MARTIN BUREAU
COUNTERFEIT EDENS FOR TIMES OF CHAOS
FROM MAY 16, 2025 TO JANUARY 4, 2026
QUEBEC AIRE PUBLIQUE INDOOR EXHIBITION
In this immersive installation, an imposing circular table recalls the instances of power, surrounded by charred chairs, remnants of a fateful event. Opposite it, a video screen projects a tense scene: eight impassive figures stare each other down, while chaos rages outside.
Sound and image intertwine, immersing the viewer in an atmosphere of concealment and diplomatic tension. Inside and out, fictitious flags impose their presence, simulating a false embassy with a deceptively virtuous air.
FROM MAY 16, 2025 TO JANUARY 4, 2026
EXMURO’S AIRE PUBLIQUE
MARTIN BUREAU
A multidisciplinary artist, Martin Bureau uses painting, documentary film and video installation to explore geopolitical and environmental issues. Through his work, he stages the Anthropocene as a foretold catastrophe, translating our excesses into a poetics of disaster.
Photo credit: Guillaume D. Cyr
THEMATIC PROGRAMMING 2025
ART AT THE EDGES OF CHAOS
With its 2025 programming, EXMURO’s Aire Publique becomes a forum for bold artistic explorations of individuals and communities confronting powerful natural forces. The works of Pipilotti Rist (Switzerland), Isaac Cordal (Spain), and Martin Bureau (Québec) subvert norms and recast assumptions to confront the far-reaching forces of capitalism, patriarchy, and the climate crisis. What all three artists share are sharply critical worldviews that foster a collective awareness of the urgency to act, reminding us that in the ashes of every collapse lies a promise of renewal.
EXMURO’s Aire Publique is supported by the Fonds de mise en valeur et d’animation de la Place Royale, administered by the Musée de la civilisation.
