Information brochure - Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal

Information brochure
Who are we?
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is an international biennale that investigates issues
relating to contemporary photography. Bringing together artists, curators, and art
experts, the biennale creates a unique and exciting opportunity for studying the ways
in which the image is transformed in contemporary culture.
For more than 20 years, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal has been woven itself into
the fabric of our city’s vibrant cultural scene. This international biennale inspires
Montrealers and tourists alike by showcasing the works of local, national, and foreign
contemporary artists. Between 25 and 30 solo exhibitions (organized around a single
theme proposed by a guest curator) throughout Montreal transform the city into a
vast and coherent group show. In an article titled “The World’s Best Photo Festivals”
published in Photo District News in autumn 2007, Simon Bainbridge (the editor of the
British Journal of Photography) named Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal as one of the 10
best photographic events in the world.
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is a non-profit corporation and is recognized as a charity
organization by Canada Revenue Agency. It is a member of Festivals et Événements
Québec, of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and of Festival of Light, an
international consortium of photography festivals..
Installation view, Access Denied, Thomas Kneubühler (Canada) | public artwork (St-Henri), Montreal, 2007
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Who are we?
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North America’s premier biannual photo festival
Photo District News [New York, USA] | 2007
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Installation view, Arrangements d’après nature, Alain Paiement (Canada) | Fonderie Darling, Montreal,2009
Our mission
to promote diverse trends in photography and other forms of the
image
to produce a biennale and other activities designed to investigate
issues related to contemporary photography and lens-based art
to stimulate research by artists, exhibition curators, and other art
experts in a context of exchange and collaboration
to offer the general public an opportunity to interpret developments in
photography and the image in contemporary culture
to produce, edit, and distribute printed, televised, and digitalized
materials in order to bring a better understanding and appreciation of
photography and the contemporary image to the general public.
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Highlights
1989
Conceived as a one-time event, the first Mois de la Photo à Montréal was
organized and presented by VOX, centre de diffusion de la photographie, to
celebrate the 150th anniversary of the invention of photography. Following
this huge success, VOX organized the seven subsequent events. Over the
years, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal has become an important focal point
in the field of contemporary photography, enjoying international recognition
in its discipline.
2002
In 2002, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal became an independent non-profit
organization with its own board of directors. The new organization adopted
an innovative artistic approach, in which each presentation and all of its
activities are organized around a single theme proposed by a guest curator.
2003
The new format was successfully implemented in 2003, and the 8th presentation of the event was organized around Vincent Lavoie’s theme, NOW:
Images of Present Time. The 18 exhibitions featuring more than 25 artists,
the award-winning publication, and other activities formed a fascinating
analysis of the methods used by artists to treat historical or current events,
normally the domain of photojournalists, documentary photographers, and
paparazzi. This presentation of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal attracted
133,819 visitors.
2005
Held in September 2005, the 9th presentation of Le Mois de la Photo
à Montréal attracted 146,344 visitors from a wide variety of backgrounds
to exhibition spaces spread throughout the city. It boasted the works of 60
artists in 29 exhibitions, all organized around the theme proposed by guest
curator Martha Langford, Image & Imagination. This presentation of the
biennale shed light on a neglected area of photographic experience: the life
of the photograph in the viewer’s mind.
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Highlights
2006
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal received official charity status and organized
an exhibition for a Montreal artist, Ramona Ramlochand, in Buenos Aires,
Agentina.
2007
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal celebrated its 10th anniversary presentation
around the theme Replaying Narrative, which highlighted various ways of
rethinking the story-telling quality of the image. The guest curator, Marie
Fraser, presented a constellation of 30 solo exhibitions and public artworks
throughout the city. The event attracted 332,602 people (double the
attendance in 2005).
2008
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal worked with the prestigious London-based
magazine Next Level on a special “Montreal” edition that showcased the city’s
artists, organizations, and events involved with contemporary lens-based art.
This handsome issue was released in worldwide distribution in the summer
prior to our 2009 event.
