Steffé Castonguay

Tonight: Sound processes between decay, memory and technical practice. JUNE 05, RABBIT HOLE THEATER / NEUE MUSIK ZENTRALE, ESSEN HEARING ABNORMALITIES With Tarik Haskić, Stephanie Castonguay and NKISI, this evening shifts the focus from the work to the process. Instead of appearing as a finished product, sound here emerges as a cybernetic, material and rhythmic movement between material, technology and memory – fragile, permeable, open. Electronic media are not treated as an abstract surface, but are exposed in their material and ecological conditionality. Decaying sound carriers, hacked equipment, hybrid interfaces and archives of field recordings make it both audible and visible that every digital practice is based on concrete resources, decisions and power relations. Technology is not conceived as neutral, but as a carrier of history, selection and exclusion. At the same time, the concert itself becomes an experimental arrangement. An evening carried by two neighbouring venues (Rabbit Hole Theater & Neue Musik Zentrale) that have been shaping the music scene in Essen for years with their independent, sophisticated programmes. Don’t want to miss BLAUES RAUSCHEN? Get your tickets at blaues-rauschen.ticket.io. BLAUES RAUSCHEN 2026 📅 MAY 29 - JUNE 12 🎟️ Tickets on our homepage (link in bio) Music: Compulsive Plucking © Karl-Heinz Blomann © Photo Tarik Haskić: Tarik Haskić © Photo Stephanie Castonguay: Noee Noviant © Photo NKISI: NKISI #blauesrauschenfestival #elektronischemusik #festival #experimentalsounds #ruhrgebiet

Liebig12 is happy to announce Stephanie Castonguay as artist in Residency at Liebig12! Experimentalist at heart, canadian artist Stephanie Castonguay develops a hands-on practice rooted in materiality, listening, and transformation. Through the construction of DIY instruments and the repurposing of obsolete machines, she explores sound as a living process shaped by touch, decay, and unpredictability. Her work reveals hidden resonances within analog systems, where fragility, accidents, and attention become tools for improvisation and presence. on 16.05 Stephanie will perform “soft_cuts” at Galiläakirche unfolding as a tactile, luminous ritual for hacked turntables and their interplay using modular synthesis, named for the soft yet lasting marks engraved through time, bodies, and sound. Using Playmobil-built turntables with multiple tonearms, soft_cuts explores fragmented, decomposing bio-vinyls – stacked, layered, and partially erased – read by altered needles, sometimes tracing grooves backward. In the same night she will perform an improvised set along with berlin turntablist JD Zazie details about the concert here: /event/jd-zazie-stephanie-castonguay-solos-duo-_on-turntables/____more tba!

Guest Lecture:Stephanie Castonguay @ Tangible Music Lab 📅 28.04.2026, 16:30 Stephanie Castonguay is a Montréal-based sound artist, performer, and instrument tinkerer. Working with DIY instruments, abstract turntablism, and modular synthesis, she explores the sonic potential of obsolete technologies and material experimentation. Her work has been presented internationally at festivals and institutions across Europe and beyond. #lecture #soundart #turntablism #instruments Join us on site or follow the lecture via our online stream! http://tamlab.kunstuni-linz.at/stream/

Spontaneous Concerts tomorrow at modul and @koje.wien in collaboration with @setzkasten.wien ___________________________________________________________ Burkhard Stangl Ensemble & Residency Concert 26.4.2026 | 19:00 | modul & Koje | Hernalser Hauptstrasse 29&31, 1170 Wien We meet at Koje –> 19:00 [Hernalser Hauptstrasse 29]! First set 19:15 sharp at modul A premiere of the brand new Burkhard Stangl Ensemble in this constellation. Angélica Castelló — Paetzold flute, tape, electronics Franz Hautzinger — quarter-tone trumpet @franz.hautzinger Steve Heather — drums, percussion, gadgets @stiffleather Magda Mayas — harmonium @mayasmagda Burkhard Stangl — acoustic & electric guitar, effects @stanglklingtoarg Five musicians from Austria, Mexico, Australia, and Germany come together. Their diverse musical backgrounds ranging from jazz to contemporary classical music and electronica to free improvisation blend into a shared sonic space. _____________________________________________________________ Second set 20:30 at Koje Setzkasten Resident Artist Stephanie Castonguay returns to Vienna and plays her handmade Turntables. Stefan Voglsinger joins her with open source electronics, field recordings and resonators to complete the duo.  Stephanie Castonguay: D.I.Y. Turntables and Electronics @stephatronics Stefan Voglsinger: Field Recordings and Resonator @knarx3 _____________________________________________________________ Supported by SKE #koje #modul #setzkasten #concert #improv

