Founded in 2004 in Toronto, Canada under the leadership of the film director Babek Aliassa, Le Labo's mandate is to produce and promote francophone media art and interdisciplinary projects. Studio dedicated to research and production, Le Labo's programming includes residencies, exhibitions/ installations, workshops and conferences. Le Labo is also committed in providing numerous activities to the community and the younger generation such as youth workshops and artist's talks.

Board of Directors

GENEVIÈVE TRILLING (President of the Board of Directors) lives in Toronto since 2002 where she works as an actress. She has experimented in several fields such as arts, sports and technology before she decided to fully embrace theatre and cinema. First, she worked as a coach for figure skating and as a choreographer. She has then graduated in Computer Sciences at the University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France. Afterwards, she worked at Raytheon in the programming of a Canadian air control software from 1998 to 2001. From 2004 to 2008, she worked for the National Film Board where she filled several positions such as projectionist, coordinator of workshops for children and adults and technical assistant. Geneviève is a member of Le Labo since 2006 and is particularly interested in photography and video captioning. In August 2009 she has first entered the Board of Directors as a treasurer.

PIERRE BOIS (Tresorer) is Special Projects Manager at the Ontario Museum Association (OMA) since 2007 and guest instructor at the Fleming College in Peterborough. He has worked as a technical assistant and responsible of the collection at the Textile Museum of Canada, and assistant curator and administrator at Bata Shoe Museum among others. Pierre is a francophone from northern Ontario.

ALEX LOUKOS has worked as a film director and editor in Greece, France and Canada. In Greece, he met Théo Angelopoulos and directed several short-films. In Paris, he studied Film Direction and started audiovisual production. In 2004, Loukos moved to Canada where he was in charge of the post production of the film "Sphères" broadcast on Radio-Canada. He also directed numerous experimental videos in collaboration with visual artists. He currently works as an editor at the franco-ontarian tv channel TFO and for several private clients. Loukos is also a consultant for the National Film Board and a member of FRIC - Front of Independant Film Directors of Canada.
Alex Loukos is one of the founders of Le Labo in 2004 and a co-signer of its declaration as an incorporated organization in 2006. He developed numerous projects at Le Labo and contributed on the technical coordination, equipment management, general organization of events and exhibitions and numerous video workshops. He has initiated the project "Objectif Nouvelle Jeunesse", a long-term video workshop in francophone schools in Ontario, which had a large success over its three first editions.

CHRISTOS TSIRBAS is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and writer whose work has been featured in the National Post, fab, Instinct, and on CBC Radio, among others. He was a finalist in 2009 edition of the National Film Board’s Concours Tremplin competition for emerging francophone filmmakers. His short film Smile won first place at the 2008 Toronto Urban Film Festival and best animation at Nokia MobiFest 2009. In 2007, he was honoured as Toronto Mobile Filmmaker of the Year at Mobifest for the short film Upgrade. An alumnus of Université de Montréal, Tsirbas embraces the democratizing power of digital technologies to invigorate existing art forms and to create entirely new modes of expression all the while enjoying and celebrating the possibilities afforded by older technologies that some have deemed obsolete.

CLAUDE MARTEL is a specialist in communications, with an interest in the Media arts. Before working in the department of communications at the Office of francophone affairs and at TFO (Télévision franco-ontarienne), he travelled across Ontario as agent for National Film Board. He also teaches at Collège Boréal.
Claude is also a photographer. His creative work is based on a decade of darkroom experience in (both black and white and colour). He has published various articles about photography.

DENIS LEFEBVRE is a cultural administrator for over 20 years. He has worked as a coordinator for the Association of Canadian Publishers, in charge of communications for Théâtre français de Toronto, as well as in several departments of the Ontario Arts Council and graphic designer for Radio-Canada. He developed his skills in creating and managing programs at Mary Rowe and Associates. He is currently in charge of communications for the Laidlaw Foundation.

