Diffusion

Diffusion

We’ve listened to the swallow, smelled the Myrica gale, lamented the devastated woodland, defended the mullein and asters, given birth, found a deceased grandmother in the eyes of a friend. Despite our occupations, we persisted in getting together, and by doing so we established that we were ourselves alive, imperfect. In our blindness, pressing up against the structures and threats that frame our existence, we found the means to redefine ourselves. Like the surface of still water, we see ourselves in that which observes, but mostly in what breaks, cares for, contests, creates. Looking ahead, we perceive the cruel beauty of disasters to come, because they will most certainly come. But we choose to take our place in this battered time, where we seek our own outcomes, where we no longer wait for the light but choose to bring it forth ourselves.

Being present and at the same time looking beyond the present to something we cannot yet make out is what artists do. By cutting up what is and reconstituting it as possible futures, their work gives us a glimpse of The View from Here and allows us to imagine how we can reinvent ourselves today. In the studios and gallery at VU, the 2024–25 programming will also enter into dialogue with our main projects—At the Confluence of the Akiawenrahk: Alliance with Ahkwayaonhkeh, Eco-friendly Photography, and The Livingto examine how creativity can be part of collective discussions and their dissemination.

The View from Here
2024 - 2025

Annual programming

Exhibitions
Les vivants

Sarah Boutin, Ariane Daoust, Vincent Drouin, Débora Flor, Idra Labrie et Angela Marsh et Théâtre Rude Ingénierie

6 sep20 oct
La colonia

Valérian Mazataud

25 oct15 dec
For You I Will Be an Island

Chun Hua Catherine Dong

10 jan23 feb 2025
7 mar20 apr 2025
Exposition photographie autochtone

Greg A. Hill et Julia Caron Guillemette

2 may15 jun 2025
Residencies
1 sep 202430 jun 2025
A Phenolic Trace

Chris Dufour

1124 nov
EVANGELINIA

Rémi Belliveau

20 jan2 feb 2025
24 mar5 apr 2025
Angiospermæ

Solenn O’Meara

1225 may 2025
Le relief du temps

Jasmin Bilodeau

1226 may 2025
Assemblages 8

Izabelle Desroches et Aurélie Painnecé

19 may6 jun 2025
Events
Triple lancement de livres

Fatine-Violette Sabiri, Nathalie Lavoie et Izabelle Desroches

6 sep 17:00 –21:00
Les vivants : journée d'échanges déambulatoire

Ariane Daoust, Vincent Drouin, Débora Flor, Idra Labrie et Angela Marsh et Théâtre Rude Ingénierie

12 sep 12:00 –16:00
Bourses en édition 2024

Virginie Laganière, Steve Leroux et Érika Nimis

1825 nov

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