ICONEMIA
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Research
Image ecology, attention, mediated empathy, generative AI, animation, and visual literacy.
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ICONEMIA
Understanding the Ecology of Images.
A research initiative exploring how images shape attention, knowledge, memory, and culture in the age of generative AI.
Manifesto
We are entering the age of image saturation.
ICONEMIA describes our constitutive vulnerability to images: they shape our reality and alter our perception before our critical mind can even step in.
Today, this is a condition in which images are no longer merely produced, viewed, or shared. They circulate as environments, interfaces, memories, signals, and predictive surfaces. In the age of generative AI, they are increasingly created by systems, interpreted by systems, and fed back into culture at an industrial scale.
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Speaking
Presentations and lectures adapted to different audiences.
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Film
The First Image of the World and a feature documentary in production.
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2026
Upcoming presentation
Teaching Images in the Age of Their Industrial Computation
United Kingdom | United States | Denmark | Mexico | Thailand | Japan — November 18–20, 2026 — AMPS Conference: Focus on Pedagogy 2026 (Learning & Teaching)
2026
Presentation
Mediated Empathy
Pittsburgh, PA, USA — June 15–18, 2026 — 37th Annual Conference of the Society for Animation Studies
2026
Award
The First Image of the World
Québec, Canada — 2026 — Prix Audace, Prix d’excellence en recherche, création et innovation, Université Laval
2026
Presentation
Navigating Uncertainty: Reflections from a Generative-AI-Assisted Creation Course
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada — May 11, 2026 — 93rd Acfas Congress, Colloque 505 (UQTR)
2025
Presentation
Understanding ICONEMIA
Québec, Canada — December 2025 — OBVIA Event, Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy
2025
Awards
The First Image of the World
International — 2025 — Selected festival recognitions
Best Original Idea — Reale Film Festival →
Best AI Film — Oniros Film Awards, New York →
Best Soundtrack — Pulse of Animation Festival →
Honorable Mention — AI International Film Festival →
2025
Presentation
Generative AI and the End of Representation
Zagreb, Croatia — June 2025 — Animafest Scanner XII, International Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies
2024
Publication
À visage humain — “Capteurs de lumières”
Montréal, Canada — September 2024 — Book chapter, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal (with Paul De Koninck and Marc Hébert)
2024
Panel
À la croisée des mots et des algorithmes
Montréal, Canada — March 23, 2024 — Journées numériques BAnQ × SAT (BAnQ Auditorium)