STEVE BLANCHET Creative Direction and Design
Creative director at Ex Machina , Steve has worked in the artistic , cultural and advertising world for 20 years . Trained as a graphic designer , he completed his education at l ’ Ecole francophone des attachés de presse ( ÉFAP ) in France in 1994 and worked as a designer at the Carré Noir agency in Paris .
From 1996 to 2013 , he worked at Cossette , where several of his social campaigns received national and international awards .
He began his collaboration with Ex Machina in 2005 with the creation of the architectural projection The Image Mill ( 2008 ). He would be co-creator and image co-designer until the final edition in 2013 , about Norman McLaren ’ s work .
Followed by work on the creation of 887 and The library at night , an immersive exhibition using virtual reality inspired by the Alberto Manguel ’ s work , for which Steve Blanchet directed the creation and co-signed the design with Robert Lepage .
His career is punctuated with various collaborations in numerous short films , shows , plays and publications .
JEAN-SÉBASTIEN CÔTÉ Composer and Sound Designer
Musician and sound designer Jean-Sébastien wrote musical scores for several Quebec City theatre and dance productions before joining Ex Machina on The Far Side of the Moon in 1999 . Since then , he has worked regularly on the company ’ s projects , including The Andersen Project , La Celestina , The Dragons ’ Trilogy , 1984 , The Blue Dragon , Eonnagata , La Tempête , SPADES and HEARTS from the Playing Cards tetralogy , and the 2013 version of Needles and Opium . In between projects with Ex Machina , he has worked with various renowned Canadian directors such as Daniel Brooks , Wajdi Mouawad and François Girard .
SYLVAIN DÉCARIE Associate Set Designer
Sylvain graduated with a degree in fine arts and founded the independent contemporary art gallery ROUJE in Quebec City in 1995 . Passionate about this discipline , it was nevertheless through working as a scenic painter in different specialized studios that he developed an interest in sets .
Between 2000 and 2008 , Sylvain worked as a stage technician on several theatrical productions and films in Quebec and then became the technical director of Théâtre du Trident in 2009 .
In 2011 , he completed his first set design for Véronique Coté ’ s show BANQUET . After that came the design of a children ’ s show for the Festival d ’ été de Québec , LE GRAND TROTINO , conceived in collaboration with Lionel Arnould . This design unified the set and video projection .
For the last several years , Sylvain has been working primarily as an artistic director on film sets and as a designer for multifunctional sets for television .
887 marks a return to theatre and his first collaboration with Ex Machina .
FÉLIX FRADET-FAGUY Image Designer
Video designer , 2D / 3D designer , motion designer and videographer , Félix joined the Ex Machina team when he was involved with the creation of the architectural projection The Image Mill for the 2011 , 2012 and 2013 editions . He has also worked on projections for the 2014 Montreal Festival des Lumières and the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede . He has created video content for corporate events , television shows , music shows , museum exhibitions and theatre productions , including the play Icare by Michel Lemieux et Victor Pilon .