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A narrative is a complex machine, with many moving parts. Sometimes a story is delivered through words, sometimes it is conveyed by light, sound, objects, words, gestures, and your participation.
I work primarily in immersive & interactive multimedia installations. My role is to understand what story we want to tell, and decide how we can best tell it.
With Montreal-based studio Moment Factory, I oversee concepts and narratives for a wide variety of projects, from museum exhibits to brand experiences to nighttime walks in nature.
Originally from Atlanta, I also hold a PhD in French (specialization: francophone literatures & literary theory); I love to write about books and participate in literary projects whenever I can.
Since moving to Montreal, I have discovered the city’s literary life by collaborating with the Blue Metropolis festival, serving as fiction editor for carte blanche, and writing for the Montreal Review of Books.
My Work
I tell stories in space.
I think messages are most impactful when the right adjective meets the perfect colour palette.
The human voice is my favourite way to encounter words.
I love working with a large team of people who hold different (sometimes very different) points of view.
I’m obsessed with culture, high & low.
Three things I know: good communication is mostly listening; the human brain craves meaning through narrative; words can have a visceral impact — they are the original immersive experience.
“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.”
– Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
Bronwyn Averett 