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A reimagined ice sculpture circuit
FROM FEBRUARY 7 TO 16, 2025
Free outdoor circuit
THE EXPOSITION
Alongside the traditional ice sculptures of the Québec Winter Carnival, EXMURO adds a contemporary creative twist to Quebec City’s legendary winter festivities with a group exhibition of photographic installations presented in backlit blocks of ice. Conceived as a reflection on our relationship with winter in an age of precarious environmental equilibrium, the outdoor exhibition brings together four strong voices in contemporary art. Playing on the contrast between hot and cold, the four artists’ explorations of climate change open dialogue with the icy matter.
Dates
From February 7 to 16, 2025
Location
Quebec City
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ANDRÉ BARRETTE
In thirty years as a practicing photographer in Quebec City, André Barrette has explored the interactions between humans, technology, and the environment. His recent work assembles found images from the internet to address environmental and cultural issues, with a special focus on how human actions and digital technology are transforming familiar landscapes.
PHOTO CREDIT: GOOGLE AT THE BEACH – ANDRÉ BARRETTE
JESSICA HOUSTON
A Chicago native who now makes her home in Montreal, Jessica Houston uses spoken narrative, imagery, and objects to tell a story of the polar regions with a focus on climate justice. Her creative research process is based on collaboration with people and animals of all stripes—poets, penguins, scientists, and philosophers—to uncover and reveal the geographies of resistance in the Arctic and Antarctic.
PHOTO CREDIT: HORIZON FELT NORTH – JESSICA HOUSTON
DUANE ISAAC
Duane Isaac is a two-spirit Mi’gmaq photographer and filmmaker who explores Indigenous identity and cultural expression with a resolutely contemporary aesthetic. Isaac’s work visually re-appropriates the typologies of representation of Indigenous peoples in order to subvert harmful stereotypes. Their intimate portraits and staged photographs are celebrations of the diversity and strength of Indigenous communities.
PHOTO CREDIT: SOVEREIGNTY – DUANE ISAAC
CHARLES-FEDERICK OUELLET
A native of Chicoutimi, Charles-Frédérick Ouellet uses photography to explore representations of memory, historical places and identity. At the crossroads of documentary approach, journalistic investigation and storytelling, his work takes shape through field research projects where geographical spaces, travelling journeys and contemporary Odysseys are interwoven.
PHOTO CREDIT: LIGHTNING LINE – CHARLES-FRÉDÉRICK OUELLET