2009
For Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, French photography historian
and independent curator Gaëlle Morel elaborated the theme The Spaces
of the Image, exploring issues of scenography and installation. The
2009 presentation was a particularly tight-knit and strong event in which
the 24 solo exhibitions and public artworks by artists from 13 countries, the
publication, the colloquium, and other activities fashioned a thoughtful,
stimulating, and coherent look at this issue, which is rarely addressed in
contemporary photography. The publication was distributed in Canada
by Édipresse and, for the first time, in Europe by Roundhouse Group. The
event attracted 378,949 visitors, an overall increase of more than 45,000
visitors from 2007, testifying to the increasing popularity, relevance, and
comprehensiveness of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal after more than 22
years of engagement with the local and international arts milieus. Le Mois de
la Photo à Montréal was very proud to receive the Imperial Tobacco Canada
Foundation’s inaugural Arts Achievement Award for its organization’s longterm contribution to the discipline of photography.
2010
Jessica Auer, an emerging artist from Montreal, participated in Meeting
Place 2010, the international portfolio review organized by FotoFest (Houston, USA). Her trip and participation were made possible by a partnership
between Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal and FotoFest.
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Zoom in on the 2011 presentation
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
September 8 to October 9, 2011
Lucidity. Inward Views
Lucidity. Inward Views is the theme proposed by Anne-Marie Ninacs for the 12th presentation
of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, around which the exhibition program, publication, colloquium and other activities will be held from September 8 to October 9, 2011. The camera will
be completely turned around for the event, showing that photography can also bring into
focus our interior world.
Anne-Marie Ninacs
Independent researcher and curator Anne-Marie Ninacs is currently pursuing a doctorate
in art history at the Université de Montréal. Her work focuses on the links between human
consciousness and the visual arts. From 2002 to 2006, she was curator of contemporary art at
the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ), where she organized the exhibitions
Massimo Guerrera: Darboral, Diane Borsato: The Twitching Project, Timepieces and Proceeding
in the Fog. Her most recent exhibition project, Chimère/Shimmer, will be presented at the
MNBAQ in the fall of 2010. Ninacs also curated Alain Paiement: The World in the Works at the
Galerie de l’UQAM (2002) and, with Patrice Loubier, co-directed the program Les commensaux
at the Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montréal, in 2000-2001. In 2005, she was awarded the
UQAM Prix Reconnaissance for her commitment to the Québec arts scene. She lives and
works in Montréal.
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The success of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
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With its unique range of cultural centers situated around Montreal, plus the artist-run spaces
and museums, the biennial will touch and connect to a wide audience. With over twenty solo
exhibitions mounted across the city, for a month Montreal becomes a theatre of images.
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Paul Wombell, Next Level [London, England] | Montreal Edition | 2009
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Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal has long been one of the major international events in
its discipline ... By virtue of its geographical position and its capacity to efficiently utilize
its resources, it bridges the North American and European scenes.
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Christian Gattinoni, Lacritique.org [Paris, France] | 2009 | (our translation)
Colour proof from the video, Trailer, Saskia OldeWolbers (United Kingdom / Netherlands) | Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, 2007
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The festival is a showcase example of the possibilities of biennial photography events.
Afterimage [Rochester - USA] | 2006
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« [the biennial] was a engaging and thought-provoking mix in some really great venues […] »
Diane Smyth, British Journal of Photography [London, England] | vol. 57, no 7786 | 2009
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It’s a thrill to see giant photos transform downtown streets !
Michael Kaminer, The Washington Post [Washington, USA] | 2009
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Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
The 2009 figures
11th presentation
25 openings
2,500 posters
1 international colloquium
24 solo exhibitions
25 local and foreign artists
over 378,949 visitors
3 days of official openings
2,695,571 hits on our Web site
national and international press coverage in more than 118 media outlets
1 portfolio review with a selection of 25 local and regional artists
100,000 bilingual event programs distributed nationally and internationally
25 guests from the international professional photography community were brought into contact
with over 75 Canadian artists
more than 15 countries represented in exhibitions program
1 lavishly illustrated bilingual publication
41,800 tourists visited from outside the province
1,641 participants in our educational and cultural mediation activities
30 days of dynamic educational activities
1 month of program activities
67 volunteers
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What the press says about us ...
