Marie LeBlanc Flanagan
Email: hello@marieflanagan.com | Website: marieflanagan.com
Marie Claire LeBlanc Flanagan is an artist working in the spaces between people, especially those related to expression, connection, and community. Marie’s tools are fluid and have included experimental gameplay, virtual and augmented reality, open-source data, bio-signals, smell art, computer vision, machine learning, and above all, cooperative/collaborative systems. Marie is currently working online, building connective experimental spaces for people in isolation.
GROUP Exhibitions
- 2020 A MAZE. Berlin (Online)
- 2020 Living Arts (Mississauga, Canada)
- 2020 Hand Eye Ball (Toronto, Canada)
- 2019 No Quarter Exhibition (New York)
- 2018 Winter Play (San Francisco, USA)
- 2018 A MAZE. (Berlin, Germany)
- 2017 $Bash (London, UK)
- 2017 A MAZE. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- 2017 Arcadia (Dundee, Scotland)
- 2017 IXDS (Munich, Germany)
- 2017 Transmediale Vorspiele (Germany)
- 2016 Beta Public (London, UK)
- 2016 Plan - B (Kharkiv, Ukraine)
- 2016 PLAY (Hamburg, Germany)
- 2016 Incubate (Tilburg, Netherlands)
- 2016 A MAZE. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- 2016 Beta Public (London, England)
- 2016 PLAY (Hamburg, Germany)
SOLO Commissions
- 2021 Sanctuary (Web) - Peacefully connecting space Proyecto Bios & Canadian Embassy.
- 2020 Throne room (Web) - Collaborative online bathroom graffiti at A MAZE.
- 2019 Follow (Installation) - Two-person cooperative installation at NYU.
- 2018 Common (Installation) - City-wide online and offline cooperative installation at CAFKA.
Collaborations
- 2021 Mummer’s Journey (Web) - Musical Web experience
- 2020 Mood Ring (Web) - Musical web installation with Debaser.
- 2020 Special Guest (Web, Performance) - Playful guests to improve online meetings.
- 2020 Neighbourbot (Web) - Temporary connections with neighbors at online events.
- 2018 Dream Room (Installation) - Peaceful space for connecting & grounding with others.
Solo WORK
- 2020 Sound Games (Web) - Collection of playful connections to sound for Drone Day.
- 2019 Emergency Exhibition Care (Performance) - Rogue acts of care at ITP.
- 2016 Closer (Installation) - Physically cooperative game for two players.
Residencies
- 2022 SAT Metalab Artist Residency
- 2020 Softie Feelies Online Artist Residency
- 2019 NYU Game Center Artist in Residence
- 2019 LIVE Lab Artist Residency
- 2018 TAG Concordia Artist Residency
Juries/committees
- 2019-2022 - Eastern Bloc Programming
- 2019 The Bit Awards
- 2015-2021 Polaris Music Prize
- 2017 NDG
Boards
- 2015-2021 Inter Arts Matrix
- 2015-2016 NUMUS - New Music Now
Founded
- 2021-21 Imaginary Residency - An open-source collaborative artist residency (co-founded).
- 2018-21 A Kind of Play - Creating, teaching & connecting with play.
- 2015-21 Drone Day - Annual celebration of drone and ambient sounds around the world.
- 2012-21 Wyrd Arts/Weird Canada - National arts nonprofit celebrating experimental music, zines, and art.