Gatineau
For the 3rd year, artworks from PASSAGES INSOLITES are presented as part of the Gatineau Sentier culturel :
Le Sentier culturel proposes a public art circuit that links urban artworks, points of interest, exhibition and animation sites.
More information : City of Gatineau.
2022
- Marie-Ève Martel, Cube spatial
Credits : City of Gatineau
A strange cube-shaped temple ship seems to have landed in the city. Long associated with mysticism and the mathematical world, the cube has a fascinating and mysterious character. Drawn from numerous iconographic references, the work invites the discovery of an imaginary world hidden inside its walls, halfway between the organic and the geometric. From the magic eye, a hybrid city partially integrates the outside world while multiplying its own reflections in confusing perspectives.
Marie-Eve Martel is interested in the plasticity of the landscape, in our way of inhabiting space and especially in the impact of architecture on the human imagination and behavior. The iconic places that she transforms and reuses in drawing, painting, engraving and sculpture take on a mythical aura. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM and is the recipient of grants from the CALQ, the CAC and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Her work has been exhibited in numerous artist-run centers and galleries in Quebec and across Canada, and is included in the collections of the City of Montreal, Loto-Québec and the Government of Yukon.
This work was conceived and presented as part of PASSAGES INSOLITES 2017, 2018 and 2019.
2021
- Giorgia Volpe, Migration Pathway, 2016
The piece ties together past and present in notion of migration, a seminal influence shaping our society and evolving territory. Migration Pathways shows the vulnerability and endurance inherent in human and animal migratory and nomadic lives. Woven canoes rise in the air, approaching the banks of the St. Lawrence in a surprising parade-like movement. The work pays tribute to Quebec folk traditions, the beliefs of early sailors, and First Nations traditional knowledge, and occupies a traditional site of meeting and dialogue for all these communities.
Brazilian-Canadian artist Giorgia Volpe, whose multidisciplinary practice often fosters relationships and dialogue —whether through interventions, public performances, or art objects. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo as well as a master’s degree from Laval University in Québec City. She has participated in numerous exhibitions, public interventions and artist residencies in Canada, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, China, Thailand, France, Portugal, among others.
Credits : Stéphane Bourgeois
2018
- Question d’intégration,José Luis Torres, produced and presented for PASSAGES INSOLITES 2014.
- Mythe et évidence, Mathieu Valade, produced and presented for Manif d’art 8, 2017.