Based in Toronto for 10 years, JÉRÔME LAFLAMME works for the Ministry of Tourism of Ontario.He has worked for the Government of Ontario since 2004 in different fields: francophone affairs, culture and tourism. He participated in the organization and management of the Ontario House at the Vancouver Olympic games. Jérôme has community experience as member of Toronto Franco-Fête, the franco-ontarian historical and geneological society, as well as an food cooperative.
He has a Master's degree in history from York University (master degree in history) and a bachelor's degree in history from Laval University.

MARC LEMYRE is a multimedia artist. His unique vision is expressed in a confluence of the written and spoken word, stage creations and images. Poésie Électrique (Electric Poetry) is the appellation he often uses when impelled to describe his approach to poetry, which is more performance and media based than purely literary. His visual, performance and stage productions have been seen, heard and supported by among others: CBC radio, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Voir and Liaison magazines, la Nouvelle Scène in Ottawa, le Théâtre la Catapulte, Carbone 14 Théâtre, Momentum Théâtre, Pollution Probe, Gina-Rae Horvath Photography, Coup de cœur francophone, the International Poetry Festival of Trois-Rivières, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts. Photography is a rather vital component of Poésie Électrique because it is the medium through which the artist achieves the financial stability needed to pursue all his creative endeavours while giving him the opportunity to refine and develop his visual quest. Marc LeMyre was born in Québec City; he has lived in Toronto, Canada since 1995.

Born in northern Ontario, MICHELLE THOMPSON has a strong francophone background with more than a decade of experience in health and social services. She obtained her degree in social sciences and has a solid understanding of community engagement, program development and group animation. She established partnerships in different francophone organizations in Ontario. Michelle studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto and has taught piano for 7 years.

Staff

BARBARA GILBERT - Director
Barbara Gilbert is a Toronto-based artist, curator and educator who has exhibited in Canada, Europe and Australia. A bilingual francophone, she was born in Quebec City. Barbara obtained extensive arts administration experience in the Visual Arts Office of the Ontario Arts Council and in the Education Department of the Art Gallery of Ontario. More recently, Barbara was Board President of the Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography. Formerly Secretariat Coordinator at the Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Barbara also teaches in Continuing Studies at the Ontario College of Art & Design.

SALOMÉ VIGUIER-MOURLHON - Development & Communications Coordinator
Salomé is an cultural administrator and communicator, who settled in Toronto in 2010. Interested in multidisciplinarity and the many facets of emerging art forms, she studied art history and law and obtained a master's degree in cultural management and communications from ENSATT (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre). She has, among other projects, coordinated the tour for the play Décalogue, directed by Johanny Bert, Philippe Delaigue et Olivier Morin, in VIlnius, Lithuania, in the context of Vilnius Cultural Capital, and has evolved through various cultaural institutions such as Le Parvis, Scène Nationale Tarbes-Pyrénées and Le Théâtre français de Toronto. She has a solid experience in contemporary creation which she nourishes by attending as many exhibitions and live performances as possible.

Members
2011-2012

Adam Paolozza
Alex Godard
Alex Loukos
Amani Bitenyo
Ana-Lorena Leija
André Pilon
Andréa Cohen
Andréanne Germain
Anne-Marie Kassi
Ben Kalambayi
Cheryl Rondeau
Christos Tsirbas
Denis Leclerc
Denis Lefebvre
Dominique Banoun
Dominic Desjardins
Emmanuel Albano
Fadel Saleh
Frédéric Ansaldo
Gabriel Sirois
Gabrielle Loesch
Geneviève Thauvette
Geneviève Trilling
Jacques Descoteaux
Jason St-Laurent
Jean-Ademar Bricourt
Joseph Muscat
Joseph Bitamba
Julie Lassonde
Karine Barrass
Laura Armstrong
Lise Beaudry
Louis Turcotte
Maggie Flynn
Marc Audette
Marc Lemyre
Marie-Claire Marcotte
Micheline Parent
Michel Mata
Nicole Croiset
Noa May Dorn
Oasis, Centre des femmes
Odette Doumbé
Pascal Paquette
Paul Walty
Pierre Bois
Philippe Davisseau
Raymond Gemayel
Reem Rafii
Ron Loranger
Thom Sokoloski
Véronique Tomaszewski
Vitali Pozdniakov
V.S Goela