2026 Volt-Age Exhibition

Corps Commun is an interdisciplinary collective creating performances that combine sound, bodies and space. Their work is hands-on and experimental, shaped by their backgrounds in sound art, performance, installation, music and electroacoustics. Trio is their first performance together and serves as a prototype. The piece will evolve over time as the collective learns from the work, the space and the audience.

• Expertise:Sound, performance and installation art.
• Process: Their work is grounded in material exploration. They experiment, adjust, and focus on what feels alive. Much of the practice involves slowing down and creating moments of shared attention between performers and audience. Technology is integrated to support the material and enhance the immersive experience.
• Goal: To create intimate moments where the audience can engage freely.

Kian Moradi & Homeyra Esmaeilzadeh is an Iranian performance collective working at the intersection of contemporary dance, theatre and traditional movement practices. Their collaboration began four years ago with a shared interest in bringing the embodied knowledge of Iranian folk and classical forms into dialogue with contemporary performance. Their work aims to create pieces that resonate across cultural backgrounds by bridging ancestral practices with current artistic research.

The collective creates interdisciplinary performances that combine choreography, script, music and live improvisation. Their major work to date, A Horse Named Shabrang, was presented over three nights at the University of Alberta. The piece was a contemporary dance-theatre work shaped by ritual, rhythm and collective devising. They continue to develop new projects that explore how tradition can move through contemporary bodies and how performance can carry memory, story and experimentation into the present.

Lina Forero is a master's candidate in the Digital Innovation in Journalism program. For the past five years, she has worked as a senior communications manager for Indigenous Clean Energy. Originally from Colombia, Lina has been living in Montreal with her family since 2016.

This photo series documents the clean energy journey of Inukjuak, a remote Inuit community in northern Quebec that is redefining what a sustainable future can look like when it is led from within. In the fall of 2024, I visited Inukjuak and spent time with the climate leaders and community members whose vision and determination brought the Innavik Hydro Project to life. Their leadership is at the heart of this transition, one that is not only technical, but deeply cultural. I was drawn to this project because it embodies what climate action can and should be: community-led, grounded in lived experience, and aligned with cultural values. Through these images, I aim to honour the people behind the work, the relationships that sustain it, and the possibilities it opens for future generations in the Arctic and beyond.

Trisha Chakrabarty has been creating art for as long as she can remember. In high school, she studied in an enriched science program, where she learned to integrate art and science. Since then, she has focused on using digital technologies and electronic circuits in her work, leading her to pursue a degree in Computer Science & Computation Arts at Concordia University.

Her practice is based on the fusion of art and technology, guided by the belief that the most meaningful engagement occurs when the audience becomes an active participant. Immersion is multisensory, involving sound, touch and presence. Her latest installation, Vesuvius, is a 3D model that blends circuitry and audio, inviting viewers to engage with and experience the work through interaction.

Wan Xin (Wendy) is a Chinese artist and designer currently enrolled in the Design program at Concordia University. Having moved from China to Canada at a young age, her perspective is shaped by a blend of Eastern and Western cultures. Her work often emphasizes conceptual practices, exploring ideas through physical making, with the process and underlying concepts taking precedence over the final object.

She enjoys creating with her hands, shifting between conceptual art and physical making. Wan Xin is drawn to materials, process, and the space between the tangible and intangible. Her projects typically start with a concept but often include a playful or unexpected twist. The Wheel Lamp is a conceptual piece that reflects her exploration of upcycling, repurposing, and the idea of readymades.