The whereabouts of Francis Dhomont's personal archive?

[Ben Coleman]

Greetings,

I am currently researching the history of magnetic wire recording in media arts. Francis Dhomont seems to be one of very few artists who spliced wire by tying knots in it, in order to physically edit his audio recordings, as a compositional process. I would like to confirm this, if possible- I believe it is historically significant.

Does anyone on this group know the present location of Francis Dhomont's personal archive following his death in 2023?

I am most particularly interested in the original Webster magnetic recording wire from his experiments of circa 1947, which he photographed in his studio in 1982 and reproduced in his writings here in 2006:

https://econtact.ca/11_2/dhomont_poetique.html

Thank you, I appreciate any assistance or information anyone can provide!

Ben Coleman

Doctoral Student, Emergent Technologies and Media Arts Practices (ETMAP)

www.bencolemansounds.com

[Kevin Austin]

Google [AI} answered:

The physical and institutional archives of French-Canadian electroacoustic composer Francis Dhomont (1926–2023) are divided between his long-term institutional ties in Canada and France, alongside digital repositories. [1] 

Key Archive and Resource Locations

• Université de Montréal (Montreal, Quebec): Dhomont taught electroacoustic composition here from 1980 to 1996 and built its studio infrastructure alongside Louise Gariepy. His pedagogical materials, scores, and related academic records are tied to the university's Faculty of Music.
• Canadian Music Centre / Centre de musique canadienne (CMC): As an associate composer, his scores, biographical files, and catalogue entries are preserved through the CMC's national documentation network.
• Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC): As a founding and honorary member, historical correspondence and media documentation involving Dhomont are stored in the Concordia Archival Project (CAP) / CEC Media Library.
• INA-GRM (Institut national de l'audiovisuel - Groupe de recherches musicales, Paris, France): Dhomont collaborated closely with GRM, produced radio programs like Acousmathèques, and realized major works in Paris. Broadcast and sound archives are held in French national radio/audiovisual collections.
• Electrocd / YMX Médias (Montreal, Quebec): The primary commercial and archival publisher for his complete electroacoustic discography (such as empreintes DIGITALes releases) maintains master recordings and published editions.
• The Internet Archive & Digital Libraries: Audio recordings of specific works (such as Points de fuite) are hosted via partner institutions like the University of North Texas Digital Library and community uploads on the Internet Archive. [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 

If you are looking for specific scores, a particular recording, or audio materials from his catalog, let me know which piece you need so I can direct you to the right collection.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org

[2] https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

[3] https://econtact.ca

[4] https://soundartgallery.ru

[5] https://cec.sonus.ca

[6] https://cec.sonus.ca

[7] https://empreintesdigitales.bandcamp.com

[8] https://ymxmedia.com

[9] https://electrocd.com

[10] https://digital.library.unt.edu

[11] https://archive.org

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