Academic publications
Forthcoming
“More than Meets the Eye: Seeing Beyond the First-Person Perspective in Virtual Reality Narratives” in From Cinema to Virtual Reality and Back: Aesthetics, Technologies, and Spectatorship, edited by Kata Szita and Maud Ceuterick (Forthcoming, 2024).
“The Subjective Apparatus: First-Person Films and the Fundamental Subjectivity of Virtual Reality.” Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (Forthcoming in issue 64.1, fall 2024).
“The Many Births of Virtual Reality: Genealogies of Contemporary VR.” In States of Immersion: Bodies, Media, Technologies, edited by Philippe Bédard, Alanna Thain, and Carl Therrien. (Forthcoming, 2024).
2024
“Making Room for Empathy in Contemporary Virtual Reality Cinema.” Studies in Documentary Film 18, n° 1 (2024): 32-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2023.2270957
2023
“Les technologies immersives vues à travers des lunettes d’opéra.” Revue Musicale OICRM 10, n°2 (2023). https://revuemusicaleoicrm.org/rmo-vol10-n2/les-technologies-immersives/
“Virtuality+: The Physical Body in Virtual Reality and the Path Toward Augmented Virtuality.“ Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico 16, n° 1 (2023): 61-72. https://doi.org/10.36253/Aisthesis-13949
“Closing the Gap: Storytelling in Nonfiction Virtual Reality.” Canadian Journal of Film Studies 32, n°1 (Spring 2023): 87–105. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjfs-2022-0031.
2022
“Adventures Beyond Anthropocentrism in Virtual Reality Art.” AN-ICON: Studies in Environmental Images n° 2: 89-112. https://doi.org/10.54103/ai/18458
“The Shape of Motion: Cinema and the Aesthetics of Movement by Jordan Schonig”. JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies 62, n°1 (Fall 2022), 196-200. https://doi.org/10.1353/cj.2022.0075
“Trajectoires du montage à l’ère du numérique.” Écrans 1, n° 17 (2022) 227-250. https://doi.org/10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14193-8.p.0227
“Virtual Production and the Transformation of Cameras Mechanical, Virtual, and Actual.” Animation 17, no. 2 (2022): 226–243. https://doi.org/10.1177/17468477221102498
“Action Camera.” Encyclopédie raisonnée TECHNÈS. Encyclopedia entry (2022), https://encyclo-technes.org/en/parcours/all/action-camera
“Points of Anchorage: Exo-Centric Images and the Perceptual Relativity of Camera Movement.” Cinema & Cie 22, n°38 (2022), 37–53. https://doi.org/10.54103/2036-461X/16883
“Faire corps avec la caméra: Expérimentations esthétiques et phénoménologie alternative du mouvement chorégraphique.” Co-written with Charlotte Dronier for Un cinéma en mouvement: Portabilité des appareils et formes filmiques, edited by Richard Bégin, Thomas Carrier-Lafleur, and Gilles Mouëllic, 159–182. Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2022.
2021
2020
“L’espace exo-centrique au cinéma.” Écranosphère, “Mutations Médiatiques” (2020).