Photo Solution - vol. 2, no 5, septembre 2009
IMAGES ET IDÉES
LE MOIS DE LA PHOTO À MONTRÉAL 2009
LES ESPACES DE L’IMAGE
Montréal - vendredi, 4 septembre 2009
PAR VÉRONICA GILL
La 11e édition du Mois de la Photo à Montréal (MPM) s’intéresse à la question des dispositifs
et de la mise en place des images en présentant cette année des œuvres qui combinent
différentes techniques en vue de modifier l’expérience que peut faire le spectateur d’un espace
particulier dans des circonstances déterminées. Installations photographiques et vidéo, variété
de procédés visuels et sonores : entre autres agrandissement et monumentalité des tirages,
projections multiples, conception in situ, fabrication et utilisation d’objets et de machines.
du casse-tête. La Secrétaire générale de la Société française de
photographie et enseignante universitaire en histoire de l’art et
en photographie nous explique sa vision de ces pratiques contemporaines et nous parle des projets de certains des artistes qu’il
sera possible de voir du 10 septembre au 11 octobre à Montréal.
Proposée par la commissaire indépendante invitée Gaëlle Morel, à
qui l’ensemble de la programmation de cet événement d’envergure
internationale a été confié, la thématique de cette biennale de
photographie contemporaine s’organise autour de trois pôles :
usages de l’image, expérimentations visuelles, installation et
forme documentaire. Madame Morel, première commissaire
invitée « étrangère » dans l’histoire du MPM, n’avait jamais assisté
à l’événement et proposait donc une certaine « virginité » de
regard, de perspective. Un an a été nécessaire pour peaufiner
l’ensemble de la programmation et assembler tous les morceaux
Usages de l’image
« La première étape de ce parcours réunit différentes œuvres
définies par une forme de retrait de la part de l’artiste. Certains
projets sont déterminés par la réappropriation de photographies
Vie des arts, Montréal - no 216, automne 2009
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1. Aliento (1996-2002) d’Oscar Munoz est constitué de disques métalliques parfaitement polis et dont la surface est imprimée à l’aide d’un procédé photosérigraphique
gras. Pour faire apparaître ces images représentant des portraits de victimes politiques, le visiteur doit souffler sur la surface des objets. Oscar Muñoz (Colombie).
Collection Daros-Latinamerica, Zürich. Photo : Jenni Carter, Sydney. Avec l’aimable autorisation de Daros-Latinamerica.
2. The Sound of Silence (2006) d’Alfredo Jaar est une cabine de projection vidéo dans laquelle le spectateur est invité à entrer. La projection est consacrée à la vie d’un
photojournaliste et, plus précisément, à l’une de ses célèbres photographies. La construction de l’espace sert à mettre en contexte la photographie et la théâtralisation
du dispositif transforme l’installation en un lieu de réflexion sur la production des images. Alfredo Jaar (Chili/É.-U.). Œuvre commandée et présentée pour la
première fois dans le cadre de FotoFest, Houston, Texas. Avec l’aimable autorisation de l’artiste.
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Peu présente dans les programmes d’art public
permanent, la photographie artistique occupe
malgré tout une place croissante dans l’espace
public urbain. Des initiatives artistiques et
institutionnelles de plus en plus nombreuses
apparaissent sur le territoire même de la publicité (celui de l’affichage sous toutes ses formes)
pour disputer cet espace de haute visibilité et
proposer d’autres regards sur le monde.
Although it is rarely installed as permanent public art, photography nevertheless
has a growing presence within the urban
public space. More and more artistic and
institutional initiatives are encroaching on
the territory of advertising – posting in all
its forms – to dispute this high-visibility
space and offer alternative ways of looking
at the world.
