Episode recorded in French.

Émilie Turmel leads us through her visit of two exhibitions presented as part of the Volet Arts Médiatiques: “Habitat” by Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas at the Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen and “Hekas Hekas ...” by Carole Deveau and Patrick McFarlane presented at Imago. Émilie offers her impressions and thoughts on these two videographic projects.

Habitat

Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas

November 6 to December 20, 2020

Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen

The Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen presents a new exhibition titled Habitat, by artists Valerie LeBlanc and Daniel H. Dugas as part of the Festival International du cinema francophone en Acadie. The opening will be held on November 18, from 4 to 6 PM and there will be two presentations by the artists, at 4:30 and at 5:30 PM. (Please note that 40 people will be allowed at a time inside the building). 

Habitat is a trilogy of video and audio projects that have been produced in the context of artistic residencies in various nature reserves in South Florida. As introduced by the artists: "We explored each of these areas in turn with our cameras and audio recorders, often accompanying biologists and botanists in the performance of their duties. We tried to understand the reality of these places by letting ourselves be invaded by the spirit that inhabits them."

Curator Jonathan Lamy explains the artists' primary practice in this exhibition, videopoetry: "The artwork presented in Habitat are neither film nor cinema, but videopoetry. A hybrid practice, a genre which erases the boundary between video and poetry." The works in the exhibition thus manifest themselves in an association of images and texts that intermingle in the same space and that point to the place of the human being in nature.

Habitat will be presented from November 6 to December 20, 2020. Visiting hours are 1 – 4 PM, Tuesday to Sunday. Admission is free and all are welcome. The exhibition includes QR codes and visitors are encouraged to bring their smartphones as well as their ear buds to access the soundwalks. For those who don’t have built-in QR code readers, third-party applications can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple Store.

HEKAS HEKAS…

Carole Deveau and Patrick McFarlane

November 11th to 20th from 10 am to 5pm

Galerie Imago, Centre Culturel Aberdeen

This Spring, many of us had to think about our priorities, make changes, and deal with some flaws that surfaced. Confined, we saw Spring arrive, and without even knowing it, the season gave us hope. Now we are entering a darker season. This exhibit provides you with a space to reflect on the past few months. And, in order to start the Winter without the burdens accumulated since Spring, we offer you a ceremony on letting go.

Gallery Tour with Émilie Turmel
Created by: Émilie Turmel, Carole Deveau, and Christine Comeau

Guests: Daniel H Dugas, Valerie LeBlanc, and Carole Deveau

Music: Allumette

Born in Montreal in 1988, Émilie Turmel grew up in Québec. Holder of a master's degree in French literature and a graduate degree in book-object creation (Université Laval, 2015), she also holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and literature (2009-2012). She now resides in Moncton, NB, where she is the Executive Director of the Frye Festival.