Mission
Founded in 2011 in Montreal, Projections libérantes is a creative music company whose mandate is to produce the creations of its artistic director Simon Martin. Through his creations, Simon Martin seeks to share his fascination for sound, a material that is both intangible and powerfully evocative. The balance between sound phenomenon and dramatic structure characterizes his unique artistic signature and the works presented by Projections libérantes.
Projections libérantes supports the creation of independent artistic content, that is, content that meets its own requirements and not those of an academic context, a commissioned work, a predetermined instrumental formation, a competition, a residency, a call for projects or any commercial, social or political consideration. The organization carries out its mandate through productions that allow the content to find both its method of development and its final form.
Tribute
Projections libérantes is named after the eponymous work published in 1949 by artist Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960). With this choice, the organization affirms its attachment to Quebec’s heritage. Such a reference may seem at odds with contemporary creation, with its universal pretensions; and, above all, antinomic with the idea of rupture that we spontaneously associate with Borduas. Yet on reading Projections libérantes, we understand that Borduas is not breaking with what is inherited, but with what is fixed; with everything that, by valuing repetition over creation, restricts the freedom of each human being to realize his or her potential.
This reference therefore determines the identity of Projections libérantes: morally committed to its society, rooted in its heritage and determined to become a player in its future. The resulting vision has remained unchanged since the company was founded: to position the creative idea as the sole point of departure for all production.