FTA 2018 | Sarah Vanhee: Oblivion
[texte available in french only], the art critic and curator (and both Director and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) André-Louis Paré publishes a review of the performance Oblivion, by the artist Sarah Vanhee. The performance/art installation is presented as part of the 2018 edition of the Festival TransAmériques.
FTA 2018 | Whispers and Thunders in the Halls of Power
The presentation of Ivo van Hove’s Kings of Wars at the 2018 FTA festival was a much anticipated event in Montreal. A boisterous standing ovation at the end of the play’s opening night performance sent a clear (…)
FTA 2018 | Union of The North : Matthew Barney, Valdimar Johannsson & Erna Omarsdottir
[texte available in french only], the art critic and curator (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Bénédicte Ramade publishes a review of the film Union of the North, written by the artist Matthew Barney, directed by the choreographer Erna Ómarsdóttir and the musician Valdimar Jóhannsson. The film is presented as part of…
Julie Tremble, Les nébuleuses ne sont plus ce qu’elles étaient (assemblage), 2018
Julie Tremble holds a master’s degree in lm studies from Université de Montréal (2005) and a bachelor’s degree in Film and philosophy (2000). Her work has been shown in galleries and artists-run centres in Canada, France, Indonesia and the U.S. as well as on the festival circuit, notably at the Festival du nouveau cinéma, Images…
Space in question
This summer, if everything works out as planned, artist and geographer Trevor Paglen will launch a reflecting sculpture titled Orbital Reflector into extra-atmospheric space. Produced with a lightweight material similar to Mylar, this work will be affixed to a small satellite placed on board a Falcon 9 rocket, property of SpaceX, the CEO being none…
Caroline Monnet, The End of a Cycle is the Beginning of a New One, 2017
Caroline Monnet is a multidisciplinary artist of Anishinaabe-French descent. She studied Sociology and Communication at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and the University of Granada (Spain) before pursuing a career in visual arts and films. Her short films have been screened at numerous festivals, including TIFF, Sundance, Tampere, Berlinale and Cannes. She was nominated for…
Redress?
Can we heal our wounds? And to do so, must we relegate them to oblivion or consign them to a form of liberating reconciliation? In recent years at the political level, we have seen the Canadian government issue apologies to various communities who have suffered from the state’s past indiference. Financial compensation often accompanies these apologies. For example (…)
Emotions and Visual Arts
Art as a fictional presence has always encouraged the expression of artistic emotions. Whether it is through theatre, fiction writing, music, painting, sculpture, photography, film or video, human beings as readers, spectators or viewers are inclined to be moved. And while an emotional experience is always encouraged in many artistic categories, this was not always…
Dominique Sirois, Deux cannibales, 2015
Dominique Sirois lives and works in Montreal, she holds a degree from University of Quebec in Montreal in visual art (MFA 2010). Her practice takes the form of installation involving an interplay of sculptures, videos, sounds and prints. With her projects, Sirois creates mental spaces, semiotic constructions linking economic, aesthetic, archeologic and digital references. Often…
