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Micropolis 2.o est une installation multimédia construite à partir de sérigraphies et estampes numériques que j’ai réalisée avec Allison Moore lors de résidences de création à l’Atelier Engramme (Québec) ainsi qu’à Open Studio (Toronto). La plupart des impressions ont ensuite été faites à l’Atelier Graff qui est maintenant devenue le centre d’artistes L’imprimerie. L’oeuvre panoramique en bois et cartons découpés s’inspire des paysages urbains et des citadins de Montréal, Québec et Toronto. Une trame sonore en deux canaux composée par Arthur Desmarteaux accompagne cet assemblage d’estampes qui fut entre autres exposée à la Biennale Internationale d’estampes de Trois-Rivières en 2013, à la Galerie SNAP d’Edmonton en 2012 et au Musée des beaux-arts de Belem au Brésil en 2014. L’oeuvre est modulaire et peut être adaptée à de multiples espaces muraux. À son apogée lors de sa présentation à la Maison de la culture Ahuntsic, elle se déployait sur une longueur d’environ 20 mètres.
Un article a été publié concernant l’exposition de cette oeuvre dans le journal Globe and Mail en 2012.
Sérigraphie sur papier Stonehenge, 56×76 cm
Micropolis 2.0 explores urban life and the relationships between people and large cities. This enchanted universe made out of silkscreen cutouts and digital prints is intended to convey a sense of wonder, awe and contemplation. Looking though the microscope, viewers are drawn in a god-like perspective, entering a strange theatrical dimension where dwarves take lifts on the back of a snail at rush hour. This installation seethes with narration; there is a sense of suspense and palpable drama all over the mini streets of this surreal city where everyone is rushing around like in an insect?s nest. We cannot know every detail of these ambiguous stories happening, but we can feel them nonetheless. Viewers can imagine the moments before or after the one presented.
The piece evokes a childhood world filled with twisted dreams and figurines. The vertiginous shift in scale gives the viewer an impression of distance in time. Assembled to evoke a busy modern commercial street with little pedestrians, creatures and vehicles passing by, it is an anthropological character. Inspired by a mixture of cityscapes and periods of architecture and costume styles this nonlinear temporal space is inspired by Québec, Montréal and Toronto.
An article concerning the exhibition at Open Studio Gallery was published in Globe and Mail newspaper in 2012.
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