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Butter and Jelly) (After Warhol) (1999) and the series
The Best of Life, in which “memory renderings” from
LIFE magazine are photographed and printed in
halftone, thus returning the images to the public domain. Other artists referenced include Stieglitz, Piranesi, van Gogh, Pollock and Judd. Appropriating
such a vast and esteemed range of iconography is
brave, but Muniz deftly produces work with a firm
grasp of the language of concepts—his art is well on
its way to becoming a part of art history, and perhaps open to appropriation itself. What is most
JUDE GRIEBEL House full of
memories 2007 Oil on paper
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within a miniaturized realm.
Rabbits, mice and birds act as guides for, or perhaps more as foils to, young souls who are intertwined in mysterious and sometimes supernatural
adventures. Griebel calls upon the viewer’s sense of
youthful fantasy in presenting scenarios that are at
once imaginary and all too accessible to any adult.
The artist states: “Combining fiction with real experience has become a tactic in my work for the elaboration of figurative, as opposed to literal, truths.”
Plants occupy a pivotal role here, symbolizing both
physical growth and the impermanence of one’s
existence upon the material plane.
In The boy who was full of weeds, a collapsed pile
of clothing lies upon the floor, shoes and all, and
where there once stood a body all that remains is
sprouting grass. In another piece, a girl, a bird and a
rabbit anticipate an oncoming storm, while in another a prostrate, pensive boy receives a key from a
mouse. In A message is delivered from below, the exhibition’s most paranormal event plays out: a hand
protrudes forth from a flower patch to deliver a note
to a young boy.
In these rooms, the young turn familiar surroundings into their own set of playthings, blurring
reality and imagination. C H R I S L E PAG E
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VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MONTREAL
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celebrated its 10th incarnation with an openingnight bash in the recently renovated Video Rooms,
located in the working-class neighbourhood of
Saint-Henri. It marked the first time the month-long
contemporary-photography biennial had featured a
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In Fall and Winter, Festivals
Show Off Montreal's Cool
Side
By Michael Kaminer
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
From Arab culture to Brazilian movies to
Chinese lanterns, Montreal hosts a wildly diverse
slate of festivals year-round. The best known,
Just for Laughs and the Montreal International
Jazz Festival, turn the city into a giant party
every summer.
Which is exactly why I love visiting in fall and winter. I'm a transplanted Montrealer who spends
regular weekends in my home town. Summer can bring glorious weather, but high season also
delivers big, bland cultural events and endless busloads of tourists.
The city turns much cooler -- in every sense of the word -- once October rolls around. I also find it
much more beautiful, with spectacular Mont Royal foliage, carefully layered outfits replacing
shorts and flip-flops, and a feeling that the city's exhaling after several months of overload.
Likewise, it's the quirkier autumn and winter festivals that reflect Montreal's true spirit:
open-minded, globally aware, polyglot, culturally vibrant and gleefully impudent. Some of these
happenings couldn't exist in any other city, and many are worth a trip on their own.
A day after
Photo is
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Montreal's Botanical Garden unveils what has become a hot
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franchise for this once dowdy local institution. The 17th Magic of Lanterns festival (Sept. 11-Nov.
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700 glowing
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some about
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designed in Montreal, produced in Shanghai, shipped to Canada and "painstakingly arranged" on
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year's theme: "Traditional Chinese Astronomy."
At the end of September, time your trip with Pop Montreal (Sept. 30-Oct. 4), arguably one of the
world's best-curated rock festivals. Hype? Check out this lineup, banging it out at more than 40
venues citywide: the first-ever Canadian performance by Krautrock legends Faust; the return of
ageless provocateur Lydia Lunch, fronting reunited no-wavers Teenage Jesus and the Jerks; a
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For me, the fall festival season kicks off with Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal (Montreal Photo
Month, Sept. 10-Oct. 11), a photography biennale that unfolds in public spaces and in such
galleries as Darling Foundry, a colossal converted factory in Old Montreal. It's a thrill to see giant
photos transform downtown streets; this year's theme, "The Spaces of the Image," explores the
interplay between display techniques and picturemaking. A highlight: "From Hand to Mouth," a
22-meter-long installation by American Jeff Guess at the
Maison de la Culture Frontenac in the
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that could “pick up” and “put back into play” her
own very diverse selection of photographic matériel. One could sit for hours in the church pews,
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JOSÉE PEDNEAULT Untitled
(from the series Murmures) 2007
Projected colour photograph
Dimensions variable COURTESY
GALERIE THÉRÈSE DION
Montreal - September 6, 2007
major series of exhibitions this far west, in an area of
town considered the cradle of Canadian industrialization. With approximately 30 solo exhibitions and
public-space interventions gathered under the banner “Replaying Narrative,” this year’s event sought to
chart the blossoming landscape of narrativeoriented contemporary photographic art.
