The exhibition
0° PROJECT
Alongside the traditional ice sculptures of the Québec Winter Carnival, EXMURO offers a creative update on winter festivities with a group exhibition of photographic and sculptural installations in backlit ice blocks. Four artists have been selected for their series reflecting on our relationship with winter and the precariousness of climatic equilibrium: André Barrette, Duane Isaac, Jessica Houston and Charles-Frédérick Ouellet.
In a set-up that plays on the contrast between hot and cold, their explorations of climatic issues will interact with the icy material and its gradual melting over the course of the broadcast. Blocks of ice will be assembled into sculptural installations to stage photographic images in a variety of configurations. In a sensitive and entertaining way, the works of Projet 0° confront the public with the issues raised, creating an emotional link with the cause. By provoking strong reactions and powerful encounters, they contribute to the collective mobilization of communities
ABOUT THE ARTIST
ANDRÉ BARRETTE
André Barrette has been practicing photography in Quebec City for over thirty years. He explores the interactions between humans, technology and the environment. Lately, he has been bringing together images gleaned from the web to address environmental and cultural issues, focusing in particular on the transformation of landscapes under the influence of digital technology and human activity.
PHOTO CREDIT: GOOGLE AT THE BEACH - ANDRÉ BARRETTE
PHOTO CREDIT: GOOGLE AT THE BEACH - ANDRÉ BARRETTEJESSICA HOUSTON
Originally from Chicago, now a new resident of Montreal, Jessica Houston uses oral narrative, image and object to tell the story of polar territory, focusing on climate justice. In her research, she collaborates with poets, penguins, scientists and philosophers to discover and reveal the geographies of resistance in the Arctic and Antarctic.
PHOTO CREDIT: KEEPIN AN EYE ON THINGS - JESSICA HOUSTON
PHOTO CREDIT: KEEPIN AN EYE ON THINGS - JESSICA HOUSTONDUANE ISAAC
Duane Isaac is an aboriginal two spirit photographer and filmmaker from the Mi'gmaq community. He employs a resolutely contemporary aesthetic to pursue an identity and cultural quest for aboriginality. Isaac visually re-appropriates the typologies of representation of indigenous peoples in order to subvert harmful stereotypes. His intimate portraits and staged photographs celebrate the diversity and strength of aboriginal communities.
PHOTO CREDIT: SOVEREIGNTY - DUANE ISAAC
PHOTO CREDIT: SOVEREIGNTY - DUANE ISAACCHARLES-FRÉDÉRICK OUELLET
A native of Chicoutimi, Charles-Frédérick Ouellet uses photography to explore representations of memory, historical places and identity. The result of an encounter between documentary approach, journalistic investigation and narrative, his work takes shape in a field research where geographical spaces, displacements and contemporary Odysseys are interwoven.
PHOTO CREDIT: LIGNE DE FOUDRE - CHARLES-FRÉDÉRICK OUELLET
PHOTO CREDIT: LIGNE DE FOUDRE - CHARLES-FRÉDÉRICK OUELLET
PARTNERS
Merci nos partenaires, la Ville de Québec, la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles, la Coopérative du Petit Champlain, la SDC du Vieux-Québec, Hôtel Port-Royal et le OFF Carnaval.
