{"id":15693,"date":"2024-02-08T11:49:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/?post_type=etudes&#038;p=15693"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:35:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:35:57","slug":"solstice-par-iregular","status":"publish","type":"etudes","link":"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/en\/studies\/solstice-par-iregular\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLSTICE by Iregular"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-ugb-cta ugb-cta ugb-bf060b0 ugb-cta ugb-cta--v2 ugb-main-block ugb--has-custom-content-width ugb--has-custom-content-width-tablet ugb--has-custom-content-width-mobile ugb-main-block--inner-full ugb--has-block-background ugb--has-background-overlay\"><style>.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__title,.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__description,.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-button-container{text-align:right !important}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__item{background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1) !important}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__item:before{background-color:#000000 !important}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__title{font-family:\"Open Sans\",Sans-serif !important;font-size:3.5em !important;letter-spacing:1px !important;color:#ffffff}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__description{font-size:20px !important;color:#ffffff}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:right}.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta{min-height:90vh;justify-content:flex-start;background-image:url(https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-4.jpg)}.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta > .ugb-inner-block{max-width:52% !important}.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta:before{opacity:0.5}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta{padding-left:0px !important}}@media screen and (max-width:1025px){.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__title{font-size:2.5em !important}.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta > .ugb-inner-block{max-width:70% !important}}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__title,.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__description,.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-button-container{text-align:right}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__title{font-size:1.5em !important}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-cta__description{margin-bottom:0px !important;font-size:18px !important}.ugb-bf060b0 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:right}.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta{padding-right:18px !important;padding-left:0px !important;min-height:50vh;background-repeat:no-repeat}.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta > .ugb-inner-block{max-width:70% !important}}@media screen and (-ms-high-contrast:active),screen and (-ms-high-contrast:none){.ugb-bf060b0.ugb-cta{height:90vh}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-bf060b0 > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-right:70px !important;padding-left:70px !important}}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.ugb-bf060b0 > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:8% !important;padding-right:8% !important;padding-bottom:8% !important;padding-left:8% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block ugb-inner-block--full\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-cta__item ugb--shadow-6\"><h2 class=\"ugb-cta__title\">Case study<\/h2><p class=\"ugb-cta__description\">Iregular<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">@Iregular, photo credit: Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-ab090f3 ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-ab090f3 hr.ugb-divider__hr{margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr class=\"ugb-divider__hr\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-columns ugb-columns ugb-1be07fd ugb-columns--design-plain ugb-columns--columns-2 ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-1be07fd > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > .ugb-columns__item{grid-template-columns:0.48fr 1.52fr !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-columns__item ugb-1be07fd-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-column ugb-column ugb-7bcaea4 ugb-column--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-7bcaea4 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:left}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.ugb-7bcaea4 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-column__item ugb-7bcaea4-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-column__content-wrapper\">\n<p>Case study conducted by :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-columns ugb-columns ugb-8269640 ugb-columns--design-plain ugb-columns--columns-2 ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (max-width:768px){.ugb-8269640 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:center}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-columns__item ugb-8269640-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-column ugb-column ugb-09af8f7 ugb-column--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-column__item ugb-09af8f7-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-column__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1548198227913.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1548198227913.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1548198227913-250x250.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1548198227913-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1548198227913-120x120.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Danielle Desjardins, La Fabrique de sens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-column ugb-column ugb-d2227a0 ugb-column--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-column__item ugb-d2227a0-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-column__content-wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Discussion held with Daniel Iregui, founder and creator of Iregular.