In Granma, history, of the grand forward-marching and/or circle-turning variety, and narrative threads of the everyday and mundane sort overlap, intertwine and interweave to form a tapestry centred on the heritage of the Cuban revolution. At once intimate and (…)
[texte available in French only], the art critic Karine P. Bouchard publishes a review of the different sound art installations in public spaces as part of the 2019 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV).
[texte available in French only], the critic (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Mathieu Teasdale publishes a review of the play Quasi niente, by playwrights (and actors) Daria Deflorian and Antonio Tagliarini. The show is presented as part of the 2019 edition of the Festival TransAmériques.
[texte available in French only], the critic (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Mathieu Teasdale publishes a review of the play Tous des oiseaux, by the author and playright Wajdi Mouawad. The show is presented as part of the 2019 edition of the Festival TransAmériques.
[texte available in French only], the art critic and curator (and member of the Editorial comity of ESPACE art actuel magazine) Bénedicte Ramade publishes a review of the play Kalakuta Republik, by the artist and choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly. The show is presented as part of the 2019 edition of the Festival TransAmériques.
For the past ten years, Simon Bilodeau’s multidisciplinary practice has displayed an aesthetics that shows his disenchantment with our civilization. His cynical and scathing look at today’s world enables us to envision the loss and waste that will occur, suggesting the archeological sites of the future in his paintings and installations. Simon Bilodeau holds a…
Like all handmade objects, artworks will sooner or later disappear. Hannah Arendt, in her essay “The Crises in Culture,” states very well that as a cultural object, its status above all is very different from everyday objects; (…)
Since 2017, Gallery 17/18, an exhibition space in the building that houses the Embassy of the Czech Republic, in Ottawa, has presented exhibitions featuring a Czech and a Canadian artist together. This salon-type space (…)
