Francis Théberge
Directing
Biography
Francis Theberge is the leader of TiND. Active since 2001, TiND (thisisnotdesign) is a video art group renowned on the Montreal scene for having developed their own techniques for live audiovisual creation. By hijacking common analog audio equipment such as the distortion pedal, TiND creates singular imagery that visually echoes the original sound material.
Known For
In space, no one hear your zaps!
Zappings In Space

16mm is a sensory dive into the texture of memory, suspended between truth and fabrication. Through a succession of grainy image fragments, ambient noise, burned or erased film stock, the film evokes supposed personal archives—forgotten holidays, anonymous faces, domestic scenes. But nothing is real. Everything is recreated, repurposed, falsified.
16mm
Created as part of the DÉRAPAGE festival of non-narrative audio-visual creation, "Monotonie de l'Age Adulte" ("Monotony of adulthood") is an exploration of the atmosphere, feelings and memories of the past, especially around birthdays. Melancholy and nostalgia for the passing of time...
Monotony of Adulthood
Experimental collage film utilizing the artwork for the album In The Court of a Crimson King by the progressive-rock band King Crimson.
Crimson Face
Program intro.
Celluloid Experimentations V.24
An improvised artistic encounter between two artists from two different continents (Germany and Canada) with the only starting point being this theme: Nïlak.