2019
2018
2017
2015
Cultural publications
2023
“Editorial⎪Coming back from Tribeca Immersive 2023,” XR Must (June 19, 2023). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/editorial-tribeca-immersive-2023/
“Pourquoi vous devriez vous rendre au Gala des PRIX NUMIX 2023 ? Nos jurées ont la réponse !,” Xn Québec (May 24, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/gala-numix-2023/
“La Tournée Xn Chez Thinkwell Studio : Découvrir le savoir-faire québécois et créer de nouveaux ponts avec les industries européennes,” Xn Québec (May 16, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/tournee-xn-thinkwell-2023/
“Guide pratique pour intégrer et accompagner un.e stagiaire en entreprise,” Xn Québec (May 5, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/guide-pratique-pour-integrer-et-accompagner-un-e-stagiaire-en-entreprise/
“Cinq expos immersives à découvrir ce printemps à Montréal,” Xn Québec (April 21, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/cinq-expos-a-decouvrir/
“Les pionnières du numérique – #03 recherche et création dans le secteur des arts numériques avec Lynn Hughes, Université Concordia,” Xn Québec (March 30, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/les-pionnieres-du-numerique-03-recherche-et-creation-dans-le-secteur-des-arts-numeriques-avec-lynn-hughes-universite-concordia/
“Les pionnières du numérique – #02 Le monde du balado jeunesse avec Prune Lieutier, La puce à l’oreille,” Xn Québec (March 17, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/les-pionnieres-du-numerique-02-balado/
“Les pionnières du numérique – #01 La transformation numérique des musées avec Ana-Laura Baz, Musée de la civilisation,” Xn Québec (March 8, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/les-pionnieres-du-numerique-01-transformation-numerique/
“Comment l’industrie de l’audiovisuel peut-elle s’adapter à l’évolution des outils IA?,” Xn Québec (March 3, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/industrie-ia-evolution/
“La tournée Xn chez OASIS immersion : Repenser la création immersive,” Xn Québec (February 22, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/la-tournee-xn-chez-oasis-immersion-repenser-la-creation-immersive/
“Perspectives sur le rapport annuel des tendances du FMC 2023,” Xn Québec (February 2, 2023). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/rapport-annuel-fmc-2023/
“’We wanted to tell stories, but also to get closer to the human element.’ Ruby-Maude Rioux (OASIS immersion),” XR Must (January 23, 2023). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/ruby-maude-rioux-oasis-immersion/
“’We want to use new technologies for the benefit of artistic creation in live performing arts’ Samuel Tétreault (CARRY ME HOME),” XR Must (January 11, 2023). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/samuel-tetreault-carry-me-home/
2022
“Takeaways : Independent XR distribution in 2022,” Crafting a Market for Independent XR (December 21, 2022). https://independent-xr-market.org/2022-takeaways-5269df9096b7
“LAB7 : Nouveau lieu pour la création numérique à Montréal,” Xn Québec (December 1st, 2022). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/lab7-montreal/
“Report⎪In Toronto, FIVARS in Fall 2022,” XR Must (November 14, 2022). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/toronto-fivars-in-fall-2022/
“Reflections on XR Distribution #3 — A Matter of Education,” Crafting a Market for Independent XR (November 2, 2022). https://independent-xr-market.org/reflections-3-education-7d0024d92191
“Rencontres internationales du numérique à Montréal,” Xn Québec (October 24, 2022). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/rencontres-internationales-du-numerique-a-montreal/
“Editorial⎪NFT, XR Distribution… Report from FNC Forum 2022,” XR Must (October 17, 2022). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/fnc-forum-2022/
“Compte rendu du FNC Forum | 6-11 octobre 2022,” Xn Québec (October 13, 2022). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/compte-rendu-fnc-forum-2022/
“Editorial⎪Back from Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC) 2022,” XR Must (October 12, 2022). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/nouveau-cinema-fnc-2022/
“Compte rendu de FNC Explore 2022 | 5–16 octobre 2022,” L’Effet Québec (October 12, 2022). https://effetquebec.ca/decouvertes/compte-rendu-fnc-explore-2022/
