Communications & Design in Montreal | Nicole Legault

Hi, I'm Nicole.

I am the Creative, Brand and Marketing Manager for Lolë driven by a passion for creation, boldness, dynamism, and growth. I am always looking to improve and learn while leveraging my knowledge, skills, and expertise to support and achieve meaningful results.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Concordia University, with additional studies completed at RMIT University in Melbourne, AU. I also hold a DEC in Graphic and Web Design from John Abbott College.

I am an environmental activist and a human rights enthusiast, as well as an avid supporter of individuality and unconventional expression. I am also a performance artist and part-time contemporary dancer with SBDC Montreal, a non-profit company that works within Montreal’s communities.

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In Communications Studies at Concordia University, I had the opportunity to further my creativity and explore the intrinsic conversations between myself, my output, and my viewership. I created various projects individually and in teams. My production focus was Intermedia, which included installation, video, animation, zine works and more.

Dream Enclosure

This project was to write an essay and design a zine layout about an intermedial exhibit in Montreal. My partner and I chose Sandy Ding's "Dream Enclosure". I created the design and my partner wrote the essay. Myself and three other students were selected to create a book of every student's zines. I was responsible for the layout design and organization.

Surreality

The purpose of this video was to use film techniques such as synced sound and dramatic lighting. Its message is along the lines of feeling out of place in your own skin. It was a team project; I was the dancer and assisted in post-production.

Integrated Time

The topic of this assignment was 'time' and the task was to conceptualize that in any intermedial form. My team created this installation piece to highlight the stillness of various living beings. We all equally contributed to this piece; I idealized and directed the visual components.

Photoperiodism

The purpose of this assignment was to create a stop motion animation. My partner and I used stop motion and digital animation techniques to create this video. It was an equal partnership through pre, production, and post.

Polluted Closet

This was my final assignment for Intermedia II, which was a free-for-all technically and conceptually. My partner and I decided to focus on consumer culture, textile waste and the fast fashion industry through this installation piece. We highlighted its glorification with the look and shape of the garment and commented on its pollution and negative environmental impact with the materials used and factual information provided.

A moment of hindrance

The purpose of this first assignment in Intermedia III was to reimagine a cinemagraph by focusing on the concept of speed. My cinegraph opposes speed to highlight the sticky perception that prolonging dullness and repetition can create.

Root

The second assignment in this course was to create a short animation that conceptualizes scale. My animation discusses scale in regards to human population and urban growth versus the natural environment and our planet's purpose. This animation was created through the perception of the flower to highlight the extent of Earth's power and the insignificance of humanity in comparison.

Not For Show

The final project for this course was open technically and conceptually. I did a performative piece focusing on the output of movement with the connection between body, mind and spirit.

Laurice D. Nemetz discusses how "dance is, at its most basic level, a way of being human in the present. [...] That is why it is critical never to judge personal or cultural dance, but to always understand that expression as an honest piece of self-illumination" (2006).

My piece was about engaging in the present moment and expressing my inner-self. My movement was improvised and created through the emotions I was experiencing in that moment, through the atmosphere and language of the music. The curtain blocked the view of the audience, representing that I am in my own moment, performing for myself, not for a show. I am excluding a video of the performance due to its momentary value.

Linguistic Semantics in Tiohtiá:ke

This video was created for a final project in my Alternative Media course and discusses the meaning of language within Montreal. I attempt to subvert the emotional struggle the Québécois people continue to face by applying it to the situation of the Indigenous culture. The French fear loss of their language, by the English, but they also played a large part in the loss of the Kanien’keha:ka language. I use the visuals to let the viewer realize our focus on colonial culture. I use the audio to subvert the meaning of these symbols by bringing light onto other linguistic struggles in the same space.