Messier is a composer, performer and video creator. The main subject of his work is music, but achieved through daily objects, such as sewing machines. Yes, the same Singer machine painted once by Berni, but in a totally different approach...

Sewing machine orchestra, by Martin Messier

Materials: sewing machines, microphones, microcontrols

To see the video-installation, click here.

Materials: sewing machines / Technique: video

To watch the performance, click here.

With this dialogue between objects and sounds, the artist takes us to a different dimension, where daily objects gain new voice and re-invent themselves. Messier himself manipulates the sewing machines or the projectors to create the music during his performances, which makes his artwork quite brief: it's revealed while the artist executes it.

Projectors, by Martin Messier,

Materials:  Three 8mm projectors, 2 digital projectors.

To see the footage of the performance, click here.