Sébastien Pitt is a professional Canadian digital artist specializing in digital arts. Recognized in his field by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, his practice spans across audiovisual installations, performances, augmented reality, and NFTs. He crafts his works using a meticulously calibrated performative system, integrating high-definition 3D elements that dynamically respond to sound compositions created by modular synthesizers. His aesthetic exploration delves into the intersection of the intangible and the visible, manifesting through layers of generative textures and the revelation of virtual objects, navigating the intricate relationship between perception and emotion.
His works have been showcased on prestigious platforms such as Blackdove (2024), TheCurated.app (2023), and ArtificialMuseum.com at the Vienna Art Week (2023). Notable exhibitions include presentations at First Friday by Digital Dreams KC (May 2024), at Nathan Philips Square in Toronto (2023), at New City Gaz by OxSociety, Montreal (2022), and at the Société des arts technologiques [SAT] during the 7th edition of the Symposium IX — Sound & Immersion, Montreal (2021).
Additionally, Sébastien Pitt has presented interactive augmented reality works, NFTs, and audiovisual performances at the Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault in collaboration with the Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides – MAC LAU during the 5th edition of the “Nourritures terrestres” event in Saint-Jérôme, Qc (2022). He also conducted an audiovisual presentation at the Wikithon of 3L Culture numérique (2021). Furthermore, he has organized and produced exhibition and cultural mediation events at the Place des Citoyens in Sainte-Adèle, Qc (2021) and at the Maison Hamilton in Rosemère during the Journées de la Culture (2021).
In his artistic practice, Sébastien Pitt explores the affordance of digital devices and systems, as well as the potential for participant interaction. This artistic approach is guided by a precise intention: to make his works accessible to a wide audience by adapting them to various digital rendering domains. The constituent elements of his audiovisual performances are deconstructed and rearranged to create augmented reality and cryptographic art experiences, while maintaining aesthetic and conceptual coherence. Through this approach, he seeks to provoke varied interpretations among spectators, thereby questioning the abstract nature of the digital environment.
With a solid entrepreneurial background in web agency management, client relations, team leadership, and teaching, Sébastien Pitt excels in communication and easily adapts to all stakeholders involved in a creative process. As the creator of a standardized web content management system (SGC/CMS) for the visually impaired, he has also contributed to interactive sound programming in artistic video installations, as well as DMX lighting systems for renowned DJs such as Tiesto. Endowed with remarkable versatility, he excels in all aspects of multimedia production: from concept to realization, from consulting to production, from support to training, from dissemination to mediation.• Software: TouchDesigner, MAX 8, Ableton Live, Max for Live, Push2, Arduino IDE, Xcode, Sublime Text, Substance, Blender • Expertise: Ambisonics, audiovisual synchronization and performance, multi-channel audio, computer-generated imagery, modular synthesizers, augmented reality, interactive installation • Protocols: GLSL, Python, OpenGL, UDP/OSC, RESTful API, MIDI, Voltage Control, DMX
Main fields of exploration and expertise:
• Software: TouchDesigner, ARKit, Reality Composer, MAX 8, Ableton Live, Max for Live, Push2, Arduino IDE, Xcode, Sublime Text, Substance, Blender
• Expertise: Ambisonics, psychoacoustics, multi-channel audio, computer graphics, home automation lighting, “IOT”, “machine learning”, modular synthesizers, augmented reality, audiovisual performance, interactive installation
• Protocols: GLSL, Python, OpenGL, UDP / OSC, RestFULL API, MIDI, Voltage control, DMX
Recents works
May 2024
“Espace d’un scandale” was unveiled during the First Friday event by Digital Dreams KC and is showcased on one of the eight Blackdoveart screens at this unique digital gallery in Kansas City throughout the month of May. Non-fungible Token (NFT) minted on Arbitrum via Transient Labs.
Jan 2024
“Segments”, 6 digital 3D animated works in endless loops, available in 4K 60fps in the Blackdove art catalog.
Nov 2023
Vienna Art Week: « Faire de l’espace », 3D animated and sound artwork in reality presented with the augmented reality works of around twenty international artists, by System Kollektiv at Creative Cluster Vienna.
Sept. 2023
« Faire de l’espace », 3D animated and sound artwork in augmented reality presented during Nuit Blanche in Toronto. As part of “Translunar Formations”, an exhibition organized by PIX FILM in collaboration with Artificial Museum including the augmented reality works of 11 Canadian artists and presented at Nathan Philips Square will also be accessible from Waterfront Park near John’s Pier.
Juillet 2023
« Plasmocyte rosé » 3D animated and sound artwork presented among the NFT selection “Pairi-daêza ~ A world of Paradise(s)” by guest curator Lou-Atessa Marcellin and accessible on TheCurated.app
Mai 2023
Translunar Formations: Exhibition in augmented reality by 11 Canadian artists presented at Nathan Philips Square in Toronto accessible on the artificialmuseum.com platform in collaboration with Pix Film Gallery
Nov 2022
Participation as a visual artist in the event Particules V Edition 2022 on Twitter. Co-organized by Littérature québécoise mobile (LQM) and Bleu Diode with the collaboration of Productions Rhizome. The LQM Partnership is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Oct 2022
Artistic performance with 5 audiovisual performance stations, augmented reality experiences and cryptographic art during the 5th edition of the “Nourritures terrestres” event which took place on October 14 at the Gilles-Vigneault Theater in collaboration with Contemporary art museum of the Laurentians – MAC LAU
Juin 2022
Cryptographic Art (NFT) exhibition by 0x Society at the New City Gas in Montréal.
October 2021
Exhibition and mediation in digital arts presented as part of a project with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the MRC de Thérèse-De Blainville and Culture Laurentides at the Place des Citoyens de la Ville de Sainte-Adèle on the 15th and October 16, 2021.
September 2021
Exhibition and mediation in digital arts presented during the Journées de la culture as part of a project with the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the MRC de Thérèse-De Blainville and Culture Laurentides at the Maison Hamilton in the City of Rosemère September 24, 25 and 26, 2021.
September 2021
Audiovisual performance integrating 3D elements reacting in real time to sound arrangements composed with modular synthesizers. This performance was broadcast online during the Wikithon of 3L Culture numérique with Culture Laval, Culture Laurentides and Culture Lanaudière on September 9, 2021.
February 2021
Demonstration of an interactive installation entitled “Creuser l’Espace” presented during the 7th edition of the Symposium IX – Sound & Immersion of the Society of Technological Arts [SAT]
2020-11
Participation in the Quarantine Auction event
2020-10
Participation as a visual artist in the online event Particules – Unexpected Correspondences – 2020, as part of the days of culture.
Grants and program
2018
Research and Creation, Digital Arts, Canada Council for the Arts
2017
Professional Development for Artists, Digital Arts, Canada Council for the Arts
Master class in digital programming and production in Marseille, France