“En direct du métavers: Compte rendu du panel ‘La création de contenus pour les métavers’,” Xn Québec (September 15, 2022). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/en-direct-du-metavers/
“Reflections on XR Distribution #2 — Which Market?,” Crafting a Market for Independent XR (September 12, 2022). https://independent-xr-market.org/reflections-2-which-market-90568ab1d9f5
“Editorial⎪Coming back from Mutek Montreal Forum 2022,” XR Must (September 01, 2022). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/editorialcoming-back-from-mutek-montreal-forum-2022/
“Questions d’hier, réponses de demain: Compte rendu MUTEK 2022,“ Xn Québec (August 31, 2022). https://www.xnquebec.co/nouvelles-xn/questions-dhier-reponses-de-demain-compte-rendu-mutek-2022/
“Reflections on XR distribution #1 — A shifting timeline,” Crafting a Market for Independent XR (July 20, 2022). https://independent-xr-market.org/reflections-1-shifting-timeline-a482650d7896
“Compte rendu de Tribeca immersive – 10 au 19 juin 2022,” L’Effet Québec (June 23 2022). https://effetquebec.ca/decouvertes/compte-rendu-de-tribeca-immersive-10-au-19-juin-2022/
“Deep Dive into Canadian XR – Portrait of LAB7,” Québec/Canada XR (April 12, 2022). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/dive-into-the-canadian-xr-portrait-of-lab7/
“Compte rendu de Ciel à outrances – Centre PHI,“ L’Effet Québec (March 4, 2022). https://effetquebec.ca/decouvertes/compte-rendu-de-ciel-a-outrances/
“Museum of Other Realities: Aperçu de la Collection Canadienne,“ L’Effet Québec (March 4, 2022). https://effetquebec.ca/decouvertes/museum-of-other-realities/
“Compte rendu de Sundance New Frontier 2022,“ L’Effet Québec (February 8, 2022). https://effetquebec.ca/evenements/compte-rendu-de-sundance-new-frontier-2022/
“Deep Dive into Canadian XR – Portrait of Dark Slope (ON),” Québec/Canada XR (February 14, 2022). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/deep-dive-into-canadian-xr-portrait-of-dark-slope-on/
“Insights into XR Distribution — Myriam Achard and Julie Tremblay (PHI),” Québec/Canada XR (January 21, 2022). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/insights-into-xr-distribution-myriam-achard-and-julie-tremblay-phi/
2021
“Review⎪THE INFINITE: A Giant Leap for XR,” XR Must (December 20, 2021). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/review-the-infinite-houston/
“Deep Dive into Canadian XR – Portrait of Patricia Bergeron (Leitmotiv),” Québec/Canada XR (December 10, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/deep-dive-into-canadian-xr-portrait-of-patricia-bergeron-leitmotiv/
“Deep Dive into Canadian XR – Portrait of Audrey Pacart (Item 7),” Québec/Canada XR (November 02, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/deep-dive-into-canadian-xr-portrait-of-audrey-pacart-item-7/
“Insights into XR Distribution — Antoine Cayrol (Atlas V, Astrea),” Québec/Canada XR (October 25, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/insights-into-xr-distribution-antoine-cayrol-atlas-v-astrea/
“We Live in an Ocean of Air: The Essence of Breath (Review),” XR Must (October 03, 2021). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/review-we-live-ocean-air/
“L’essence du souffle : Compte rendu de We Live in an Ocean of Air – Centre PHI (29 sept. 2021 – 16 jan. 2022),” Québec/Canada XR (September 29, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/lessence-du-souffle/
“Deep Dive into Canadian XR – Portrait of Infinite Frame Media.” Québec/Canada XR (September 21, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/deep-dive-into-canadian-xr-infinite-frame-media/
“Insights into XR Distribution — Sebox Hung (VR FILM LAB, Taiwan),” Québec/Canada XR (August 27, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/insights-into-xr-distribution-sebox-hung-vr-film-lab-taiwan/
“Deep Dive into Canadian XR – Dpt.” Québec/Canada XR (August 19, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/deep-dive-into-canadian-xr-dpt/
“À la découverte de L’INFINI (21 juillet – 7 novembre 2021),” Québec/Canada XR (July 21, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/a-la-decouverte-de-linfini/
“Diving into Canadian XR – Portrait of Ziad Touma (Couzin Films),” XR Must (July 09, 2021). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/canadian-xr-couzin-films/
“Plongée dans la XR canadienne – Portrait de Couzin Films,” Québec/Canada XR (June 29, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/plongee-dans-la-xr-canadienne-portrait-de-couzin-films/
