Dominic GAGNON

(1974- )
Nationality: Canadian

Dominic Gagnon is an inventor, director, installer and active performer on the international scene. He considers cinema as a technique for measuring the immeasurable or as a discipline of chaos. Since 1996, he has made public presentations of moving images, invent machines and concepts, performs sound works, built facilities and creates performances in various galleries, festivals and biennials around the world. To carry out his projects, Gagnon has conducted several researches about: the decline of economies (ISO, 2002), terror (Du Moteur à Explosion, 2000) violence and identity crisis among boys (The Making of a Cobra, 2004), the international adoption systems (Anchorage, 1998), information disorder and homelessness (High Speed, 2007), Sado-Masochism and fetishism in popular culture (Blockbuster History, 2005) and the family in the era of mega-entertainment (Beluga Crash Blues, 1997).

3 MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTION

DU MOTEUR À EXPLOSION
2000 / 35mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 40' 00 / 132 €
distribution: Digital file on server
BELUGA CRASH BLUES
1997 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 20' 00 / 66 €
distribution: Digital file on USB stick
PARAPLUIE BOMB CITY
1996 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 34 €
distribution: Digital file on server