Sandra Volny

Sandra Volny is a sound artist also working with video, installation and performance. Central to her research is the use of aural spaces, which she considers as vectors that allow for individual and collective imagination to emerge. In her work, she portrays spaces and people in situations where the intrinsic process of consciousness is built through sound into space itself. Volny is currently a Ph.D candidate in Sciences, Art and Aesthetics at La Sorbonne University. She is a recipient of several residencies and awards for artistic projects and academic excellence, such as a HLC Harvard University Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant and a Quebec Council Grant for Emerging Artists. Her work has been presented at international venues, including Raumlabor-267 Quartiere für zeitgenössische Kunst und Fotografie (Braunschweig, Germany), the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Montréal), Michel Journiac Gallery (Paris) and currently at Dazibao (Montréal).

Thanks to Bassam Halaibaba for guiding me, pursuing the aural traces left by the memory of a sea that once used to cover the whole valley. HBK Braunschweig for their logistical and financial support, Vincent Lafrance for transferring the HD images on 35mm slides and Simon Bélair my partner in life for his unconditional help.