It's a celebration in front of the façade of the St. Croix church in Saint-Laurent. The windows are lit up with the colors of the Saint-Laurent en Mouvement signature. A few bicycles passing and silhouettes of all ages appear and come to life on the church square to the sound of a lively music. They reveal the signature that passes over their heads like a kite floating in the wind.
The passage of the signature takes us back in time. The music changes, we are in the early days of Saint Laurent. We hear the chimes of the church and the old chapel appears, interspersed with images that mark the birth of the village ...
Titles and dates are superimposed on the fade-in and fade-out of archival images as well as a sound and musical montage that orientates us and situates us in time. Period music punctuated by well-known popular atmospheres, excerpts from Richard Grégoire's music (Les filles de Caleb, Marguerite Volant).
Throughout the presentation of this succession of animated tableaux, the music is the word, it illustrates our heritage, it is universal and crosses the language and culture barrier.
Among the sounds of the crowd, of hooves, clouds sweep the facade of projection to reveal us an era of effervescence. We are in the era of large gatherings on the grounds of Blue Bonnets, the landmark of Ville Saint Laurent. The promenade of elegant ladies that appears on the projection façade transports us to the theater and reveals another important part of the history of Saint-Laurent, the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent troupe.
Throughout the presentation we will cross the years by illustrating several important periods of the city to arrive at the Ville Saint-Laurent of today and finish with the projection and implementation of a large neighborhood party, punctuated by a more current music, more multicultural. To close the event, the façade of the church will be transformed in a fairy tale of colors and a flight of balloons (3D animation) will rise above the silhouettes carried away by the festive music, the signature and the illumination of the event's logo.
(From competitor's text)
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The quality of this performance lies in its potential for appropriation by the citizens of the borough of Saint-Laurent. The historical references presented are relevant and allow citizens to recognize themselves in the work. The images are striking and festive.
On the other hand, the creative intent behind the work is not developed. The members of the jury emphasized that the project is too "corporate" and "generic" to the detriment of a strong artistic identity. Following the comments made in stage 1, the jury would have liked the work to have a stronger and more coherent signature.
In the first stage of the competition, the jury had also expressed reservations regarding the realism of the images presented. The images did not seem saturated enough, did not have enough contrast and did not take into consideration the reality of the effect of the projection according to the equipment made available to the designers. The video performance of the second stage unfortunately did not demonstrate a rich and coherent architectural integration.
The jury was unanimous in its disappointment at the lack of evolution of the project between the first and second stages of the competition.
(From jury report)
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