Le laboratoire
(The Laboratory)
2021
Project created for the 39th International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul.
Curator : Sylvie Lacerte. Theme : Time and Things.
Comercial white metal shelves, laboratory glassware, various paper stock (Atlas climatique du Canada 1987, the dailies Le Devoir [2021], Le Journal de Québec [2021], and Le Soleil [2021], the weekly Le Charlevoisien [2021], Journal de Mickey 1972, books, ads flyers), water taken from the St Lawrence River at high tide, clay taken from the St Lawrence River at low tide
102 glass jars : 15 X 8 X 8 cm each.
Six metal shelves : 160 X 80 X 38 cm each.
Artist’s collection.
Paper cuttings were collected in glass jars, which were then filled with water from the Saint Lawrence River. As the water evaporated and subsided during a heatwave, the paper underwent a process similar to sedimentation and petrification. The clear jars allowed daily observation of this phenomenon, as though in a laboratory. The daily, transient paper soaked in tidal waters created a dialogue in the studio space located in this ancient impact crater.
Photos: Ivan Binet and Julie Picard.
The Laboratory was presented:
2021, 39th International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Curator : Sylvie Lacerte.
Press :
« Le début du Symposium de Baie Saint-Paul », VIGNEAULT, Alexandre, La Presse, section Art contemporain, 27 juillet 2021
The artist would like to thank the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and Ville de Québec.