“Quelle machine à empathie?,” Québec/Canada XR (June 9, 2021). https://medium.com/regards-et-impressions/quelle-machine-a-empathie-3855b78410bd
“Virtuellement (et physiquement!) présent,” Québec/Canada XR (March 18, 2021). https://medium.com/@Quebec
CanadaXR/carne-y-arena-19b41e0fbd
“Bilan de l’année: La XR en 2020,” Québec/Canada XR (January 15, 2021). https://quebeccanadaxr.co/bilan-2020/
2020
“XR Backstory: Playtime, by Catherine Bazinet, Maxime Boisvert, Ronan Le Gall, Alexis Maher & Charles Tétreault,” XR Must (July 20, 2020). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/xr-backstory-playtime/
“XR Backstory: Continuance, by Stratéolab,” XR Must (June 28, 2020). https://www.xrmust.com/xrmagazine/
xr-backstory-continuance-by-stratéolab/
“Continuance — Portrait XR,” Québec/Canada XR (June 22, 2020). https://medium.com/@QuebecCanadaXR/
continuance-portrait-xr-9276a430f2f5
“Playtime — Portrait XR,” Québec/Canada XR (Mai 26, 2020). https://medium.com/@QuebecCanadaXR/playtime-f38ecb21a37a
“Le temps réel s’invite au cinéma,” Synthèse (Mai 25, 2020). polesynthese.com/fr/le-temps-reel-sinvite-au-cinema/
“La Réalité Virtuelle est morte. Longue vie à la Réalité Virtuelle,” Québec/Canada XR (May 8, 2020). https://medium.com/regards-et-impressions/la-réalité-virtuelle-est-morte-longue-vie-à-la-réalité-virtuelle-d6e3a1f34b14
“Passer au virtuel: Quand nécessité fait loi,” Québec/Canada XR (March 23, 2020). https://medium.com/regards-et-impressions/passer-au-virtuel-quand-nécessité-fait-loi-ffc4b238689f
“VR et Coronavirus: Quelles précautions faut-il prendre?” Québec/Canada XR (March 6, 2020). https://medium.com/regards-et-impressions/vr-et-coronavirus-quelles-précautions-faut-il-prendre-ae9ac2d73db
“2020: Année de l’AR ?” Québec/Canada XR (January 8, 2020). https://medium.com/regards-et-impressions/2020-année-de-lar-5c52dce8bba4
2019
“Quand l’espace virtuel se fait galerie d’art,” Québec/Canada XR (December 18, 2019). https://medium.com/@QuebecCanadaXR/quand-lespace-virtuel-se-fait-galerie-d-art-15e1ff55b91e
“Field Notes: When VR Does Cinema,” Immerse (November 1, 2019). https://immerse.news/field-notes-when-vr-does-cinema-10c27f979231
Lectures
“La GoPro et le décentrement anthropologique.” Invited by Jean-Sébastien Houle as part of his class “Cinéma actuel,” Université Laval, February 20, 2023.
“Caméra d’action.” Invited by Rémy Besson as part of his seminar “Cinéma et innovations technologiques,” Université de Montréal, October 11 octobre 2022.
“Carne y Arena.” Invited by Rémy Besson as part of his class “Cinéma documentaire.” Université de Montréal, 23 September, 2021.
“Le cinéma de la corporalité I: Rapports caméra-corps-espace dans le cinéma contemporain.” Invited by Charlotte Dronier as part of her class “Courants du cinéma contemporain.” Université de Montréal, 18 March, 2020.
“Documenting the Everyday: GoPro, Mobilography, Bodies.” Invited by Prof. Florian Krautkrämer for his class “Documenting the everyday,” Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland, 17 April 2019.
“La machine subjective: Cinéma, VR, Dispositif.” Invited by Alice Lenay in the context of the seminar“Litt & Arts: Arts, Savoirs & Indisciplines” Université de Grenoble, France, 19 April 2019.
“L’espace au cinéma: Relations entre caméra, corps, et espace.” Invited by Prof. Dick Tomasovic for his class “Question d’esthétique,” Université de Liège, Belgium, 23 April 2019.
“Pas de deux: Rapports entre caméra, corps, et espace dans la danse filmée.” Invited by Prof. Dick Tomasovic for his class “Mise en scène,” Université de Liège, Belgium, 7 May 2019.
Conference presentations
2023
Bédard, Philippe, and Hilary Bergen. “Virtual Virtuosity: The Hybrid Stage in Carry Me Home.” Réinventer la Scène international conference, Montréal, June 1–3, 2023.
Bergen, Hilary, and Philippe Bédard. “The Double Spectacle of Screendance and VR: Emergent Viewing and Performance Techniques.” FMSAC annual conference, York University, Toronto, Canada, May 27–29, 2023.
“The experiential conditions of VR.” SCMS annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 11-16, 2023.
2022
“Leaving Room for Empathy in Contemporary VR Non-fiction.” FSAC annual conference, virtual event, May 12–15, 2022.
“Feeling Present/Being Present.” Presencing Worlds, An-Icon Annual Workshop, Gargnano, Italy, April 20–22, 2022.
