Thinking along the lines of two Benjaminian concepts of fertile ambiguity, trace and aura, the meeting of three photographic series offers a perceptual experience in which near and far intertwine. Playing with the formal juxtaposition of views of islands in compositions that sometimes confuse the scale of sites, Alphiya Joncas redraws a geography imagined from fragments of remote landscapes. An exploration of vast territories by Martin Guimont follows, with a series where the solitary gaze gets lost in the inaccessibility of the distant, sometimes obscured, horizon. To these unreachable perspectives, Audrée Demers-Roberge responds with photographs blurred by too great a proximity and presented in an installation that reveals the pauses of the walker on a continuing journey. United as a constellation in this exhibition, the works can be perceived as the traces of the light emanating from three distant natural spaces that, in this way, come closer together.
Audrée Demers-Roberge wishes to thank Mathieu Fecteau, Denis Thibeault, Karelle Audet, Gísli and Eyþór. Martin Guimont thanks the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for its financial support. Alphiya Joncas wishes to thank Charles-Frédérick Ouellet. Gentiane La France thanks VU and more particularly Jacynthe Carrier and Anne-Marie Proulx, as well as Première Ovation for the financial support to the project.
This project have been supported by the Minister of Culture and Communications and Québec city’s grant Première Ovation.
Collective exhibition curated by Gentiane La France.
The works presented in the exhibition were printed at VU.
