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PIERRE&MARIE
BIG OTHER
From July 5 to August 31, 2024
Free IN CIRCULATION
THE EXPOSITION
BIG OTHER
Big Other is a work by the collective Pierre&Marie. Installed in Quebec City for PASSAGES INSOLITES 2023, it has now taken up residence in the Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei (Taiwan) for a project organized by Amnesty International Taiwan.
Big Other ostensibly benign yet oppressive form refers to George Orwell’s Big Brother and evokes our ambiguous relationship with social networks in the era of surveillance capitalism. While entertaining content and endless emoji give such digital platforms a veneer of harmlessness, they capture our personal data to feed industries bent on controlling our behaviour.
Dates
it has now taken up residence in the Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei (Taiwan) for a project organized by Amnesty International Taiwan.
Location
Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, Taiwan
PIERRE&MARIE
Formant depuis 2008 le duo Pierre&Marie, Pierre Brassard et Marie-Pier Lebeau Lavoie manipulent des symboles de la culture populaire pour souligner l’étrangeté de nos sociétés contemporaines et la légèreté qui y sommeille. Leur travail, qui revendique un nécessaire besoin d’émerveillement, a récemment fait l’objet de grandes expositions individuelles au Musée Régional de Rimouski et à l’Espace 400e.
This piece was originally created for the PASSAGES INSOLITES public art circuit designed by EXMURO art public and presented by Ville de Québec.