As the event’s guest curator, Marie Fraser, explains, “Replaying Narrative” alludes to “the act of
taking up and putting back into play, as if it were
more relevant to begin with already existing elements than to produce new images.” Situated explicitly in the wake of concerns about the dissolution of
grand narratives, Le Mois de la Photo spoke as much
about new narrative styles as it did about the “postproductive” condition of visual culture today.
Inside the former Saint Thomas Aquinas Church
in Saint-Henri, the Quebec artist Josée Pedneault
installed five video projectors that cast images both
still and moving high onto the chancel walls. (The
chancel is the raised, stage-like area of the church
where religious services are carried out.) Murmures
(2007) evoked the bucolic, intimate landscapes of a
previous generation of Québécois photographic
artists; it also organized experience into everchanging constellations of narrative thought. Pedneault employed a randomizing computer engine
that could “pick up” and “put back into play” her
own very diverse selection of photographic matériel. One could sit for hours in the church pews,
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The Event
Exhibitions
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is an international biennale of contemporary photography.
Each presentation and all of its activities (solo exhibitions, publication, educational activities,
artists’ talks, and colloquium) are organized around a single theme proposed by a guest
curator. The biennale provides the general public with a unique opportunity to discover
works by local and foreign artists and to reflect on issues in contemporary art.
Publication
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal produces an important, lavishly illustrated academic
publication for each presentation of the event. More than an exhibition catalogue, the
publication is an autonomous and authoritative reference book edited by the guest curator
and addressing his or her theme. With a print run of over 1,500, this critically acclaimed
reference work is distributed in Canada and abroad.
International Colloquium
During each of its presentations, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal organizes an international
colloquium that offers an in-depth reflection on theoretical issues in current photographic
practice. This conference of worldwide scope brings together artists, art historians, critics,
curators, and a large contingent of academics, students, and the general public. The
colloquium is free of charge and simultaneous translation is available.
Educational Activities
Various educational activities are organized, including artists’ talks, workshops, and guided
tours. Most are open to the public and to school groups, and all are offered completely free
of charge.
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Become a supporter...
Support Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal and be connected to the
values of contemporary photography!
«
We invite you to picture yourself supporting Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal and be
connected with those whose primary focus is contemporary art photography. Thanks
to financial support from generous people like you, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal can
continue to produce a unique and innovative event that is free of charge and accessible to
all.
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal currently benefits from an important reputation locally,
nationally, and internationally. Over the years, the biennale has become an important and
prestigious landmark in the international cultural landscape that offers unique opportunities
for artists, curators, authors, critics, and, of course, the general public.
We are counting on your generosity to help organize our next event. On behalf of the team,
I thank you for your valued cooperation.
»
Chuck Samuels
Director General, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
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Become a supporter...
Your donation will be used to:
ensure the continuity of our professional activities
produce a unique and innovative event
present the latest trends in contemporary photography
offer workshops and conferences on the contemporary image
maintain free access to our exhibitions and educational activities
provide opportunities for emerging artists to benefit from international
visibility
show contemporary photography to local and international audiences
ensure the continued success of our biennale and a solid financial
foundation
and much more!
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Fund-raising campaign
“Picture yourself supporting Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal!”
We are pleased to launch the second wave of our fund-raising campaign. Our
goal is to reach $25,000 by October 9, 2011, the date when our next event
closes.
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal plays an important role in Montreal’s cultural
landscape and therefore contributes to the city’s international exposure.
The organization of an event of this scale, presenting the latest trends in
contemporary photography, requires two full years of rigorous work.
