Eddy Firmin Tamara Vukov Openings

Born and bred in the French Caribbean (Guadeloupe), Eddy Firmin is an artist-researcher and speaker who lives and works in Montréal (Canada). He holds a PhD in Études et pratiques des arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada) and a Master’s degree from l’École Supérieure d’Art et Design le Havre-Rouen (France). He coordinates the publication of the decolonial magazine Minorit’Art. His visual artwork questions the transcultural logics of his identity and the power imbalances at play. On a theoretical level, he works on a Méthode Bossale, a proposal for the decolonization of the imaginary in art. 

Tamara Vukov is a media artist/filmmaker, researcher, educator and writer. She has co-founded and participated in several media/film collectives over the years, and her film, video, and installation work has been presented internationally at more than 50 film festivals and galleries in over 15 countries, including La Centrale (Montréal), Version Fest (Chicago), Espacio Plasma (Buenos Aires), Images (Toronto), Skuc (Ljubljana), transmediale (Berlin), Athens Video Art Festival, Circulo de Bellas Artes (Madrid), Director’s Lounge (Berlin), Nigah Fest (New Delhi), and MIX NYC (NY). Artist’s residencies include the Banff Centre and OBORO. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Université de Montréal. Selected publications include the International Journal of Cultural Studies, Transfers, Topia, Public, Social Semiotics, and Le Soulèvement infini (eds. Didi-Huberman and Déry). Tamara has coproduced community-based screenings, film and video-based installations, outdoor projections, and a series of live collective cinema performances (Cinémathèque Québécoise, Eastern Front).