Stéphane Claude Yves Labelle Gisèle Trudel AMPLIFIER
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Opening on Friday, January 13, at 8 pm
This exhibition has been conceived as a laboratory environment, where the installations use video as a research tool. Yet, the project is not limited to a self-referential view of the medium, but opens itself to various realms of thought: philosophy, dreams, simultaneity and perception as a way of re-establishing video as a means of discovery. The individual works are unified by a central soundtrack composed by Stéphane Claude.
Stéphane Claude's La pensée rhizomatique postulates that we are transmitters of ideas who should respect existing ecosystems, in order to facilitate the coupling of technology with ecology. Place on the ground, several audiovisual components are arranged symmetrically to stimulate an electronic circuit or a biological network. Audio and visual media undergoing morphological change are channeled through and interpreted by a series of analyzers.
Yves Labelle"s Médiamorphose is a simple video-viewing device. On an upright structure, a monitor is placed in relation to a projection screen. A type of signpost, it emphasizes the importance of being here. The choice and method of representation are directly influenced by the belief in a necessary desublimation of art to engage in overt acts of communication.
Gisèle Trudel's Diamond-cutter is a video-sculpture which reveals an immaterial world of incandescent "bodies" and consciousnesses which travel through time. A vaporous and luminous imagery moves with the transient quality of dream states. These forms appeal to the viewer as manifestations of a parallel and liberating reality.
A selection of the artists' videos will also be available for screening in the video room.
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Since 1992, Stéphane Claude, whose favorite meal must include sushi, has been concerned with the conditions for disseminating electronic art, advocating the notion of active listening. His current research explores digital audio processing, acoustics and shamanic expression.
An avid pasta fan, Yves Labelle has been making experimental and fictional videos since 1987; he is associated with the multimedia group Synergie, which works to establish an aesthetic described as “lucid and playful”.
Gisèle Trudel has been an independent filmmaker since 1985. She explores the fleeting quality of video, where digital manipulation is an integral part of visual research. She could live on Tonkinese soup and clear water.