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THE GENESIS OF THE PROJECT

The project began in 2020 with Club Sexu, PHI, Sam Greffe and Sandra Rodriguez. In a society where digital technology and algorithms are taking more and more place in our lives, we wanted to open up discussions on intimacy to collectively explore how new technologies influence and transform our emotional and sexual lives. We also wanted to create a space for reflection that is lively, interactive, and multi-sensory.

Club Sexu is a not-for-profit media organization whose mission is to openly discuss sexuality, gender and intimacy positively and inclusively. At PHI, we aim to present inclusive programming while ensuring that diverse voices are respected and actively elevated through the lens of art. a_BAHN is a Luxembourg-based production studio dedicated to the hybridization of artistic practices regardless of established rules. By joining forces, Sex, Desire and Data has become a unique and intriguing experience that provides reflection and discussion around the tensions between what is digital and our various desires.



Co-produced by PHI Studio and a_BAHN created in partners hip with Club Sexu

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PHI Studio strives to become a leader in immersive arts and entertainment by producing and marketing the next generation of immersive exhibitions. As pioneers in the burgeoning field of art that integrates new media technology, PHI Studio has developed a reputation as an incubator for talent at the vanguard and as a catalyst for the conception and implementation of immersive multidisciplinary projects. They are continually exploring the ways in which technology can lead to new forms of artistic expression and storytelling. PHI Studio is committed to collaborating with artists, producers, and partners to foster the creation and development of pioneering innovative artworks, shaping the future of immersive experiences.

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Since its foundation in 2013, a_BAHN has been committed to developing the art of hybridisation. At the intersection of various forms and genres (fiction, documentary, animation, XR), a_BAHN's productions break free from established norms and assert a unique experience in hybridized original content. Bringing together the traditional worlds of film and television with new media, the company is dedicated to creating daring artistic content and developing challenging, engaging stories for international audiences.

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An independent media outlet and a non-profit creative studio, Club Sexu specializes in positive, inclusive and empowering knowledge around sexuality. With a team of experts in sexology and communications, the studio creates content, campaigns and events that share information about sexuality, gender and intimacy in an accessible, innovative and entertaining way without compromising relevancy.

CREATIVE TEAM

Discover the creative team behind the experience.

Sandra

Sandra Rodriguez

Sam

Sam Greffe

Maude

Maude Huysmans

Annabelle

Annabelle Fiset

Ianna

Ianna Book

Lucas

Lucas LaRochelle

Laura

Laura Mannelli

Damiano

Damiano Picci

CO-DESIGN

Edouard

Édouard Lanctôt-Benoît

Juliette

Juliette Langevin

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

IMMERSIVE JOURNEY

Creative Direction : Annabelle Fiset, Maude Huysmans, Samuel Greffe, Sandra Rodriguez



Creative Direction, Collaborator : Phoebe Greenberg



Executive Producer, PHI Studio : Julie Tremblay


Executive Producers, a_BAHN : François Le Gall, Marion Guth


Immersive Experience Producers, PHI Studio: Coline Delbaere, Isabelle Brodeur


Artistic Direction & Scenography, PHI Studio: Sarah Migos


Artistic Direction, Club Sexu : Geneviève Bergeron


Scenographer, Club Sexu : Charline Lezerac


Composer : Damiano Picci


Sound Editor : Eric Slunecko


Sound Mixer : Cédric Fisher


Sound Designer : Damiano Picci


Technology Director : Marc-André Nadeau


Technology Director, Collaborator : Hugues Kir


Software Infrastructure and Tracking System : Thomas Azoug


Creative Développement : Édouard Lanctôt-Benoît


Technical Development Support : Jonathan Hardy


Technical Coordinator : Madison Dinelle


Technical Director : Michaël Lefebvre


Technical Director, Assistant : Eliot Sarrazin


Technical Director, Collaborator: Nicolas Jobin


Production Manager : Stephanie Vincelli


Production Coordinator : Floriane Julia Soulard, Kevan Rahimaly


Technicians : Dorian Verhaegen, Jeremy Felker, Ké Medley


Production Coordinator, a_BAHN : Laurent Derré


Head of Production, a_BAHN : Djima Gana


Head of XR Studio, Velvet Flare : Damiano Picci


Production Manager, Velvet Flare : Peter Brown


Key Animator, Velvet Flare : Richie Jegen


Sexological Design & Consultation, Club Sexu : Léa Séguin, Morag Bosom, Sara Mathieu-C


