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.
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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
Terrestrial Psyche. Territory and territorialities
What about the relationship between humans and territories, their mutual histories and the feeling of territoriality? Are they indicative of our complex, sometimes intimate, relationships to the places we live in, frequent or visit? First text of a two-part series.
Interregnum. Cohabiting the territory
The current edition of the Banlieue! Triennial looks at the presence of nature in North American suburbs, praised for their natural setting.
Mobilities
In 2016, the 34th Baie-Saint-Paul International Symposium of Contemporary Art, explored phenomena concerned with mobilities and the imaginary motivating it.
Marie Côté : Contours, Detours and Turning Points
This exhibition highlights Marie Coté’s interest in the material, space and sound that link ceramics to a prime experience of Earth.