In the early 1920s, Fournière Township, the site of the future town of Malartic, was in turn scoured by a host of prospectors. Their explorations confirmed the presence of a rich gold-bearing vein belonging to the Cadillac Fault, an important geological system in Quebec in which my father was a specialist.
Author: Marie Perrault. Autrice, commissaire et consultante | Art contemporain et art public
Island of Inocence
Born to a geologist father, the designations igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rock lulled my childhood with his professional appetite. To me, these words, and the time immemorial activity they name, embody my father’s hard core, and the hindsight instilled in him by a singular awareness of duration, at odds with my playful energy as a… Continue reading Island of Inocence
Geological Eye.
Entitled Œil géologue. Dégager la chair du mort terrain, (Geological eye. Uncovering the flesh of the overburden) this auto-fictional essay explores my family history, focusing on the human aspects of mining in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, where my father grew up, and in the hinterland of the Côte-Nord, where he worked as a prospector in the early 1950s.… Continue reading Geological Eye.
J’ai pensé à toi, une collection d’oiseaux
Review of Mélissa Longpré’s recent book published in the photo book column of the Webzine de Ciel variable. Mélissa Longpré’s third book, J’ai pensé à toi, is composed of photographs, drawings, and messages involving a collection of birds that she has assembled over the years. The book was created in conjunction with three exhibitions presented… Continue reading J’ai pensé à toi, une collection d’oiseaux
Mirement /Towering
Review of the book Mirement/Towering, edited by Gentiane Bélanger, France Choinière and Marie-Hélène Leblanc, Montréal, Dazibao, Lennoxville, Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, Gatineau, Galerie de l’UQO, 2023, 236 pages (bilingual) The book Mirement/Towering continues a reflection based on Geneviève Chevalier’s homonymous exhibition project, which was presented in three parts between 2021 and 2024 at… Continue reading Mirement /Towering
Fabiano Kueva, Alexander von Humboldt Archive Montreal
A review of the Oboro exhibition by Fabiano Kueva and curator Emmanuelle Choquette, the Montreal stage of the “Humboldt effect” that Kueva has been pursuing for over ten years. Since 2011, Ecuadorian artist, curator and director Fabiano Kueva has been working on a multidisciplinary project based on the voyages of Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé… Continue reading Fabiano Kueva, Alexander von Humboldt Archive Montreal
Blending into the landscape
Femme au front (Woman at the front). Véronique DoucetMusée d’art de Rouyn-NorandaFrom October 13, 2023 to January 14, 2024Curators: Jean-Jacques Lachapelle and Hélène Bacquet Bringing together in a single exhibition a selection of works representative of Véronique Doucet’s twenty-five years of practice is a challenge in itself. All the more so since her approach is… Continue reading Blending into the landscape
Léna Mill-Reuillard, Airer
Review of Léna Mill-Reuillard’s exhibition Airer, curated by Florence-Agathe Dubé-Moreau at DRAC Art actuel (Drummondville) in summer 2023.
Daniel Corbeil. The end of icebergs
A science-fiction story inspired by photo novels and comics about the planet’s last known iceberg.
Ælab devenir-hêtre. Community work
On the exhibition Devenir hêtre (Becoming-Beech), Ælab at the Fondation Grantham pour l’art et l’environnement, Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, May 11 to May 28, 2023