2021
“Empathy in VR: Two approaches.” FSAC annual conference, virtual event, June 1-3, 2021.
“The Many Births of Virtual Reality: Genealogical Approach to the Study of Contemporary VR.” SCMS annual Conference, virtual event, March 17-21, 2021.
“Eccentric Points of View in Film and Virtual Reality.” Carleton Film Seminar, Carleton University, virtual event, February 26, 2021.
2020
“Virtual cinema and the state of film production.” FSAC annual Conference, London, Canada, June 2-4, 2020. *Cancelled due to COVID-19.
2019
“Paradigms of Accessibility: VR Exhibition at FNC and Phi Centre.” Two days of Canada : Canadian Screens, Brock University, St. Catharines, November 7-9, 2019.
“Le cinéma en mode virtuel: Transformations de la production cinématographique à l’ère du numérique.”Colloque doctoral Technès, Montréal, Université de Montréal, September 26-27, 2019.
2018
“Représentation exo-centrique du corps humain dans l’espace cinématographique.” Colloque Les sens et le lieu, Montréal, Canada, October 31- November 2, 2018.
“Vanishing Point(s): Sight and the Body in Moving Image Media.” NECS Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 27-28, 2018.
“Going beyond the human perspective: GoPro cameras as subversive image-making devices.” Versatile Camcorders: Looking at the GoPro-Movement, ZEM, Potsdam, Germany, June 21-23, 2018.
“Performance corporelle dans l’œil de la caméra : Méthodes d’analyse des caméras d’action et de leur influence sur la représentation du geste.” FSAC Annual Conference, Regina, Canada, May 29-31, 2018.
“(Inter)subjectivity in contemporary VR films.” SCMS Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 14-18, 2018.
2017
Dronier, Charlotte et Philippe Bédard. “Faire corps avec la caméra : Expérimentations esthétiques et phénoménologie alternative du mouvement chorégraphique.” Colloque Cinéma et Portabilité, Montréal, Canada, October 19-20, 2017.
“Le cinéma sans caméra ?” Colloque doctoral Cinéma et machines, Rennes, France, October 9-10, 2017.
“The bodies behind cameras: Techno-aesthetic study of three camera movement technologies.” NECSAnnual Conference, Paris, France, June 28 – July 1, 2017.
“How cameras see themselves.” FSAC Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, 27-29 May 2017.“Aesthetic of the extreme: Amateur video production in the world of GoPro.” SCMS Annual Conference, Chicago, March 22-25, 2017.
“Perspectiva naturalis/perspectiva artificialis : Représentations picturales de la Renaissance au cinéma numérique.” 18e colloque des cycles supérieurs de l’ACÉC, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, February 16-18, 2017.
2016
“L’espace exo-centrique dans les médias d’images en mouvement.” Colloque doctoral GRAFICS, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, September 24-25, 2016.
“Virtual reality’s ‘in betweens’.” NECS Annual Conference, Potsdam, Germany, July 28-30, 2016.
“The protean camera: Crystallizing time and movement in the motion picture.” FSAC Annual Conference, Calgary, Canada, May 30 – June 2, 2016.
“Snorricam v. Steadicam: On visible and invisible relations of bodies and camera movement.” SCMS Annual Conference, Atlanta, March 30 – April 3, 2016.
“Relative movement and scenographic space.” Carleton University Graduate Film Studies Conference, Ottawa, Canada, March 12, 2016.
“Site(s) of opposition: Virtual reality’s ongoing struggles.” Sightlines, University of Toronto, Toronto, February 27, 2016.
2015
“Be a hero: The aesthetic of self-representation in GoPro videos.” NECS Annual Conference, Łódź, Poland, June 18-20, 2015.
“Techno-aesthetic study of third-person fixed perception shots.” SCMS Annual Conference, Montréal, Canada, March 25-29, 2015.
2014
“Disembodied perspectives: A techno-aesthetic analysis of GoPro videos.” Deviate! The Second International Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media Conference, Cork, Ireland, September 4-6, 2014.
“Vision désincarnée: étude des réactions physiques et émotionnelles causées par les images de caméras miniatures personnelles.” 82e Congrès de l’ACFAS, Montréal, Canada, May 12-16, 2014.