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Journées de la culture © S. Bélanger and J. Brouillard, 2012

© S. Bélanger and J. Brouillard, 2012

Journées de la culture

Journées de la Culture

Event
Event
September 29, 2012
September 29, 2012 1-5 pm

1 pm: Artist talk with Steffie Bélanger and Josée Brouillard (in French)
2:30 pm: Commented visit of Auto/Pathographies with the curator Tamar Tembeck (in French with bilingual Q & A)
4 pm: Sing along with Chœur Maha

September 29, 2012 1-5 pm

1 pm – Artist Talk with Steffie Bélanger and Josée Brouillard (in French), recipients of the Caisse populaire Desjardins of Mont-Royal Young New Media Artists Award (Studio 01)
The two artists will discuss Résonance visuelle, a sculptural and interactive video installation that came into being through a collaboration exploring sound as a way of conceptualizing visually. The project aims to build an silent environment that symbolizes sound in an ironic way. A multimedia artist that works with human psychology and a sculptor who brings life to still lifes have joined forces to realize a project that brings together the object and the human body. Using programming and audio sensors, the viewer's voice is transformed into video that is then projected in the presentation space. The work presents sound as a sensorial experience where the approaches of the two artists allow technology to unite with matter.

2:30 pm – Commented visit of Auto/Pathographies (in French with bilingual Q & A), with the curator Tamar Tembeck (exhibition galleries)
Through the media of photography, performance and video, the group exhibition Auto/Pathographies addresses questions of identity and (self-)representation in the face of illness. Bringing together works from artists based in Canada, the U.S., Britain and Austria, produced from the 1990s until today, the exhibition offers both sensitive and critical perspectives on the roles played by disease in redefining individual existences and interpersonal relations.

4 pm – Sing along with Chœur Maha (hall of the art galleries)
For les Journées de la culture, the choir invites the public to join them in a choral experience with fun pieces, including Meredith Monk's Panda Chant. The activity will take place in the open hall of OBORO’s art galleries, situated at suite 301.

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Josée Brouillard

Born in Montreal in 1982, Josée Brouillard is completing a BFA in Studio Arts (major in Intermedia/Cyberarts) at Concordia University. She uses technological tools such as photography, video, electronics, programming, lighting and sound in her practice to address psychology and human nature. She has worked with several artists as a lighting and video consultant.

Steffie Bélanger

Born in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines in 1989, Steffie Bélanger is completing a BFA in Studio Arts (major in sculpture) at Concordia University. Her sculptures revisit the medium’s traditional materials as well as some of its mechanical subtleties. She is a board member of the artists’ centre Praxis Art Actuel and of the Concordia Sculpture Association.

Tamar Tembeck

Tamar Tembeck is a Montreal-based performing artist, art historian, lecturer and curator. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from McGill University and is professionally trained in physical theatre. Her current research interests include both investigating and participating in contemporary cultural practices that engage with the field of medicine. She has received grants from various institutions, including the Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, FQRSC, CBIE, and Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen. Her curatorial work has been presented at Eikones (Basel) and Kunstpavillon (Innsbruck). Her recent writings can be read in the journals Jeu and RACAR, and in the anthologies Bild und Stimme (Fink), An den Grenzen der Sprache (Innsbruck University Press), Narben: Kunstprojekt zu sexueller Gewalt (Studienverlag), and Danse et Santé (PUQ).

www.tembeck.org

Chœur Maha

Choeur Maha was founded in 1991 by composer/performer Kathy Kennedy and visual artist Su Schnee. The choir has delighted audiences for two decades with their creative repertoire, singing in as many languages and styles as possible, from Hildegard von Bingen to Hildegard Westerkamp, from Mozart to Madonna - and often incorporating a healthy dose of electroacoustic music for good measure. Choeur Maha is well known for its support of women’s organizations throughout Montreal: their annual performances for the École Polytechnique anniversary as well as International Women's Day are presented to wide audiences with profits going to women’s shelters and support groups. Maha has produced some of the city’s most memorable musical interventions and guerrilla performances incorporating technology and social commentary. From the large scale sonic installation Never/Always, performed outdoors at Place des Arts with over 100 participants, to more intimate surprise performances in the corridors at City Hall, Maha continually turns heads.

choeurmaha.org