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Report documents FEQ promotional-image dispute and organizer response
The report recorded Paul Bordeleau’s criticism of FEQ’s use of AI promotional images. FEQ acknowledged AI use in its campaign with Cossette, describing it as one of several tools supporting an existing creative concept.
Research question
Records a cross-disciplinary labor dispute over music-festival visual commissions, retaining the organizer’s account of AI as an assistive tool.
Related documents
DOC-0151“It makes me angry”: illustrators denounce AI use in FEQ promotionsSources
Le Journal de Québec · FR · 2025-07-04
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “Festival d’été de Québec / AI promotional-image controversy.” case-0103. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.