Translation : Ismaël Backes


Inclusive Proofreading, Club Sexu : Ariel Sosic, Magali Guilbault-Fitzbay, Chelsea Larsson, Catherine Montambeault


Inclusive Proofreading, PHI Studio : Pierre-Olivier Marnier-Leseize


Copywriting : Andrew Gray

THE INTERACTIVE WORKS WERE CREATED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE FOLLOWING CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL RESSOURCES :

SCENOGRAPHY AND EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY


Creative Directors :


Annabelle Fiset, Sandra Rodriguez



EDITORIAL INTENT AND DEVELOPMENT


Creative Direction, Club Sexu : Maude Huysmans


Seat Designer : Clara Jorish



MAX


Creative Director : Sandra Rodriguez


Design & AI Scriptwriting : Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit, Sandra Rodriguez


Script Writer, Club Sexu : Justin Roy


Script Writing Consultants : Nadine Mathurin, Francis Delfour


Creative Développer : Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit


Computer Graphics & Programming : Hugues Kir


AI Consultant : Michael Noukhovitch


Key Design-Modeling : Davide Picci


Front End Development : Richie Jegen, Pierre Tacchi


Badge Design : Daniel Demay


Movement Actress : Andréanne Daigle



ALGOMATCH


A work adapted from the original platform (Game On, 2019) Club Sexu


Creative Director, Club Sexu : Maude Huysmans


Designers, Scriptwriters & Inclusive Proofreading, Club Sexu : Justin Roy, Joshua Lessard, Maude Huysmans


Translation : Kristen Theodore


Interactive Application Developer : Richie Jegen, Thomas Azoug


Key Design-Modeling : Davide Picci


Graphic Designer : Maïté Cayuelas Colla, Brigitte Nataï


Lead Animator : Richie Jegen


Animators : Davide Picci, Jacoub Khouri, Zohra Mrad


Prototype Interactive Application Developers : Nicolas Dubé-Pauzé, Ké Medley



RESULTS


Creative Director : Sandra Rodriguez


Conception : Sandra Rodriguez, Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit


Creative Developer : Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit


AI Consultant : Gauthier Gidel


Vestaboard development : Jonathan Hardy



HELLO


A work inspired by OK LUCID, created in 2015 (performance and installation) Ianna Book


Designer & Art Director : Ianna Book


Creative Director, Club Sexu : Maude Huysmans


Graphic Designer : Catherine Sabourin


Animator : Raphaël Jean


Statue Designer : Rino Côté


Costume Designer : Renée Tardif



CONFESSIONNAL


A work adapted from the original platform clubsexu.com/confessionnal (2019)


Creative Director & Inclusive Proofreading, Club Sexu : Maude Huysmans


Director of Casting & Acting : Nathalie Hamel Roy


Script Adaptation : Robert Vézina


Recording & Mixing : Philippe Rochefort


Actors : Alexandre Bacon, Celia Gouin Arseneault, Danny Boudreau, Eloisa Cervantes, Emmanuel Schwartz, Florence Blain M'Baye, Frederik Zacharek, Holly Frankel Gauthier, Isabelle Miquelon, Nathalie Hamel Roy, Nicolas Poulin, Patrick Emmanuel Abélard, Robert Vézina, Romane Denis.


Content Consultants : Aïcha Black, Chloé Saint-Laurent, Gina Flash, Jason Drake.



