 In Montreal, as in many cities around the world, works of art have often been placed in “public” urban spaces. In some cases, the placement of works is accomplished through channels of bureaucratic control or corporate interest, This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. Galerie Occurrence, Montréal 20 octobre – 24 novembre 2007
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Popular sites and tourism fascinate Jessica Auer. She has produced a series of photographic works that were shot in North and South America in which landscapes and architecture have been preserved, renovated, altered, or built from scratch for the benefit of tourism.  At one point or another, we’ve all played the role of the tourist. When standing on the threshold of a sight that is truly breathtaking – for either its natural beauty or its spectacular urban construction – each of us has also perhaps been guilty of just standing and looking, without ever deeply exploring the sites that we have travelled so far to see. As Lucy Lippard notes:
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Mining the aesthetic territory of the apocalyptic sublime, and addressing themes of loss, elegy, and memorialization. Black Maps, David Maisel’s aerial-photography project, captures the world of nature as it is being undone as a result of extensive intervention in the environment.  David Maisel’s recent body of works, Black Maps, is composed of five series of aerial photographs, the subject of which is the undoing of the natural world by wide-scale human interventions. The latest of these series, Terminal Mirages – reproduced here – was shot from a helicopter flying above Great Salt Lake in Utah.  This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. –Read the Abstract Vous possédez un ordinateur, qui est branché sur un serveur. Vous tapez n’importe quel nom de lieu dans un quelconque moteur de recherche, vous cliquez sur « images » et voilà que le choix d’une multitude de photographies s’offre à vous ;  This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. – Read the Abstract
Ne nous méprenons pas – « a second look at the scale of what we call progress » –, 2005 aura été « l’année Burtynsky ». Son exposition itinérante, Manufactured Landscapes/Paysages manufacturés, est arrivée au terme de son périple au Musée de Brooklyn le 26 janvier dernier. This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available.
 This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. Voir aussi l'article reliéCette série peu connue de photographies de Pierre Granche est une exception dans sa production. Réalisée en 1997, sur une commande de la revue Espace, elle constitue un superbe exemple de la multiplicité des savoirs sur l’espace et sa représentation (en architecture, en urbanisme, en peinture et en sculpture) qui contribuait à la richesse de ses œuvres sculpturales et installatives. This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. – Read the Abstract Voir aussi le portfolio de l'artistePour saisir les liens qu’entretiennent la photographie et le temps, dans cette série photographique de Pierre Granche, il faut y entrer par étapes, en découvrir les nombreuses strates à l’œuvre, car il semble bien que ce soit ainsi qu’elle se livre au spectateur, en empruntant les méandres de la mémoire.  Using long, continuous video takes and the static camera position of the still photographer to capture what at first appears to be inert subject matter–geological formations, deserted highways and other abandoned sites—Stan Denniston’s ‘fixed focus’ movies invoke an uncanny temporal sensibility.  Normally, photographs and film/video engender different types of capture and different modes of reception from one another. Stan Denniston came to a juncture in his practice where he wanted to explore a boundary zone between these genres.  This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. – Read the Abstract
Les vents sont […] des corps invisibles, puisqu’ils balayent et la terre et la mer et les nuages du ciel, qu’ils malmènent et emportent dans leur tourbillon. Leur cours, qui sème au loin la ruine, est pareil à celui de ces eaux d’abord paisibles qui tout à coup se précipitent en flots abondants,
By Jacques Doyon This special issue of CV ciel variable, published in collaboration with the Fondation J. Armand Bombardier, presents excerpts from Raymonde April’s photographic series Inconsciences, Sentier national, and Photos seules. These works were produced at the time when April was awarded the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas 2003, the highest distinction given by the Government of Quebec to an artist in visual arts. This was the first time that an artist working essentially in the field of photography received the award. This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. Voir aussi l'article reliéLa série des Villes génériques s’inscrit à la suite du travail photographique sur les sites urbains en construction que Stéphane Couturier réalise depuis plusieurs années.
This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. – Read the Abstract Voir aussi le portfolio de l'artisteL’histoire de la photographie, tant iconographique que technique, est intimement liée aux développements de la grande ville et de l’architecture depuis le début du XIXe siècle. Les œuvres qui ont marqué l’ancrage de ce médium dans le vif des formes et des débats artistiques depuis les avant-gardes se sont souvent appuyées sur l’architecture.
 This article was originally published only in French. No translation is available. Voir aussi l'article reliéComme des soldats, morts ou vivants, ils sont tournés vers des lieux prescrits pour le regard. Ces « vues » consacrées au repos et à la contemplation du paysage sont éloquentes. Elles métaphorisent l’éternité. |
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