Several unusual concerts put the audience in a different context this year: Jean-François Laporte presenting his Waves project in the Cégep’s staircase; Theresa Transistor’s electroacoustic concert given with the audience surrounding the musicians; Victoriaville Matière Sonore’s relay work in the middle of the Colisée; Fine Kwiatkowski & Hans Tammen’s dance/music performance; the cabaret theatre of Larry Peacock, a comical yet serious reflection on women’s place in experimental music; and let us not forget the political / activist / humoristic / virtuosic duo of Kevin Blechdom & Eugene Chadbourne, whose performance ended on a gunfight scene worthy of Charlie Chaplin’s best films!