En 2009, DIAGONALE, Centre des arts et des fibres du Québec, organisait des journées de confection de poissons avec des artistes et des gens du public. Des centaines de poissons créés avec des tissus récupérés et puisés à même les ressources du Fashion Plaza, sis au 5455 de Gaspé, ont ensuite été distribués massivement le jour inaugural de la saison de la pêche, le 1er avril.
Cette année, l’Agence TOPO s’associe à DIAGONALE afin d’ajouter au projet une dimension médiatique. Huit poissons confectionnés ont été numérisés et animés pour le Web, permettant aux pêcheurs d’attraper des poissons et de les envoyer à leurs ami(e)s avec un message de leur cru ! Et dans le cadre du Mois de la Fibre et du Textile, édition 2010, plus de 400 poissons seront distribués à l’entrée du Métro Mont-Royal.

As part of Art Pop 2009, Agence TOPO presents101 Song Scores, a performative and poetic infiltration initiative by the artists Sheena Hoszko & Michelle Lacombe.

101 Song Scores is a project which addresses the subjective ways of relating to song lyrics and their meaning. The artists compiled a database of song “scores” (text-based performance directions) culled from the lyrics of western popular music of the last 50 years. In collaboration with Agence Topo, these informations are available online to propose a long series of shared moments of action. With an emphasis on waiting, the 101 Song Scoresweb page highlights the integral relationship between an action and its duration. Have fun, perform!

«VÉVÉ» – http://veve.sofianaudry.com
Generative and interactive
Words are but amalgams of letters. It is the relationship between words that gives them life and meaning. In this project, visitors contribute to the creation of dialogical entities called vévés, taking a conversation based on the simple exchange of words. From this dialogue, the vévés learn, become more complex and evolve. They seem to be animated by their own will.
This project launched at the International Festival of Litterature Blue Metropolis (Montréal) in May 2008 is resulting from Sofian Audry’s artist residency at Agence TOPO.
Creation : Sofian Audry
Audio : Alexandre Quessy
Coproduction : Agence TOPO (fall 2007 – spring 2008)
Presentation:
International Festival of Literature Blue Metropolis, May 2008, Montréal
Olympic Games of the French Speaking Countries, September 2009, Beyrouth

« Verano » (« summer ») was started by Isabelle Bernier in 2005 during a residency in Mexico at the multimedia center of the Centro national de las artes. She ended the work with the support of Agence TOPO that host her in residency. The launch took place at the gallery Powerhouse / La Centrale in March 2007.
Creation : Isabelle Bernier
Coproduction : Agence TOPO (fall 2005 – winter 2006)

Detours: Poetics of the City invites you to explore the streets of Montreal through a series of reworked city transit maps, using photos, video, audio, drama, poetry and iconography to explore personal engagements with the city. The detour happens as a break from routine, an unexpected trip through the spaces of stories and small observations that are strewn across the everyday landscape. [+]
Team
Taien Ng-Chan, Donna Akrey, Lance Blomgren, Gordon Neil Allen, Adrian Gorea, Emilie O’Brien, Samuel Thulin
Agence TOPO
Multimédia director: Vincent Archambault
Coordination: Marc Fournel
Production: Agence TOPO, 2011

Bêta-cité is an audiovisual & interactive mapping project on the Web created by the Audiotopie cooperative in collaboration with Agence TOPO. The website makes it possible to create audio guided urban walking tours which the user can design and try out in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Saint-Laurent boroughs in Montreal. Bêta-cité provides a space for interpretation, discovery, experimentation and composition on the internet based on a walking itinerary.
Équipe du projet
Audiotopie
Scénarisation: Yannick Guéguen, Edith Normandeau
Création musicale: Étienne Legast, David Martin
Captation vidéo: David Tousignant
Narration: Sylvain Lamy et Marie-Hélène Gosselin
Agence TOPO
Réalisation multimédia: Vincent Archambault, assisté de Keshia NauDominique et Alex Saint-Gelais
Direction de projet: Michel Lefebvre
Coordination: Éric Legendre
Production: Agence TOPO, 2010