All of this involves production costs and human resources that our funding
cannot fulfill. That is why we need your financial support to continue to offer
an exhibition program of the highest quality. Your commitment will enable
us not only to continue and enrich our activities, but also to produce a unique
and innovative event.
“Picture yourself supporting Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal!”
We thank you in advance for your generous support!
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Fund-raising campaign
Charity organization
Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is recognized by Revenu Canada Agency as a charity
(No 896548203RR0001), and can issue a receipt for tax purposes for any donation of $20 or more. In
addition, we will be happy to send you a Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal poster.
How to donate?
Online payment
You may also make your donation using the online service offered by CanadaHelps. It’s a simple, fast, and
safe way to give. Visit our Web site: www.moisdelaphoto.com/en/support.php
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Photographs from the installation Murmures, Josée Pedneault (Canada)
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Photo credits
Photo credits - page 8
1- Installation view, Statistical Landscape (In the Eye of the Worker), Emmanuelle Léonard (Canada)
| Les Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montreal, 2009 2- Installation view, Iain Baxter&, Iain Baxter (Canada)
| VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, 2005 3- Installation view, Airborne, Dennis
Adams (USA) | Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montreal, 2003 4- Installation view, Dernière soirée
de l’été - Oonagh - les Grands lacs, Pierre Tremblay (Canada) | Les Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montreal,
2009 5- Installation view, Rebecca Belmore (Canada) | public artwork (Ville-Marie), Montreal, 2007
6- Installation view, Un dictionnaire... 1970-2001, Melvin Charney (Canada) | VOX, centre de l’image
contemporaine, Montreal, 2003 7- Installation view, Vues de Lakasi, Sammy Baloji (Democratic
Republic of the Congo) | MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montreal, 2009 8- Installation view,
Haitian Portraits, Roberto Stephenson (Haiti) | MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels), Montreal, 2005 9Installation view, Mental Images, Alison Jackson (United Kingdom) | Galerie Occurrence, Montreal,
2003 10- Installation view, Sans titre (Cape Town 09), Beat Streuli (Switzerland) | Maison de la culture
Frontenac, Montreal, 2009 11- Installation view, Photographic Proof, Robert Burbley (Canada) |
Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montreal, 2009 12- Installation view, Murmures, Josée Pedneault
(Canada) | Iegor, Hôtel des Encans, Montreal, 2007 13- Installation view, Crater, Lynne Marsh
(Canada) | Cinémathèque Québécoise, Montreal, 2005 14- Installation view, Avalanche du chaos,
Norton Maza (Chile) | Galerie Clark, Montreal, 2007 15- Installation view, Quelles sont nos erreurs ?,
Jacqueline Salmon (France) | Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, 2003
Legend - page 13
1- Workshop for primary-school students at Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montreal, 2009 2- Tim Wride
reviews the portfolio of local emerging artist Thomas Kneubühler at Centre culturel Georges-Vanier,
Montreal, 2009 3- VIP party at VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal, 2007 4- Portfolio
review at Centre culturel Georges-Vanier, Montreal, 2009 5- Installation of street banner on Rue StDenis, Montreal, 2009 6- Guided tour of Beat Streuli exhibition at the Maison de la culture Frontenac,
Montreal, 2009 7- CIBL 101,5 fm live for the official opening at the Parisian Laundry, Montreal, 2007
8- Colloquium at Théâtre Paul-Desmarais, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 2009 9- Press
conference at Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, 2009 10- Opening of Carlos & Jason Sanchez exhibition
at the Parisian Laundry, Montreal, 2007 11- Installation of street banner on the front of Ateliers
Jean Brillant, Montreal, 2009 12- Guided tour of After Alice, Polixeni Papapetrou exhibition at the
Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, 2005 13- Artist’s talk with Sammy Baloji at
MAI (Montréal arts interculturels), Montreal, 2009 14- Guided tour of Robert Burley’s installation
Photographic Proof, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, 2009 15- Guided tour with Gaëlle
Morel (with Alfredo Jaar) of the exhibition The Sound of Silence at Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montreal,
2009
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