VIBRATO


Art Director & Designer : Laura Mannelli


Creation Collaborator : Samuel Greffe


Lighting, Kinetics & Technical Designer : Eric Slunecko (Mad-Trix)


Sensor Programming : Raphaël Hoffman (Mad-Trix)


Textile Designer : Davide Picci


Textile Designer Assistants : Georges Maikel, Joëlle Mischo, Hilary Brown, Véro Ranaivoson, Adélia Gonçalves Simões, Zohrad Mrad, Maïté Cayuelas Colla


Sound System Designer : Cédric Fischer (Mad-Trix)


Metal Structure : Metal-Line


Project Manager : Oliver Lang (Mad-Trix)


Production Manager : Peter Brown



SHOW ME YOURS


Creator & Director : Samuel Greffe


Co-Creator : Juliette Langevin


Visual Experience Designers : Saverio Trapasso


Interactive Application Developpers : Jonathan Hardy


Technological infrastructure : Thomas Azoug


3D Artist & Key Animator : Richie Jegen


3D Artist & Technnological Assistant : Ké Medley


Characters modelling : Jacoub Khouri 


3D Sculptor : Yuri Giordano


Texture Artist : Thomas Luliano


Audio Director : Thimalay Sukhaseum 


Technnological Accessories Consultant : Frederic Segard


Character Design Storyboarding : Nimit Malavia


Content Consultants : Agna, Aïcha Black, Goddess Ges, Gina Flesh, Jacqueline Beaumont, Jason Drake, Maude Veilleux



QUEERING THE MAP


A work adapted from the original platform queeringthemap.com Lucas LaRochelle (2019)


Creator & Art Director : Lucas LaRochelle


Creative Director : Samuel Greffe


Creative Developer : Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit


Development Support : Hugues Kir


Video editor : Kevin Delamourd


Prototyping Motion Design : Florence Levasseur


Participation in audio recordings : Dennis Om-Fickler, Emilie Desrue, Jani Greffe Belanger, Jacqueline Beaumont, Jeanne Marceau, Juan Camilo Rodriguez, Juan Manuel Andrade Gamboa, Lucas LaRochelle, Sylvestre Oulé-Mailloux, Tess Kuramoto

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS, MÉDIATION SEXUELLE ET DIVERSITÉ

Marketing Director : Jeremy Leith


Senior Content Manager : Emmy Landre


Project Manager : Violaine St-Cyr


Artistic Director : Michel Ouellette


Artistic Director Club Sexu : Geneviève Bergeron


Digital Consultant : Marie-France Simard


Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR : Myriam Achard


Public Relations & Project Managers : Kevin Delaney, Pierre-Olivier Marinier Leseize


Communications Agent : Andrew Gray


Development & Design : Maude Huysmans


Sexological Consultation & Design : Morag Bosom


Mediation Guide Collaborator : Andrey Gray, Ève Landry

WEB PLATFORM

Agence Hoffman


Co-chief Technology : Franck Jorge




UI Designer : Mathilde Merlier



UX Designer : David Martineau



Production Responsable : Josué Amédégnato



Co-Artistic Director : Geneviève Bergeron (Club Sexu) et Michel Ouellette (PHI)



Project Manager : Marie-France Simard

THANKS TO OUR COLLABORATORS

Studio Artefact


Morel Leroux


CR34TE


Solotech


Antilatency


BeMatrix


Ottomata


Show Distribution


ShowTex


Metal-Line


Proxee

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Canada Media Fund


Film Fund Luxembourg


Ministère de la Culture et des Communications


Société de développement des entreprises culturelles


Atelier Grand Nord XR


Conseils des arts de Montréal


Tourisme Montréal


This platform has received special support from the Canada Council for the Arts

LAND ACKNOWLEGMENT

We would like to acknowledge that Sexe, Desire and Data is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehà:ka Nation is recognized as the custodian of the lands and waters on which we gather today. Tiohtià:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montréal community.