ROCKET SCIENCE ROOM
Artistic Director, 2013 (ongoing)
Rocket Science Room : a psychological, physical, and virtual space to give voice to new ideas and creations; a laboratory for all types of genius.
Rocket Science Room is currently located in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal, Canada) and facilitates live events, such as music, readings, lectures, workshops, screenings, and art performances, et cetera. Since its inception, Rocket Science Room has held nearly 100 events featuring local, national, and international guests.
* music *
05.08.26 - Allinesik + fumerolles + Young Plays Young
11.06.26 - Divine Foray + Lake Rosseau + Franco Bellavita + Ellxandra
12.07.25 ~ Long Branch + SongPoems (a.k.a. Ada Lea) + Slurp
14.06.25 ~ Everly Lux + MAZA + Within
13.06.25 ~ Initial Shock Gig #12 w/ JHK (NY) + VALISE (NY) + VOSP (RI) + Universal Cell Unlock (NY) + Splinter Assembly; presented by Scream & Writhe
01.05.25 ~ New Orthodox, Johnny Zithers, JRC
19.04.25 ~ HABITAT: Mike Clemow (NYC), Jenn Grossman (NYC), Matthew D. Gantt (NYC), Amanda Gutierrez (MX-QC), Justine Durand (video) (QC), Aziz Boughedir (video) (TN-QC)
05.04.25 ~ Dangertown: Dafna Naphtali + Hans Tammen w/ Pascal Boudreault
04.01.25 ~ MidField 13 Holiday Mixer Relay (open table)
31.10.24 ~ MidField 12 w/ Jordan Torres Bussière + Widdershins + Kazuki Koga
12.09.24 - Moth's Frog + Spookey Ruben + Thunderclap!
25.07.24 ~ MidField 11 w/ Philippe Vandal + IRL + Philippe-Aubert Gauthier
11.07.24 ~ MidField 10 w/ Naegleria + Lazarus + Stan K
30.05.24 ~ MidField 09 w/ Hwere + Richard
16.05.24 ~ James Irwin + L Con
28.03.24 ~ MidField 08 w/ G. Sasseville + Skin Tone + Racine
28.12.23 ~ MidField 07 Festivus Holiday (open table)
11.10.23 ~ MidField 06 w/ MOAB, Paxillus Succubus, Augur's Wand
31.08.23 ~ MidField 05 w/ Public Reptile (Blake Hargreaves) + Fumerolles (Fred Duval) + Seulement Mathieu A Seulemennt)
27.07.23 ~ MidField 04 w/ Rony + Émilie Mouchous + Bad Faith Actor
25.05.23 ~ MidField 03 w/ Emiddio Vasquez (CY) + Lowebrau + Ruben Kemp (NL)
27.04.23 ~ MidField 02 w/ Axiom + Audréanne Fillion and Antoine Bourgault + Orchestroll
30.03.23 ~ MidField 01 w/ Simone Provencher + Stan K + Orchid Lodge
03.04.20 ~ The Forks + Kathleen Hamilton (online)
05.03.20 ~ Alphabets + Skeleton Zoo + Rêves Sonores + N NAO&Joni Void
17.02.20 ~ Greg Halpin + Ryan Stotland + Andrew Shaver
08.02.20 ~ Brontae Hunter + Jules Nominal
01.02.20 ~ Tamara Weber + La Valérie
25.01.20 ~ Let's Be Giants + Bud Rice
13.12.19 ~ Campbell Woods + Claude Munson
23.11.19 ~ Graham Nicolas + Claire Morrison
14.11.19 ~ Cassie Noble w/ Blonde Wolf + Marianne Gavin
