About the Ensemble
The Noiseborder Ensemble creates and performs multimedia works that bring together research, interactivity, and live multimedia. Based in Windsor, Ontario, the group draws on a core of artists working across audio, video, instrumental performance, and installation.
Approach
Each project combines composed and improvised elements with real-time interactive systems. The ensemble regularly develops new works in Studio A at the University of Windsor and presents them at festivals, galleries, and concert venues internationally.
Collaboration
The ensemble collaborates with a wide network of artists, composers, and institutions. Past partners have included Matralab at Concordia University, blackhole-factory in Braunschweig, LOMAA in London, Ontario, and Bangor University in Wales, among others.
Core Members
- Brent Lee — audio, video, saxophone
- Sigi Torinus — video
- Chris McNamara — audio, video
- Megumi Masaki — keyboard
- Nick Papador — percussion
- Trevor Pittman — clarinet
- Martin Schiller — audiovisual installation
- Yiru Chen — video
The Noiseborder Ensemble operates at the intersection of artistic practice and technological inquiry, producing multimedia works that blend live instrumental performance with interactive digital systems. Based in the Windsor-Detroit region, the group draws on a collaborative core of artists working across audio, video, and installation media. Each project combines composed structure with improvisational freedom, supported by real-time processing and responsive video environments. The ensemble's work reflects a sustained engagement with the creative possibilities of interactivity, often developed through intensive studio sessions and presented at festivals, galleries, and concert venues internationally. Their output spans performance, installation, and exhibition contexts, always grounded in a research-oriented approach to sound and image.