Historiotheque v1.1.0 is live — the Source, three weeks on: CONSTITUTION, studio logs, governance, and the full Official Releases archive (2016–2026). Versioned, citable, public. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #ArtResearch #OpenScience #CulturalSoftware

"AUTUMN OF ATONEMENT: The field keeps its accounts." Abstract digital painting by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. #abstractart #noiseart #autumnofatonement

My new website is live: historiotheque.ca — the official home of The Historiotheque. Three decades of interdisciplinary art-research across images, sounds, and texts: releases, declarations, and the archive. I built it as the front door the work deserves. #historiotheque #artoperation

The Historiotheque — Official Home

The Historiotheque: the official home of the work — art operation, research, and living archive of interdisciplinary artist-researcher Alex Gagnon (A.G.).

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"OPERATIVE HISTORIOGRAPHY II: SECOND SOWING" — new abstract digital painting by A.G., 2026. Noise fields in the early-autumn palette of late-September Quebec: hard at work on the GitHub repositories of the new Historiotheque Organization. #abstractart #noiseart #cubism

New repository: The Experimental Novel — home of the novel-as-a-system: trilogy, text-engines, illuminated bibliography, novelistic phenomenology. v1.0.0 is live, DOI minted. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #ExperimentalFiction #DigitalHumanities

This week I wore the Researcher hat and the Coder hat — releases shipped, DOIs minted, the audit trail holds. Now the costume change: the Art Operator returns to the studio. Same beard. Different magic. Autumn of Joyful Being. 🍂 #ArtResearch #ArtOperator #AutumnOfJoyfulBeing

First official releases are out. The Historiotheque's Research and DesignConcepts repositories are now at v1.0.0 — versioned, citable, public. The audit trail has begun. #ArtResearch #OpenScience #CulturalSoftware github.com/Historiotheq...

Release v1.0.0 · Historiotheque/Research

First release of the Research repository — the scholarly apparatus of the practice. This repo holds the research infrastructure behind the Art Operation: research questions, methods, literature rev...

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Studio log: designing the Historiotheque's governance repository — where the operation settles its accounts. Rules apply to the operator first. github.com/Historiotheq... #historiotheque #artoperation

Historiotheque/studio-logs/2026-09-24-2230-governance-design.md at main · Historiotheque/Historiotheque

The art operation of A.G. — an art studio, sound design lab, and research practice treated as cultural software. Documented in the light since 2001. - Historiotheque/Historiotheque

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WHAT IS CUBISM? An Art Operation, 1907–1914 — my new 26-minute video discourse applies the Art Operation Schema to the 1907–1914 Picasso–Braque collaboration as a case study. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhXU... #cubism #picasso #arthistory #artoperation

"OPERATIVE HISTORIOGRAPHY: SEED NOISE" — new abstract digital painting by A.G., 2026. Noise fields in the between-seasons palette of late-September Quebec: a commemoration, Cubism research, and the thaw after a fallow period. #abstractart #noiseart #cubism

THE HISTORIOTHEQUE keeps its books in public. My studio-research center runs a live studio log on GitHub — every session recorded: what changed, what was decided. An art operation with an audit trail, for future stakeholders. #ArtResearch #OpenScience #OpenSource github.com/Historiotheq...

Art-Ops-In-A-Box Manual v2.0.0 — the complete Art Operation manual: nine chapters on running a mature artistic practice, plus workspace theory, a worked example, and a glossary. All Rights Reserved. github.com/Historiotheq... #artoperation #historiotheque

VerifiabilityStack v1.0.0 — the verifiability guide for independent artist-researchers: how to make your work identifiable, timestamped, citable, findable, with no institution behind you. CC BY 4.0. github.com/Historiotheq... #historiotheque #newdocumentation

GitHub - Historiotheque/VerifiabilityStack: A practical guide for independent artist-researchers: how to make your work verifiable without an institution behind you. The documentation apparatus that s...

A practical guide for independent artist-researchers: how to make your work verifiable without an institution behind you. The documentation apparatus that substitutes for the institutional imprimat...

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Noise Fields are now on Zenodo with a DOI — 17 of my procedural digital paintings from 2026, made with noise synthesis and texture synthesis, archived with full titles and dates. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22883307 #noisefieldtheory #signalscience #historiotheque

The Historiotheque now has a Zenodo community: every release of the operation — repositories, datasets, publications — archived with DOIs, citable, in one place. zenodo.org/communities/... #historiotheque

“THE PICASSO HISTORIOPHANY”. Pencil drawing on paper by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. This drawing is the sudden manifestation of an artistic vision—a “historiophany,” which I define as a sudden, blinding flash of historical consciousness manifesting through an image. #picasso #historiophany

"ANTILOG_19Sep26a". Antilog by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. Back after a month away. My father died three weeks ago — terminal cancer, nine days from diagnosis to death. antilog.substack.com/p/antilog_19... #historiotheque #artoperations #antilog #experimental #art #research #documentation

ANTILOG_19Sep26a

Antilog of The Art Operation at The Historiotheque A.G.

