Benoit Aquin – Ciel variable Magazine

Benoit Aquin, La dimension éthérique du réseau par Anton Bequii – Alexis Desgagnés, Anton Bequii : A Spiritual Uprising

Ciel variable 115 - THE MARCH OF THE WORLD | Portfolios
Authors: Alexis Desgagnés | Artists: Benoit Aquin

[Summer 2020] [Technology] is no longer opposed to human beings but is being integrated with them and gradually absorbing them. — Jacques Ellul By Alexis Desgagnés I was asked to write about Benoit Aquin’s La dimension éthérique du réseau par Anton Bequii.1 It’s not the ﬁrst time that I’ve been asked. I haven’t said yes […]

The March of the World

Ciel variable 115 - THE MARCH OF THE WORLD | Portfolios
Artists: Benoit Aquin, Mary Kavanagh, William Kentridge

[Summer 2020] The works in this special section address dimensions of human activity that have considerable signiﬁcance in today’s globalized society in view of the role of technology, the use of energy resources, and respect for human rights. These complex works combine multiple voices to reﬂect ethical issues and their impacts on individuals and communities. […]

ARTGEIST II – FREE FIGURES

Ciel variable 105 – MONTREALITIES | Essays
Artists: Angela Grauerholz, Benoit Aquin, Éliane Excoffier, Marisa Portolese, Pascal Grandmaison

[Winter 2017] Artworks created as part of the find-raising campaign (2015-2016) Ciel variable presents the artworks created and acquired during its second fund-raising campaign, conducted in 2015–16. In the same spirit as Sitegeist, the 2012–13 campaign, Artgeist proposed that collectors support the magazine by acquiring an original work created specifically for them. This project also […]

Gabor Szilasi, A Portrait in Interiors – Alexis Desgagnés

Ciel variable 103 - NATURE | Interviews
Authors: Alexis Desgagnés | Artists: Benoit Aquin, Gabor Szilasi

November 4, 2019 [originally published in Spring 2016] — Eighty-eight years old. Decorum would have us qualify this age as venerable. Anyone who divides this number into decades will better measure the span of a lifetime devoted almost entirely to photography. We know about the immense contribution of Gabor Szilasi, who was born in Budapest in 1928 and arrived in Quebec after leaving Hungary in 1956, to the history of Quebec photography…

Benoit Aquin, Mégantic photographié – Vincent Lavoie

Ciel variable 101 - STRATA | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Vincent Lavoie | Artists: Benoit Aquin

July 29, 2019 [originally published in CV101 in Fall 2015] — You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page.

Benoit Aquin, Far East, Far West – Claude Baillargeon

Ciel variable 86 - PERFORMANCE | Book Reviews
Authors: Claude Baillargeon | Artists: Benoit Aquin

June 7, 2016 [originally published in Fall 2010] — According to journalist Patrick Alleyn, Aquin’s co-traveller and collaborator of choice, this scourge constitutes “one of the most severe environmental disasters of our time.” In 2006, intending to raise public awareness, the two gained the sponsorship of the Canadian International Development Agency and made the first of three journeys to the affected areas…

Benoît Aquin, Chinese “Dust Bowl” – William A. Ewing, Fire & Ice

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Authors: William E. Ewing | Artists: Benoit Aquin

[Spring 2009] In November 2008, Benoit Aquin won the prestigious Prix Pictet for his series on desertification and dust storms in China. One of the greatest environmental disasters of our time, the Chinese “Dust Bowl” is probably the largest conversion of productive land into sand anywhere in the world. In November 2008, Benoit Aquin won […]

Benoît Aquin, Haïti chérie – Mona Hakim

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Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Benoit Aquin

[Summer 1997] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Occurrence, centre d’art et d’essai contemporains

Benoît Aquin, Un regard libre – Pierre Dessureault

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Authors: Pierre Dessureault | Artists: Benoit Aquin

[Fall 1993] This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. Abstract Benoît Aquin’s images are difficult to classify. They assume all the appearances of documentary photography. Like many photographers born during the sixties, he chose to follow this tradition that characterizes the production of an entire decade. These photographers have refused […]