Sa. 16.05.26 Begin: 20:00 Uhr Einlass: 19:30 Uhr Abendkasse: 10€-20€ In Cooperation with Liebig12 Stephanie Castonguay – „soft_cuts“ soft_cuts unfolds as a tactile, luminous ritual for hacked turntables and their interplay using modular synthesis, named for the soft yet lasting marks engraved through time, bodies, and sound. Using Playmobil-built turntables with multiple tonearms, soft_cuts explores fragmented, decomposing bio-vinyls - stacked, layered, and partially erased - read by altered needles, sometimes tracing grooves backward. An experimentalist at heart, Montreal based artist Stephanie Castonguay develops a hands-on practice rooted in materiality, listening, and transformation. Through the construction of DIY instruments and the repurposing of obsolete machines, she explores sound as a living process shaped by touch, decay, and unpredictability. Her work reveals hidden resonances within analog systems, where fragility, accidents, and attention become tools for improvisation and presence. JD Zazie – solo JD Zazie is an experimental DJ, avant-turntablist, sound artist and curator. Coming from a DJ and a radiophonic background, JD Zazie has explored different approaches to real-time manipulation of fixed recorded sound. In her work she redefines DJ and electroacoustic activities. L As a solo performer, in small groups, and in large ensembles, she works in an area which is constantly stretching the borders of what could be defined as DJ mixing, free improvisation and composed music. JD Zazie is a member of Reanimation Orchestra, is part of Hic Up (w/ Marina Cyrino, Tony Elieh, Matthias Koole) and plays regularly solo and duo with Heidrun Schramm and Peter Cusack. She is the art director of the MuseRuole - women in experimental music festival, a member of the Burp Enterprise collective and broadcasts monthly on Colaboradio and on Reboot.fm.

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Upcoming screening thx to @quebeccinema RVCQ❤️ Thanks to @winnipegfilm for your distribution support. 🌻C U there!Monday, April 27, 2026 | 5:00 PM Bodhidharma_Cinémathèque québécoise > Hydro-Québec Room Program of short and medium-length films . Thank you to @primcentre PRIM - Centre d’artistes, @main_film manufacture des films residency @themontrealbiosphere Biosphere Montreal, @conseilartsmtl Conseil des arts de Montréal and REPAIRE @repaire.arts Montréal.

don’t relax yet ;) fait imploser les codes de la relaxation guidée et du fitness à travers une esthétique glitch aussi grinçante que cathartique ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*   à découvrir dans l’exposition Lèche-Vitrine commissariée par @art.dresse_ à @espacetransmission ~ vernissage mercredi 8 avril à partir de 17h 🍸

FOCUS ARTISTE Steffé Castonguay @stephatronics En tant que performeuse sonore, ielle a participé à de nombreux festivals réputés, dont le Festival Klangmanifeste (AT), LAB30 (DE-BY), MUTEK (CA, PE), STEIM (NL), le Festival Internacional De Arte Sonoro Tsonami (CL), Fluctuating Images & Errant Sound (DE), MANIFEST:IO (DE), Les Instants Chavirés (FR), BODEEK (BE), La Biennale Internationale du Son (FR) et IKLECTIK (UK). Ses contributions artistiques ont été soutenues par des bourses du Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, du Conseil des Arts du Canada et du British Council, témoignant de son engagement à brouiller les frontières entre les médiums tout en cherchant à conjuguer le sensible et l'imperceptible par son approche unique, intuitive et inventive. Steffé présentera don't relax yet ;) dans le cinéma à Lèche-vitrine, un film co-créé avec @charline_dally . // As a sound performer, they have taken part in numerous renowned festivals, including the Festival Klangmanifeste (AT), LAB30 (DE-BY), MUTEK (CA, PE), STEIM (NL), the Festival Internacional de Arte Sonoro Tsonami (CL), Fluctuating Images & Errant Sound (DE), MANIFEST:IO (DE), Les Instants Chavirés (FR), BODEEK (BE), the Biennale Internationale du Son (FR), and IKLECTIK (UK). Their artistic contributions have been supported by grants from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the British Council, reflecting their commitment to blurring the boundaries between media while seeking to bring together the sensorial and the imperceptible through a unique, intuitive, and inventive approach. Steffé will present don’t relax yet ;) in the cinema at Lèche-vitrine, a film co-created with @charline_dally . Graphisme : @juliette.moal Photo : _charlotte_bonin / /stephaniecastonguay

Really grateful to everyone who came down to our evening exploring the materiality of sound last weekend at Iklectik art lab ✨️ . To our brilliant artists @stephatronics , @buntylooping and @mark.leckey who made all the magic happen. . Big thanks to my co-curator @dygravina for the invitation to work together. All photo credits to @stefano.padoan . So good to see @iklectikartlab back and thriving! 💫