Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES | Book Reviews
Authors: Sylvain Campeau
[Winter 2000-2001] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Éditions Dazibao, Collection les essais Montréal, 2000, 206 p. (français/anglais)
Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES | Exhibition Reviews
Authors: Dayna McLeod | Artists: Alexa Wright
[Winter 2000-2001] par Dayna McLeod Articule, Montreal September 9 – October 8, 2000 Projecting the agency of the ego and the power of the image in an age obsessed with identity politics, performative fiction, and digital truth, Alexa Wright reveals disabled versions of herself in her solo exhibition at Articule, I. This series of eight […]
[Winter 2000-2001] par Susan Close Open Studio: William Eakin St. Norbert Arts Centre, Winnipeg, June 4 – September 24, 2000 William Eakin Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg September 28, 2000 – January 7, 2001 Winnipeg artist William Eakin works on a vast scale, as both a collector of objects and a maker of photographs. It comes as […]
Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES
Authors: Barry Ace, Ryan Rice | Artists: Rosalie Favell
[Winter 2000-2001] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Summary Longing and Not Belonging is an exhibition of 41 digital-output works by photographer Rosalie Favell. Favell has chosen to explore her identity as a mixed-blood urban Cree through her family […]
Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES | Portfolios
Authors: Gregory Salzman | Artists: Patrick Faigenbaum
[Winter 2000-2001] This project marks the first time that Faigenbaum photographed subjects with which he felt no special personal identification or emotional connection. The nature of the assignment and his lack of familiarity with the place prompted him to adopt a novel way of working that was more informal and impromptu than in previous works. […]
Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES
Authors: Lyne Crevier | Artists: Eve K. Tremblay
[Winter 2000-2001] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Summary The photographer Ève K. Tremblay has created an allegorical work, reminiscent of “tales with a moral,” in which nymphets and mature women swarm busily to embellish life. The places chosen […]
Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES | Essays
Authors: François Paré | Artists: Raymonde April
[Winter 2000-2001] This article was originally published only in French. You can read it by switching over to the French version of this page. Summary This text, the product of parallel readings of Mercure, a novel by Amélie Nothomb, and L’avenir de la mémoire, an essay by Fernand Dumont, explores the tight links between identity, […]
Ciel variable 53 - IDENTITIES | Editorial
Authors: Jacques Doyon
[Winter 2000-2001] by Jacques Doyon Identity is a precarious notion, constantly being redefined, at the intersection of many dimensions of belonging and identification. It is a self-definition, by and through the view of others. Identity is always a question of positionings and negotiations. The part of it that may seem to be inherent or original […]