Micropolis 2.0 at SNAP GALLERY - Edmonton

Here are some SNAP shots of the exhibition in Edmonton.

Micropolis 2.0 - Allison Moore and Arthur Desmarteaux
May 24 - July 6 2012 [opening Reception May 24, 2012]
The installation changes for each new space. This time there is a Montreal Metro car.

Big Thanks to Sean Caufield, Kelsey Stephenson, Karolina Kowalski, Alexandrea Bowes and all the staff at SNAP.

ART CENSORSHIP

Property Inequity Security, Arthur Desmarteaux and Allison Moore 2011
[Digital print 6'x4']
I am currently exhibiting work with Arthur Desmarteaux in a group show "Supercalifragilisticexpiadocious" at the Musée d'art contemporain des laurentides, with Marjolaine BOUDUA, Bruno GAREAU, Mathieu LATULIPPE, Chloé LEFEBVRE et Martin LORD. Although I was initially enthusiastic to be invited for my first exhibition in a Contemporary Art Museum, my enthusiasm deflated a week after the opening when curator, Nathalie Dussault asked Arthur and I [on behalf of the museum] to REMOVE one of our works. The work, Property Inequity Security is a large format digital print illustrating a war in the desert and featuring mostly images found from the internet. the piece was apparently censored for its sexual content [and not the prominent violent scenes]. I must admit I was surprised when Christelle Renoux, responsible for the museums communications and education programming wanted to use this particular work for a mediation project with kids [did she look closely enough?]. And I can understand careful editing decisions on the curators behalf before a show is mounted, but to be asked to remove an artwork from exhibition after the opening is frankly rude. Especially since this artwork in particular was celebrated and well-received at the opening by Museum staff, press people and guests to the museum. I am left severely deceived by the art world and freedom of expression. The show is up until June 11.

[cover image: Arthur Desmarteaux]

We got "freshly pressed"

Here is an article on my current exhibition with Arthur Desmarteaux at SNAP GALLERY in Edmonton, re-blogged from Canadian Art Junkie. This blog post was apparently "freshly pressed", which is pretty cool.

Micropolis 2.0: ‘A Work of Wonder’

Micropolis 2.0 is a multimedia universe made of silkscreen cutouts and digital prints that explores urban life and the relationships between people and large cities. This work of wonder, as Québécois artists Allison Moore and Arthur Desmarteaux call it, is on at SNAP Gallery in Edmonton through early July.

It’s an evolving installation of collaged screen and digital prints, assembled to evoke a busy commercial street with pedestrians, creatures and vehicles, inspired by the cityscapes of Québec City, Montréal and Toronto.

The diorama also includes sections of woodcuts and LCD video screens in the “building windows” showing animated loops and an accompanying soundtrack.

The artists say the project “is intended to convey a sense of wonder, awe and contemplation. Looking though the microscope, viewers are drawn in a god-like perspective, entering a strange theatrical dimension.”

Allison Moore is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Vancouver Island, now located in Montréal. She has produced projects in Ecuador, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Her website is here.

Arthur Desmarteaux obtained a BFA in media & visual arts from University of Québec in Montréal. He is an active member of Graff Studios in Montreal, ARPRIM [Association for the promotion of Printed Arts in Québec] and the Puppet Association of Québec. His website is here.

For a PDF brochure from the exhibition at Open Studio, Toronto earlier this year, click here.

Images from Looper.ca

Cafe Concrete 12

Here is the poster I designed for Cafe Concrete 12 [a puppet cabaret event held in Montreal]

Special help from Arthur Desmarteaux in coloring and added drawing detail.

This last edition of Cafe Concrete was held at Casa de Popolo in Montreal, May 7, 2012.

Egotrip Productions showed a new paper puppet show "Sliding South" created at IMAGO Print Studio in Moncton, NB. Video coming soon, to a youtube near you....