02.10.19 ~ Wax Mannequin + Hush Hush Noise
25.05.19 ~ Shawn William Clarke + Svavar Knútur
24.05.19 ~ Adyn Townes + Val Thomas
17.05.19 ~ Ben Hermann + Rose-Erin Stokes
16.05.19 ~ Andrea Cormier + Sasha Cay + Paul Lucyk
09.05.19 ~ River of Diamonds + Michael Feuerstack
30.04.19 Sherry Ryan + Bobby Dove
27.04.19 ~ Steven Lambke + Le Ren
15.04.19 ~ Jackie Rae Daniels + Gabrielle Yøda Noël Bégin
06.04.19 ~ Danielle Knibbe + Emily Rockarts + Jesse Daniel Smith
29.03.19 ~ Secret Drum Band + Jamie Woollard + LESS
09.03.19 ~ Claire Coupland + Campbell Woods + DRFTR
28.02.19 ~ Rachel Beck + Eva Foote
09.02.19 ~ ZINNIA + In Hock
08.02.19 ~ Rube & Rake + Mike McKenna Jr
01.12.18 ~ Abigail Lapell + Anna Atkinson + ZINNIA
09.09.18 ~ Kira Sheppard + Jake Nicoll + Ilia Nicoll
30.8.18 ~ Ben Kunder + Geneviève Racette
01.07.17 ~ Roxanne Potvin + Dana Sipos + Owen Steel + Geneviève Racette
10.03.17 ~ Plumes Ensemble Deconstructs Grimes + Doug Tielli
27.05.17 ~ Cedric Noel + Dan Misha Goldman + Tender Threads
16.12.16 ~ Milo McMahon + Abigail Lapell + Heavy on the Willie
12.10.16 ~ Rae Spoon + Echo Beach
07.11.15 ~ The Woodshed Orchestra + Amanda Balsys + Abigail Lapell
03.05.15 ~ Dana Sipos + Ben Hermann + Fruiting Bodies
03.04.15 ~ Heavy on the Willie + Dr. Realist's Comeback Tour + The Muted Note: Songs Based on Poems by P.K. Page
05.03.15 ~ Bobby Dove + BluesReel
13.11.14 ~ Big Mama Lele + Elana Stoodley
11.10.14 ~ Sarah Jane Scouten + Medeline Leman + Ryan McNally
11.9.14 ~ Tamara Sandor + Jessica Moore + Abigail Lapell
21.8.14 ~ Derek G Harrison + Max Marshall
24.7.14 ~ Emily Millard (aka Miss Emily Brown) + ari swan
16.5.14 ~ Abigail Lapell + Jenny Berkel + James Irwin
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* listening parties *
17.06.25 ~ Anne Waldman album, Your Devotee in Rags
w/ Andrew Whiteman + Sonic Recordings
* book & magazine launches (readings) *
23.05.26 - all the time: poems and traces Book Launch w/ Xiaoxuan Huang, Rae + Graham Beverly, Ev Ricky
15.04.26 - Poetry Matters McGill: borders, boundaries, margins w/ Shanice Nicole, Carlos A. Pittella, Elizabeth Wood
27.02.26 ~ RODAISUN + Ariel Resnikoff + Andrew Whiteman of the Poets’ Workout Sound System
19.02.26 ~ Unsettled Book Launch
Featuring Erin Manning in conversation w/ Brian Massumi
11.11.25 ~ Violet Hour Readings
Featuring John Barton + Jordan Coloumbe + Emilie Nantel + Michael V. Smith + Su J Sokol + hosted by Christopher DiRaddo.
23.10.25 ~ Mia Kang + Cam Scott Book Launch! w/ Deanna Radford
18.10.25 ~ NMLCT Book Launch
w/ Paul Vermeersch + Liz Howard + Jessi MacEachern.
