Monograph : Work - Nathalie Bujold

Monograph : Work – Nathalie Bujold

PUBLICATION

2024

Publication of OUVRAGE/ WORK

This monograph, the result of a long period of study delving into Nathalie Bujold’s body of work over more than thirty years, brings together her most emblematic works. The authors whose essays appear here have closely followed her explorations or consider her artistic approach in a spirit of discovery and adventure. Their gaze, both probing and playful, is reflected in their relevant, enthusiastic writings about Bujold’s multidisciplinary and multimedia practice, now focused particularly on video production. The questions they raise cut across disciplines, prompting us to re-examine certain specific aspects of the foundations of her oeuvre. In turn, Dominique Sirois-Rouleau, Nathalie Bachand, Sylvain Campeau, and Édouard Monnet write about works with content related to the concepts of the object, the motif, the image, time, and movement intrinsic to the making of Bujold’s “books.” Taking us through time and including the artist’s incorporation of new technological tools, this nonlinear, often light-hearted overview encourages us to browse and constantly piques our curiosity about the forms of a vision constantly renewed by movement and the fragmentation of the object. (excerpt of the preface of Sonia Pelletier)

Artist: Nathalie Bujold
Texts of: Nathalie Bachand, Sylvain Campeau, Édouard Monnet, Sonia Pelletier, Dominique Sirois-Rouleau
Graphic Design: bureau60a, Vidéographe
Edited by: Sonia Pelletier

Publishing: Vidéographe
Parution: May 30 2024

ISBN: 978-2-922302- 10-3 (printed), 200 p.
ISBN: 978-2-922302-11-0 (digital – PDF)

PRICE: $49.00 + tax and shipping

► For purchase, please contact Mathilde Fauteux: distribution@videographe.org

BIOGRAPHY

Nathalie Bujold is a multidisciplinary artist, living and working in Montréal. In 1985, she was one of the founders of the artist-run centre l’Œil de Poisson in Québec City. She obtained an undergraduate degree from Université Laval in 1992, where she won the René-Richard Award. In 2008, she was awarded the Artistic Creation Award from the Conseils des Arts et des lettres du Québec. 2016 she received her master’s degree in Studio and Media Arts from UQAM. Her one-channel videos are distributed by Vidéographe and she is represented by ELLEPHANT gallery.

Free on Vithèque : Club vidéo Verticale x Vidéographe

PROGRAMMATION

Video Program: Starting from June 19, 2024
Book Club: July 3, 2024
Video Club: July 17, 2024

Online

Free

DESCRIPTION

This online video club is part of Villa Verticale’s ongoing program Trajectoire, aménagement et genius loci. The center has invited artists Miri Chekhanovich and Marie Samuel Levasseur to co-host the meetings. The Reading Club and Video Club provide an opportunity to discuss texts and works that are important to each artist’s practice. The video program is composed by the two artists and is available free of charge on Vithèque.

PROGRAM

The Fourfold, Alisi Telengut, 2020, 7 min 14 s
Migrer le musée, Nayla Dabaji, 2021, 14 min 12 s
Still Pina, Claudie Lévesque, 2018, 5min
c’t’aujourd’hui qu’, Manon Labrecque, 1999, 17 min 15 s
Le combat quotidien des victimes du travail, Ève Lamont

This program, a collaboration between the two organizations, is designed to enhance this summer’s club season. The selected videos are curated from the Vidéographe collection, reflecting the in-depth research conducted by both curators.

The Clubs are informal seminars set in natural environments, such as riverbanks and studios, where artists, writers, and researchers come together. These gatherings focus on shared conceptual and artistic challenges, allowing participants and the public to exchange readings and expertise from various disciplines.

That the places we pass through and that pass through us – those inhabited, stolen, occupied, forgotten, abandoned, unplanned, transformed, dreamed of, developed, (re)activated – be considered in all their complexity.