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"Schizobot Lite v1.0.0: The Simplest, Stupidest System in The Universe". The code and documentation are provided for research, educational, and creative purposes only. A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. github.com/antiface/Sch... #historiotheque #artoperations #experimental #code #project #python

GitHub - antiface/SchizobotLite: The Simplest, Stupidest System in The Universe: Schizobot v.1.0.0

The Simplest, Stupidest System in The Universe: Schizobot v.1.0.0 - antiface/SchizobotLite

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"Retrospective: The 25-Year Anniversary of The History-Project". An official review of The History-Project circa 2001–2004 by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. medium.com/the-painters... #historiotheque #artoperations #history #project #documentation #postarchival #historiography

Retrospective: The 25-Year Anniversary of The History-Project

An official review of The History-Project circa 2001–2004.

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The release is actually in this repository and is preliminary. I needed something that I could cite right now for the greater project as I'm busy archiving everything else. To br continued... github.com/Historiotheq... #code #art #research #cultural #software #experimental #documentation

GitHub - Historiotheque/Historiotheque: The art operation of A.G. — an art studio, sound design lab, and research practice treated as cultural software. Documented in the light since 2001.

The art operation of A.G. — an art studio, sound design lab, and research practice treated as cultural software. Documented in the light since 2001. - Historiotheque/Historiotheque

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The Historiotheque is the art operation of interdisciplinary artist-researcher A.G. — an art studio, sound design laboratory, and research practice treated as cultural software, developed over thirty years of work across images, sounds, and texts. github.com/Historiotheque #historiotheque #release

The Historiotheque

The Historiotheque is the art studio / sound design + research lab of interdisciplinary artist-researcher A.G. - The Historiotheque

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I decided to try to use Bluesky more because I realized the algorithms on every other platform were basically penalizing me, limiting my exposure and reach. Engagement was at zero for years. It's better for me to invest in a platform where I know I won't be shadowbanned. Let's talk! #historiotheque

"AUTOPORTRAIT". Photographie par A.G. (c) 2026. Tous droits réservés. #historiotheque #artoperations #seasonsoftheheart #summerofjoyfulbeing

"LUMINOUS ARTIFACTS IN DARK FREQUENCY / ARTEFACTS LUMINEUX EN FRÉQUENCE NOIRE". Abstract digital painting by / peinture abstraite numérique par A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. Tous droits réservés. #historiotheque #artoperations #seasonsoftheheart #summerofjoyfulbeing #luminous #artifacts

"IN THE BEGINNING". Music by A.G. (c) 2006-2026. All Rights Reserved. #historiotheque #artoperations #music #song #seasonsoftheheart #summerofjoyfulbeing #genesis #beginning www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfdu...

IN THE BEGINNING

YouTube video by Alex Gagnon

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"THE ANCIENT SIGN". Digital painting by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. #historiotheque #historiophany #artoperations #ancient #sign #digital #painting #portrait #anatomy #aesthetic #problem #seasonsoftheheart #summerofjoyfulbeing

"LA CANTATRICE". Encre et crayon de couleur par A.G. (c) 2026. Tous droits réservés. #historiotheque #artoperations #portrait #ink #colored #pencil #seasonsoftheheart #summeroftheheart #summerofjoyfulbeing #cantatrice

"ANALOG PIXELS / PIXELS ANALOGIQUES". Photography by / photographie par A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. Tous droits réservés. #historiotheque #artoperations #seasonsoftheheart #summeroftheheart #summerofjoyfulbeing #analog #pixels #photography

"IN SEARCH OF SATIE v.2.0". Re-arrangement of Satie's Gnossienne No. 3. with ambient sound by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. #historiotheque #artoperations #ambient #experimental #sound #design #satie #gnossiennes #arrangement www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74H...

IN SEARCH OF SATIE v.2.0

YouTube video by Alex Gagnon

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"IN SEARCH OF SATIE". Re-arrangement of Satie's Gnossienne No. 3. by A.G. (c) 2026. All Rights Reserved. #historiotheque #artoperations #ambient #experimental #sound #design #satie #gnossiennes #arrangement www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcQW...

IN SEARCH OF SATIE

YouTube video by Alex Gagnon

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