14.10.25 ~ JAAP BLONK + Oana Avasilichioaei + Lori Freedman
23.09.25 ~ The Longest Way to Eat a Melon Book Launch
w/ Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross in Conversation w/ Carmen Faye Mathes + reading by Jacob Wren
30.08.25 ~Radiant Entrails / Entrailles Radieuses
w/ Chantal Neveu + Christof Migone + Michel F Côté + Jonathan Parant
22.07.25 ~ carte blanche Launch: issue 51
Artist talks w/ Jem Woolidge + Eli Doering; Readings w/ Neil Smith + Maude Abouche + Willow Little + Jean-Guy Forget + D. M. Bradford + Dominique Russell
28.06.25 ~ No One Listens to Poetry: A Reading
w/ Carlos Lara + Jules Galbraith + colin russell + Emilie Lafleur + Marie Ségolène
07.06.25 ~ Cactus Press Book Launch
w/ Jerome Ramcharitar + Willow Loveday Little + Matthew Rettino + Samara Garfinkle
30.04.25 ~ The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-fascist Life (Duke University Press)
Featuring Brian Massumi in conversation w/ Erin Manning, presented by Antimetric Institute
23.03.25 ~ Carlos Soto-Román poetry reading and conversation w/ Michael Nardone
20.03.25 ~ Poetry Matters McGill: ground | field | figure w/ Liz Howard + Sarah Dowling, reading and conversation
17.12.24 - Proper Pockets Chapbook Launch
w/ Stuart Ross + Peter Dubé + Claudia Souto Cuello
15.06.24 ~ Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People (book release show and talk
w/ Jonathan Sterne + Ky Brooks + Lisa Conway
02.05.20 ~ Vallum Magazine Launch, 17:1 "Home" (online)
w/ Carolyn Marie Souaid + Devon Gallant + Natalie Hanna + Ellen Chang-Richardson + Frances Boyle + Jessica Bebenek + Rae Marie Taylor + Noah Zacharin + Matt Carland + Esmé Pine + Sean Sokolov + Josh Stewart + Kyla Jamieson
29.11.19 ~ Vallum Chapbook Launch
Finding Places to Make Places by Alexei Perry Cox + Swelles by Sina Queyras
11.10.19 ~ Death of Futurism
w/ readings and performances by Melissa Bull + Paige Cooper + Dean Garlick + James Goddard + Kaie Kellough
05.10.19 ~ Vallum Magazine, 16:2 "Fear"
w/ Jan Conn + Jan Jorgensen + Carolyn Marie Souaid + Alex Manley + Lou Vani + emilie kneifel + Frances Boyle + Brian Campbell + Rod Kessler, on behalf of Malcolm Miller + Christian Favreau + Alexei Perry Cox + Andy McGuire + more!
26.09.19 ~ Poetry Book Launch
w/ Stuart Ross + Hugh Thomas + Sarah Burgoyne
04.05.19 ~ Vallum Chapbook and Magazine Launch
Art of Surgery by A. F. Moritz + Vallum 16:1 "Connections" w/ Mary Catherine Shea + Mark Grenon + Deanna Radford + Bryan Sentes + Erin Robinsong + M. W. Jaeggle + Evan J + Joshua Levy
16.10.18 ~ Vallum Magazine Launch, 15:2 "The Chase"
w/ Lesley Pasquin + Eva Rodrigues + Claudia Coutu Radmore + Jessi MacEachern + Pamela Lisa
29.04.17 ~ Vallum Magazine Launch, 15:1 "Memory and Loss"
w/ Devon Gallant + Greg Santos + Marcela Huerta + Gavin Currie + Blaine Marchand + Noah Zacharin + Brent Raycroft
27.07.17 ~ Desert Pets Press Launch
w/ Jess Taylor + Jessica Bebenek + Jessie Jones
25.04.17 ~ Vallum Magazine Launch, 14:2 "Evolution"
w/ Catriona Wright + Alan Reed + Kian Vaziri-Tehrani + Jeffrey Mackie + Maureen Korp + Tara Dourian + Adam Lawrence; hosted by Brad MacDonald
30.10.15 ~ Coach House Books Launch
w/ Joshua Trotter + Andrew Battershill + Andy McGuire + Rhonda Mullins + Christian Bök + Jess Taylor
* talks *
21.09.25 ~ St-James Drop-In Centre Fundraiser
w/ NFB documentary film "This Beggar's Description "by Pierre Tetrault
+ Guest poets: Gabe Foreman + Paul Hicks + Conrad Cody + Cassandra Psiharis + Music w/ Mark Coldham
07.08.25 ~ General Audience #18 "Ukraine at War: Memory, Resistance, and Solidarity"
w/ Jonathan Kolodziej Durand + Oksana Kazmina + Alexandra Wishart + Anastasiia Mykolenko
24.07.25 ~ The Cultural Logic of Immersion: a talk by José Luis de Vicente, presented by Antimetric Institute
05.06.25 ~ Art vs. Indignity: artist talk w/ Krzysztof Wodiczko + Ewa Harabasz, presented by Antimetric Institute
28.05.25 ~ General Audience #17 "How Bad Is It? // À quel point est-ce grave ?"