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-column ugb-column ugb-8875465 ugb-column--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-8875465.ugb-column{margin-bottom:60px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-column__item ugb-8875465-column-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-column__content-wrapper\">\n<p id=\"6bd4\"><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong> : Transform a project that spent three years as a PDF file into a 250-foot interactive piece that comes to life by virtue of its audience\u2019s participation and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"8fdf\"><strong>COMPANY<\/strong> : Iregular is a digital art studio founded in Montr\u00e9al in 2010 that creates audiovisual installations, large-scale sculptures, architectural projections, and set and stage design, with a focus on interactive and immersive experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOLUTION<\/strong> : Not giving up on SOLSTICE\u2019s concept and finding a co-producer willing to push the limits of typical digital art consisting of projections and screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CASE<\/strong> : SOLSTICE is a monumental interactive installation that invites the audience to take control of its immediate environment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><center><center><center>@Iregular, photo credit: Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, 2022<\/center><\/center><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">@Iregular, photo credit: Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-915cbd8 ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-915cbd8-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:0px !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important}.ugb-915cbd8-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{padding-top:35px !important;padding-bottom:35px !important;align-items:flex-end !important}.ugb-915cbd8 .ugb-inner-block{text-align:left}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-915cbd8-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:73% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-915cbd8-wrapper ugb--shadow-0\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-915cbd8-content-wrapper\">\n<p>In 2019, Iregular \u2013 with its project, SOLSTICE \u2013 was one of the four finalists in the Luminoth\u00e9rapie competition for original winter-themed interactive experiences to be installed in Montr\u00e9al\u2019s Quartier des Spectacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you become a finalist,\u201d explains Iregular\u2019s founder Daniel Iregui, \u201cthey give you a budget to elaborate the piece, and by elaborate, I mean design to the screw. So, we designed it as a ready-to-build piece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we didn\u2019t win,\u201d he adds. \u201cSo, SOLSTICE was a piece that existed only as a PDF for three years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this setback, Iregular did not give up on SOLSTICE. \u201cWe believed in SOLSTICE, and we were trying to make it work.\u201d When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverygreen.com\/\">Discovery Green<\/a>, a private park in Houston, Texas, that curates a lot of interactive work, was looking for an installation to celebrate its 15th anniversary, Iregular was invited to present SOLSTICE, thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/weingartenartgroup.com\/\">Weingarten Art Group<\/a>, an art advisory firm that selects artworks for its clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That did not stop Daniel and his team. Neither did the fact that SOLSTICE was to be presented on what Daniel calls a deconstructed screen, \u201ccustom-made frames of light that are sort of exploded and placed in a public space, an entirely different beast from what the firm normally works with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNinety percent of Iregular\u2019s pieces are designed to be a projection or presented on a LED screen,\u201d says Daniel \u201cWe\u2019re really good at software. We\u2019ve developed really good expertise in software production and deployment. Our work essentially takes the form of software presented on screens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Making SOLSTICE a reality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Iregular entered into a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/jackworldinc.com\/en\/work\/\">Jack World<\/a>, a firm that specializes in designing and building interactive works for public spaces. \u201cBasically, they\u2019re amazing fabricators and we connected really well from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two studios became co-producers and embarked on a mission of sorts to make SOLSTICE a reality. They invested the fee Discovery Green offered for presenting the piece (which was close to a quarter of the budget) and tackled together the many challenges they were faced with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cDebugging physical artworks is very different from debugging virtual artworks. When you debug software, you change it, you\u2019re in control. Maybe it\u2019s difficult, but you just do it. With a physical object, it\u2019s very different. You need to go to it, move it, and source the materials. The prices will fluctuate, and we were entering the COVID economy era\u2026 one day steel was at one price, the next day at another.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Daniel Iregui<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:none\">SOLSTICE \u2013 the experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>SOLSTICE embodies Iregular\u2019s ethos of combining interaction and audience experience to reflect and transmit concepts and meanings. Designed to disturb the perception of your surroundings, SOLSTICE makes you lose sense of where you actually are, somewhere between reflections, parallel dimensions and reality. A stretch of doorway-sized frames lead to a central luminous rotating fixture: the sun. Large mirrors facing each other are placed parallel to the frames, extending the space with infinite reflections. All frames and mirrors glow thanks to controllable lights, and each frame also has built-in speakers, playing an accompanying reactive soundscape<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As its creator explains it, SOLSTICE is a unique experience, and people reacted to it in unexpected ways. \u201cBasically\u201d, he says, \u201cthe whole concept is that we really wanted to create a space within a space, something that is in a public space and that you suddenly enter. You feel you\u2019re entering because of a sound and a light; you\u2019re immersed in sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, we created this space but didn\u2019t foresee that people would actually stay. We thought it was going to be a space that you just go through. But somehow the combination of light and sound, and, I guess, the installation-design features made people stay for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cSo, SOLSTICE, rather than being a structure that you go through, became a space that people stay in, explore, and live through the whole experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Daniel Iregui<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-cf3615d ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-cf3615d-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:0px !