The title Against Nature might seem paradoxical, as the artists brought together for this issue’s thematic section are all defenders and lovers of nature and spend a good deal of time in it. But what their works reveal is a “naturality” thoroughly permeated by human activity and entirely shaped by it, implying that its fate is entirely in our hands.
[Winter 2022]
The title Against Nature might seem paradoxical, as the artists brought together for this issue’s thematic section are all defenders and lovers of nature and spend a good deal of time in it. But what their works reveal is a “naturality” thoroughly permeated by human activity and entirely shaped by it, implying that its fate is entirely in our hands.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Editorial
Authors: Jacques Doyon
Issue 119 of Ciel variable explores humanity’s relationship with nature through photography, featuring Geneviève Chevalier, Thomas Kneubühler, and Andreas Rutkauskas.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Portfolios
Artists: Andreas Rutkauskas, Geneviève Chevalier, Thomas Kneubühler
[Winter 2022] The title might seem paradoxical, as the artists brought together for this issue’s thematic section are all defenders and lovers of nature and spend a good deal of time in it. But what their works reveal is a “naturality” thoroughly permeated by human activity and entirely shaped by it, implying that its fate […]
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Portfolios
Authors: Sylvain Campeau | Artists: Geneviève Chevalier
Discover Geneviève Chevalier’s Mirement/Towering: The Menagerie and the Herbarium, with Sylvain Campeau’s essay exploring photography, natural history, colonialism, and the living world.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Portfolios
Authors: Louis Perreault | Artists: Thomas Kneubühler
Thomas Kneubühler explores alpine landscapes shaped by digital infrastructures in Alpine Signals, accompanied by Louis Perreault’s essay on photography and technology.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Portfolios
Authors: Franck Michel | Artists: Andreas Rutkauskas
Andreas Rutkauskas explores landscapes transformed by wildfire in Refuge: After the Fire, accompanied by Franck Michel’s essay on landscape resilience.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Essays
Authors: Michel Hardy-Vallée | Artists: Anne-Marie Proulx, Bertrand Carrière, Charles-Frédérick Ouellet, Donigan Cumming, Florence Le Blanc, Guillaume Simoneau, John Max, Matthieu Brouillard, Michel Campeau, Sylvain Cousineau
Michel Hardy-Vallée explores cultural transmission and the Quebec photobook, reflecting on artistic lineages and the writing of photographic history.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Essays
Authors: Pierre Dessureault | Artists: Renaud Philippe
Pierre Dessureault examines Renaud Philippe’s Errance sans retour, a documentary project on Rohingya refugees and the power of images in times of crisis.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Essays
Authors: Stephen Horne | Artists: James Coleman
Stephen Horne examines James Coleman’s What Goes Around Comes Around, exploring the relationships between nature, culture, images, and human consequences.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Ariane Noël de Tilly | Artists: Dawoud Bey
Ariane Noël de Tilly examines Dawoud Bey’s An American Project, a retrospective highlighting the social and political role of photography within marginalized communities.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Mona Hakim | Artists: Denis Rioux, Sylvie Readman
Mona Hakim examines Porosities, an exhibition by Sylvie Readman and Denis Rioux exploring photographic materiality, perception, and our relationship with the living world.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Claudia Polledri | Artists: Dawit L. Petros
Claudia Polledri examines Dawit L. Petros’s Gaps, holes, fissures, and frictions, an exhibition exploring colonial histories, archives, and migratory trajectories.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Fanny Bieth | Artists: Lorenza Böttner
Fanny Bieth examines Lorenza Böttner’s Requiem for the Norm, an exhibition celebrating a free and diverse body through photography, performance, and visual arts.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Didier Morelli | Artists: Françoise Sullivan
Didier Morelli examines Françoise Sullivan: The 1970s, an exhibition revealing the artist’s experiments with photography, performance, video, and conceptual art.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Emmanuelle Choquette | Artists: Catherine Bodmer
Emmanuelle Choquette examines Catherine Bodmer’s Synonyms, an exhibition where photography and text explore relationships between nature, language, and perception.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Alexis Desgagnés | Artists: Carlos Ferrand Zavala
Alexis Desgagnés examines Carlos Ferrand Zavala’s Resistencia. Perú, 1970–1975, an exhibition revisiting his photographs and films on Peru’s social realities.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Exhibition reviews
Authors: Yannick Marcoux | Artists: Martin Désilets
Yannick Marcoux examines Martin Désilets’s Les tableaux réunis, an exhibition exploring photography, accumulation, memory, and the boundaries between image and abstraction.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Élisabeth Recurt | Artists: Anne-Marie Proulx
Élisabeth Recurt examines Anne-Marie Proulx’s Le jardin d’après, a photobook inspired by Anne Hébert, exploring memory, urban landscapes, and the living world.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Book Reviews, Readings
Authors: Serge Allaire
Serge Allaire examines Valérian Mazataud’s liwa mairin, the woman of the water, a photobook exploring the inhabitants of Bobel and their intimate relationship with water and territory.
Ciel variable 119 - AGAINST NATURE | Entrevues, Interviews
Authors: Jacques Doyon, William E. Ewing | Artists: Alejandro Cartagena, Francesco Zizola, Olivier Christinat
Jacques Doyon interviews William A. Ewing on the role of photography in our civilization, global issues, and the power of images to shape our understanding of the world.