne made several video designs for the theatre, including Pour la suite du monde, Paul at home (a critical name for better video design) and Sciences Po 101 (nominated for the theatre award for better video design). Miriane Rouillard Miriane Rouillard is a flautist of formation. She first made her first ranges in classical rigour at the conservatory, before opening herself to other horizons, from folklore to contemporary music. This taste for exploration led her to Europe, especially in Belgium at the Conservatoire de Mons, where she completed her graduate studies and won a first prize in electroacoustic composition. She then continued her journey by exploring instrumental writing and musical improvisation. Today, she navigates between the abstraction of electroacoustic and instrumental music. She plays and designs musical atmospheres for all kinds of artistic expressions. Whether she composes for theatre, dance, museum exhibitions or image, she seeks above all to find the right balance of a musical signature that is both sensitive and original. Marie-Eve Roussel Marie-Eve Roussel is Professor of Perception Psychology at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec. Her journey has led her to collaborate on many multidisciplinary research projects, both in public health and in pedagogy as well as in fundamental research.Specialist of visual perception, she is particularly interested in the phenomena of perception of colours, movement and time - issues that directly affect the way we experience the sensitive world. Driven by the desire to have science and creation dialogue, Marie-Eve explores with passion the areas of encounter between scientific research and artistic approach, convinced that these two universes have a lot to learn from each other.