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important}.ugb-cf3615d-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{padding-top:35px !important;padding-bottom:35px !important;align-items:flex-end !important}.ugb-cf3615d .ugb-inner-block{text-align:left}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-cf3615d-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:73% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-cf3615d-wrapper ugb--shadow-0\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-cf3615d-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15673\" style=\"width:581px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><center><center><center>@Iregular, photo credit: Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, 2022<\/center><\/center><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:none\">Going international: targeting every public space in the world<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When he founded Iregular some 13 years ago, Daniel\u2019s objective was mainly to have a studio where he could create artworks that he\u2019d be able to show to the largest audience possible. And he wanted these pieces to be interactive: \u201cI\u2019m a programmer, I\u2019m a musician, I\u2019m a graphic designer, so interactive installations allowed me to combine all of these interests\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGoing international\u201d, he adds, \u201cwas just because I wanted to make sure that the pieces that we create are seen by as many people as possible. Everything we do very regularly is interactive. Without interaction, for us, it\u2019s dead. It\u2019s an instrument that nobody plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur work has to be interacted with. That\u2019s why we display them in public spaces all over the world, because that\u2019s where the public is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This endeavour seems to be bearing fruit with Iregular\u2019s work having been shown in 25 countries around the world, including the Netherlands, Mexico, Switzerland, France, Austria, Spain, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, China, South Korea, and the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOLSTICE is still in its infancy. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverygreen.com\/signature-experiences\/solstice-by-studio-iregular-with-programming\/\">Houston<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/navypier.org\/events\/solstice-3-1-2023\/\">Chicago<\/a> in 2022 and 2023, it will be installed in the Quartier des spectacles in Montr\u00e9al from November 30, 2023 to March 10, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-c57605e ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-c57605e-wrapper.ugb-container__wrapper{border-radius:0px !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important}.ugb-c57605e-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{padding-top:35px !important;padding-bottom:35px !important;align-items:flex-end !important}.ugb-c57605e .ugb-inner-block{text-align:left}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-c57605e-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:73% !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-c57605e-wrapper ugb--shadow-0\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-c57605e-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15685\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/effetquebec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Solstice_Iregular_Chicago_2023-5.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><center><center><center><sub>@Iregular, cr\u00e9dit photo : Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, 2022<\/sub><\/center><\/center><\/center><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s available for touring in Canada and the United States, but not elsewhere for now because it\u2019s a very big piece, expensive to ship both in terms of money and carbon footprint. Daniel does not rule out the possibility of taking it to Europe and leaving it there. \u201cWhat we want to avoid is just jumping from continent to continent on every exhibition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original investment has not been recouped yet, but the projections are optimistic: SOLSTICE should be profitable after its fifth exhibition, so it\u2019s two exhibitions shy of turning a profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What contributes to the studio\u2019s successes? \u201cSince we\u2019ve started creating projects,\u201d says Daniel, \u201cwe\u2019ve been looking at what is common around the world, so we can create one project in Montr\u00e9al and present it all over the planet. What you need to do is try to find that essence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That essence may be the secret ingredient. Combine it with Iregular Studio\u2019s ethos \u2013 \u201cparticipants\u2019 reactions influence the art work just as much as the art work influences them. It is only its relationship with people that gives it meaning\u201d \u2013 and you\u2019ve got a winning formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><sup>\u00a01<\/sup>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/lbbonline.com\/news\/iregular-unveils-monumental-interactive-public-art-installation-solstice\"> Iregular Unveils Monumental Interactive Public Art Installation<\/a>, SOLSTICE.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Case study conducted by Danielle Desjardins, La Fabrique de sens. 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