Les interventions brèves
(Short Interventions)
1999-…
The Short Interventions include ephemeral and deliberately temporary projects. Like building blocks, I develop modular and foldable structures that can be reassembled in different forms and places. The Short Interventions explore the intuitive gesture, manipulation, and action in relationship to the body. These structures appropriate a specific space for a certain amount of time. Acting like party decorations, the Short Interventions are moments of magic that we can unfold and experience then pack in a box after use. Through these works, I consider notions of permanence and the need to leave a trace.
This page presents several projects since 1999.
Pigeons/Vancouver Pigeon Park
2010. Vancouver. Go to the detailled Project Page
Salvaged newsprint.
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Ramasser les feuilles
(Gathering Leaves)
2006. Québec City. Go to detailled Project Page
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Nymphéas
(Water Lilies)
2006. Québec City. Go to detailled Project Page
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Solitudes
2006. Québec City.
Photographs of the shadows cast by patio chairs.
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Projet Tori
2006. Paris. Go to detailled Project Page
150 folded sheets of 21 X 25 cm glossy magazine paper, glue.
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Chapeaux de fête
(Party Hats)
2004 Rimouski and 2006 Paris.
Sculptures to share and celebrate. Advertising Canadian papers and found posters from the French film Pierrot le Fou.
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Cheval-étoile
(Star-Horse)
2005. Québec City.
Found toy. The metal structure of the toy is dismantled then assembled in the shape of a star. St-Roch Mall, Quebec City.
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Walk of Fame Rimouski
2004. Go to detailled Project Page
Ice.
Residency project Les améliorations locatives at Caravansérail Artist run center. Photo: Steve Leroux, Julie Picard and Julie Lévesque.
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L’ananas
(The Pineapple)
2004. Advertising paper and recycled golf magazine, solvent-free biodegradable glue. Unfolded-folded honeycomb structure.
Photos : Julie Picard.
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Pelures d’oignons
(Onions Skins)
2003. Kraft paper bags, onion.
Residency project at GRAVE Artist run center, Victoriaville.
Photos : Julie Picard
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Les couvains
(Brood Frames)
1999. Masking Tape.
Temporary sculpture in the ceiling of the Université Laval’s Art School, Québec City.
Photos : Branka Kopecki.
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