QUOTES FROM THE CURATORS:

Meditating on my personal journey, I wish to share with the Clubs texts and videos that inspire me, that help me navigate my quest for home, to create and live in a perpetual state of transition.

– Miri Chekhanovich

My participation in the Clubs will be informed by my vision of art as a terrain of self-determination, hospitality, and well-being.

– Marie Samuel Levasseur

DETAILS OF EVENTS

Video program

Online from June 19, 2024

► Watch it here [+]

Book club

Parc Rosaire-Gauthier, July 3, 2024 – 6 p.m.

Address: 125, boul. E, Laval QC H7G 1C2

Under the big willow tree, at the northeast end of the park.

Follow the Verticale signs once there.

Hosted by Miri Chekhanovich and Marie Samuel Levasseur

Outdoor event – In case of rain, the meeting will take place the following day.

Check the Facebook event in the morning for final details.

► Find out more about the event on their web page [+]

VIDEO CLUB

Parc Rosaire-Gauthier, July 17, 2024 – 6 p.m.

Address: 125, boul. E, Laval QC H7G 1C2

Under the big willow tree, at the northeast end of the park.

Follow the Verticale signs once on site.

Hosted by Miri Chekhanovich and Marie Samuel Levasseur

Outdoor event – In case of rain, the meeting will take place the following day.

Check the Facebook event in the morning for final details.

► Find more details about the event on their web page [+]

Introduction to Isadora – The Video Installation Toolbox

Sam Meech

WORKSHOP

September 14th and 15th, 2024

Vidéographe, 4550 Garnier street, Montreal QC, H2J 3S7

125$ + taxes

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Registration deadline: September 9^th, 2024

Description

Do you want to run two videos running on two different screens at the same time? Do you want to easily projection map your video to a wall or an object? Do you want to include randomness in your installation? A two-day beginners workshop introducing artists to Isadora interactive video software and exploring how it can be applied to video installations. We will be considering: Multi channel video and configuring displays, synchronization, real-time effects, ‘scenes’ – structure, automation and randomization, adding a control panel, basic projection mapping, basic interactive triggers, optimization for performance, connecting to projectors and less common displays, configuring a mac mini to run your installation for a month, and exploration! Isadora is a tool I use a lot for my own arts practise within interactive installation and projection design for theater and dance. It is widely used in visual, performing, and interactive arts. I have taught many workshops to artists and non-artists, and I believe it has a super simple learning curve, so it is very easy to pick up. It also has a very helpful community on the forums.

12 hours of group training
Where: Vidéographe, 4550 Garnier street, Montreal QC, H2J 3S7
Dates and time: September 14^th and 15^th, 2024 from 10AM to 5PM (with a 1 hour lunch break)
Public transportation: Mount-Royal metro station; bus lines 27, 45 and 97
Cost: 125$ + taxes

This workshop will be given in English.

Please note that LSQ and ASL interpreters can be arranged. If you identify as d/Deaf and would like an interpreter, please contact Mick Sand before registering.

Mick Sand

info@videographe.org

(514) 521-2116 (extension 221)

For any additional information regarding trainings, please contact:

Mick Sand

info@videographe.org

(514) 521-2116 (extension 221)

About the workshop leader:

Sam Meech

Sam Meech is an artist and researcher from Huddersfield, UK whose practice includes documentary, video feedback installations, and machine knitted animations.

Previously a professor at Concordia University (Intermedia) and Manchester School of Art, Sam’s research interests include the use of video feedback in arts practice (‘Video in the Abyss’) and the impact of gentrification on textile workers in Manchester (‘Fabrications’). Sam’s experience in experimental film collections and exhibition includes a residency and commission with the North West Film Archive, UK (‘Noah’s Ark’), and even building two community cinemas through his ‘Small Cinema’ project.

He once hosted a 24-hour screening of Groundhog Day, and continues to make a new work each year based on the film.

This workshop was made possible thanks to the support of: