SPECIAL EVENT
Invoquer les Fantômes: Sound Collage
at Atelier Galerie 2112, 2112 rue Atateken
Montréal, Québec H2L 3L8
Sunday, 11 October 2026
Collage Making & Sound Recording, 5PM to 8PM
Film Screening at 7:30PM
Sound Collage Performance & Collage Making
Hosted by Kolaj Institute
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At Invoquer Les Fantômes, New Orleans, Louisiana artist, musician, and filmmaker Robbie Morgan (who performs under the moniker Robah) will present an interactive evening of sound collage. Working from an altar of objects designed and curated by Ric Kasini Kadour, the audience will be invited to make sounds which Morgan will record, distort, and compose into a piece of sound collage. The event runs from 5PM to 8PM and the public is welcome to come and go throughout the evening and is invited to bring their own objects to make sound or make sounds with the assortment of objects provided. During the event, the public will also be invited to make an analog (cut & paste paper) collage on 4″x4″ cards and to leave them on the altar for “Les Fantômes”.
At 7:30PM, there will be a presentation of a short program that includes a sample of the sound collage made that evening and a sample of the sound collage made during Seance::New Orleans in June 2026 set to a film cut-up of Walter Ruttmann’s experimental silent films from the 1920s.
“‘Invoquer Les Fantômes’ is about finding and releasing the ghost in the machine,” said Morgan. “When we use our voices and/or musical instruments to make sound we are allowing a spirit into the room that humanity has been feeling since our roots. What happens when we use modern technology to have the intangible give us sound back?”
Invoquer Les Fantômes is the second in a series of activities in which Kolaj Institute will explore sound collage; its history and role in contemporary art. Those with a sound collage practice or those interested in developing one are invited to send an email to info@kolajinstitute.org.
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ABOUT ROBBIE MORGAN
Robbie Morgan holds an MFA in Film and Theatre Arts with an emphasis in Film Production from The University of New Orleans and a BS in Entertainment Industry with an emphasis in Audio Production from the University of Southern Mississippi.
In his songwriting work, Morgan uses sound collage as a “new way to approach songs every time I record one. I believe when I’m in the midst of a ‘happy accident’, I’m tapping into a world free from traditional creative bounds. Some may call this a flow state, while I use the term seance,” wrote Morgan. “I’m excited to have fun inviting chance to guide participants to a new way of thinking about sound, music, and collage.”
He won awards for Best Picture and Best Editing at the 2021 UNO Film Fest. His research interests include instructional design and pedagogy; Queer film theory; Kuleshov and Gestalt psychology and their role in movies; and applications of practical effects on modern productions. Robbie Morgan lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
ABOUT RIC KASINI KADOUR
Ric Kasini Kadour, a 2020-2021 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow, is a writer, artist, publisher, cultural worker, and the director of Kolaj Institute. His curation work includes exhibitions in Louisiana, New Mexico, Quebec, Scotland, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Vermont. Kadour’s “The Kunstkammer” (2019-present), an immersive installation which converts a room into a cabinet of curiosities, continues a practice of intervening on photographic portraits to portray a moment of expanded consciousness. The accompanying ‘zine, The Kunstkammer Field Report, assembles the stories about the images and objects in the installation. Kadour is the editor and publisher of Kolaj Magazine, as well as the editor of the Kolaj Institute journals, PoetryXCollage and Folklore Collage Society. He has written for a number of galleries and his writing has appeared in publications including Hyperallergic, OEI, Art New England (where he was the former Vermont editor), and Wissenschaft & Frieden. Kadour maintains an active art practice and his photography, collage, film and sculpture have been exhibited in and are part of private collections in Australia, Europe and North America. In January-February 2020, he was artist-in-residence at MERZ Gallery in Sanquhar, Scotland. He holds a BA in Comparative Religion from the University of Vermont. Kadour splits his time between Montreal and New Orleans. Learn more at www.rickasinikadour.com.
ABOUT KOLAJ INSTITUTE
Kolaj Institute’s mission is to support artists, curators, and writers who seek to study, document, & disseminate ideas that deepen our understanding of collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century movement. We operate a number of initiatives meant to bring together community, investigate critical issues, and raise collage’s standing in the art world. Our philosophy is that if we bring artists together, explore ideas and concepts, share knowledge, we can stretch and develop as artists. When we bring that knowledge and skill into our communities, we raise the standing of collage and contribute to the civic discourse. Our activities include Archive, Library, Directories; Publishing; Exhibitions; Residencies, Workshops, and Labs for professional artists; Events; and workshops for the community. Learn more at www.kolajinstitute.org.
ABOUT ATELIER GALERIE 2112
Founded in 2017 by Artist-Entrepreneur Antoine Giasson, Atelier Galerie 2112 is a unique, independent, and self-managed space dedicated to presenting high-quality Visual Arts exhibitions in Montreal. The Gallery’s mission is to provide Artists who wish to take their careers into their own hands, with a professional rental space for Creation, Archiving, and the Dissemination of their works. The Mission of the Gallery is to promote and showcase excellence in Contemporary Visual Art from Montreal and beyond, encourage the advancement of current Art and the excellence of traditional and figurative practices and methods, democratize and raise awareness of local Artistic talent, offer a place where it is possible to meet Artists during the Creation process, and provide training and skill development in Art through drawing and painting workshops. Atelier Galerie 2112 aims to maintain a professional network among Artists committed to excellence and various stakeholders in the Art world. The goal is to ensure a promising and solid future for a local Art community dedicated to excellence. Learn more at www.ateliergalerie2112.com.