w/ Montréal Antifasciste + Ted Rutland + jessie beier + Food Against Fascism
24.11.18 ~ General Audience #15 "Musical Composition & Songwriting"
w/ Jordan Perry + Krista Muir + Tanya Davis
20.10.18 ~ General Audience #14 "Indulgence"
w/ Jeremiah Bullied + Hugo Jacques + Chrissy Durcak + Peter X
20.05.17 ~ Metatron Press, "Poetry In the Age of Surveillance"
w/ Sarah Jean Grimm + Liz Bowen + Georgia Faust; moderated by Jacob Wren + Ashley Obscura
01.04.17 ~ General Audience #13 "Music Makers and the Music that Makes Them"
w/ Eye-shy + Briga + Woodpigeon + Michael Feuerstack + Risa Dickens + Ricky Leach + Tamara Sandor + DJ Backthrowa
11.02.17 ~ General Audience #12 "Prisons"
w/ Morgan M Page + Prisoner Correspondence Project + Sheena Hoszko + Patricia Boushel + Nika Khanjani
19.11.16 ~ General Audience #11 "Pornography"
w/ Mark Mann + Emily Sirota + Sarah Beall
22.10.16 ~ General Audience #10 "Fear"
w/ open audience
10.09.16 ~ General Audience #9 "Outer Space"
w/ Kate Howells + Mathieu Vick + Rebecca Noone
23.07.16 ~ General Audience #8 "Garbage"
w/ Dr. Nathan Curry + Jessica Bebenek + Kimberlee Clarke
14.05.16 ~ General Audience #7 "Magic"
w/ Matt Risk + Grant McSorley
09.04.16 ~General Audience #6 "Dating"
w/ open audience
12.03.16 ~ General Audience #5 "Sound"
w/ Benoit Alary + Steve Bates + Kathy Kennedy
13.02.16 ~ General Audience #4 "Taste"
w/ Jeremiah Bullied + Erin Maguire
* workshops *
16.08.26 - aquatic dreamscapes: the radical potential of surrealist cinema w/ Heaevvn Peňa (presented by Regards Noirs Festival du Film)
15.08.26 - A Chorus in Motion w/ Tender Possibilities (presented by Regards Noirs Festival du Film)
25.11.17 ~ "Intention: Where Does the Poem Want to Go
w/ Jami Macarty
* comedy shows *
03.05.19 ~ Jordan Foisy in "The I'm Back on My Anti-Depressants Comedy Tour!"
w/ TBA Hosted by Steve Patrick Adams.
05.04.19 ~ I believe there is a comedy show here 2 ...
w/ Viveth Kanagaratnam + Jason Celin + Melina Maria Trimarchi + Michelle Dominique + Michelle Dominique + Aurora Knaut + Serag Meletian. Music by Dalec Otherland. Hosted by Steve Patrick Adams.
01.03.19 ~ I believe there is a comedy show here ...
w/ Rodney Ramsey + Amanda McQueen + Travis Canon + Rena Taylor + Jacob Greco. Hosted by Steve Patrick Adams.
To read more about Rocket Science Room events, visit our website:
rocketscienceroom.weebly.com
