Cinéma Public x VidéographeCiné-gigue : screening / performance

Cinéma Public x Vidéographe
Ciné-gigue : screening / performance

PROGRAMMING

September 29th, 2024 - 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm

Casa d'Italia - 505 Jean-Talon E

Free entry

As part of the Journées de la culture, Cinéma Public invites you to an afternoon of eclectic performances combining video screenings, jigging, singing and traditional music. To mark the occasion, Cinéma Public is teaming up with Vidéographe to present two unique works from their catalogue: On en a soupé (1970) by D. Bardin, a montage of television sequences exploring the quest for identity by the people of Quebec, and Quid (2016), an experimental animated film by Marie-Noëlle Moreau-Robidas, playing with perception and visual illusions. Each 35-minute screening will be enriched by a live performance by a jigger, a singer and a musician: an opportunity to reinvent the cinematic experience by focusing on Quebec’s oral and cultural heritage.

► You don’t need to get tickets for this free event. First come, first served! The theatre will open 30 minutes before the announced time.

JOB OFFER: COORDINATION OF TRAINING AND MEDIATION PROGRAMS

Deadline to submit: October 20, 2024

Vidéographe is an artist-run center dedicated to the research and dissemination of experimental forms of the moving image. We distribute short, medium and feature-length films by independent artists from Quebec and abroad. Vidéographe is active in the commercial, educational and institutional markets.

Vidéographe recognizes the richness of Quebec’s cultural, sexual, identity and linguistic diversity. We encourage people from traditionally under-represented, minority or marginalized groups to apply.

JOB SUMMARY

The person in charge of coordinating training and mediation programs reports to management and works with team members. They work to promote the organization’s services to the general public. This key position requires knowledge of video art, experimental and documentary works and their creators, as well as skills and a keen interest in communication and civic education.

DESCRIPTION OF TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinate creation programs (residencies and mentoring): draft calls for projects, coordinate and participate in the selection committee, choose mentors, follow-ups and post-mortems.
Research, design and coordination of cultural mediation activities: develop activities and ensure the planning and logistics of training and cultural mediation activities.
Develop schedules, allocate budgets and monitor creative, training and cultural mediation programs.
Participate in fund-raising and in the drafting of grant and donation applications and reports.
Research and identify the best external resources (freelancers and artists) for training, mentoring and mediation programs.
Prepare artist agreements and other administrative documents.Represent Vidéographe and its community in professional networks.
Maintain membership database and renewals (reminders, billing, follow-up).
Invoice memberships, rental and training services.
Greet and direct visitors and members at the door, on the phone and by email.

REQUIREMENTS

Completed Bachelor’s degree in visual arts, media arts, film, art history, or other relevant field.
Work experience in cultural mediation, project management, or any other relevant job. Experience in animation is an asset.
Knowledge of independent media arts in Quebec and Canada, and of national and international film and video distribution.
Ability to design, develop and manage projects.
Ability to lead discussions.
Ability to create links and partnerships.
Fluency in spoken and written French and English.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Strong organizational skills.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Workplace: 4550 rue Garnier, Montreal, H2J 3S7

Schedule: 28 hours per week

Salary: hourly wage of $25.33

Social benefits: group insurance

Start date: as of November 18, 2024

Schedule: 28 hours per week

Please send your resume and cover letter by October 20, 2024 to Alexandra Boilard-Lefebvre at direction@videographe.org.

We warmly thank all interested candidates. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

dv_dv : Vtape x Vidéographe

Programming

September 26th, 2024 at 7 pm

Dazibao Gallery, 5455 avenue de Gaspé Espace 109, Montréal, QC H2T 3B3

Free

As part of the dv_vd series, Vidéographe and Vtape, in partnership with Dazibao, join forces to celebrate the richness and diversity of video art practices in the Montreal and Toronto scenes. This program brings together nine works from their respective collections, created by thirteen emerging artists. Through this joint initiative, Vidéographe and Vtape aim to highlight and continue their longstanding collaboration.

PROGRAM (70 min)

Ko pyhare, para siempre, Fiorella Boucher, Laura Criollo-Carrillo, 2022, 5 min
Am I Human?, Gladys Lou, 2022, 1 min 37 s
Hommage à Rose Drummond, Antoine Amnotte-Dupuis, 2023, 12 min 23 s
Horse in Motion, Lillian Ross-Millard, 2022, 10 min 17 s
En attendant Lolo, Jules Ronfard, 2022, 8 min
The Propagation of Uncertainty, Emily DiCarlo, 2020, 5 min 50 s
Mindscapes, Valeryia Naboikina; Malte Leander, 2023, 8 min 40 s
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, Samy Benammar, 2023, 3 min 48 s
Hoa, Tram Anh Nguyen, 2022, 14 min 24 s

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SYNOPSES

Ko pyhare, para siempre, Fiorella Boucher, Laura Criollo-Carrillo, 2022, 5 min

Child of two worlds that do not speak to each other, a girl speaks to her mother and her grandmother. She travels through the dilated space of origins, impostures and wounds.

Am I Human?, Gladys Lou, 2022, 1 min 37 s

Am I Human? is a post-human exploration of data, artificial intelligence, and surveillance using video and sound. The glitch on screen disrupts communication and reflects my questioning of the challenges of being human within normative cultural standards.

Hommage à Rose Drummond, Antoine Amnotte-Dupuis, 2023, 12 min 23 s

Composer Jean Derome and his ensemble pay vibrant tribute to the prominent Quebec land art artist Rose Drummond through a collection of whimsical, ready-made songs brought to life by reassembled 16mm family archives and altered filmed performances.

Horse in Motion, Lillian Ross-Millard, 2022, 10 min 17 s

A figure walks through a digitally saturated landscape on a quest to find her grief, using old phone photos and videos as landmarks to help her navigate. This piece explores an amnesiac experience of loss, inspired by the artist’s fragmented experience of grief and melancholia during and around the pandemic.

En attendant Lolo, Jules Ronfard, 2022, 8 min

On a country road, a couple gone for a ride on a scooter find themselves immobilized after running out of gas. While waiting for their friend Lolo, a philosophical discussion ensues.

The Propagation of Uncertainty, Emily DiCarlo, 2020, 5 min 50 s

Emily DiCarlo’s three-channel video installation, The Propagation of Uncertainty, explores the friction between what she terms “the infrastructure of time and the intimacy of duration.” The work focuses on time frequency standards and how our accelerated, networked world relies on the foundation of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). While airports, stock markets, and telecommunications operate through precise temporal orchestration, UTC reigns as an authoritatively omnipresent force that, in reality, is far from absolute.

Mindscapes, Valeryia Naboikina; Malte Leander, 2023, 8 min 40 s

The notion of escapism refers to the tendency of individuals to retreat from the customary challenges of life into the comforting, yet deceptive, embrace of fantasy. Through a multidimensional exploration, this film maps a journey that encompasses the transformative phases of departure, immersion, and return.

Kauaʻi ʻōʻō, Samy Benammar, 2023, 3 min 48 s

In 2000, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared the Oʻō of Kauai officially extinct. All that remains of this endemic bird from the eponymous Hawaiian island is a recording of its song by ornithologist David Boynton. Between the territories and the treetops, the artist is still hoping to find a trace of the extinct birds.

Hoa, Tram Anh Nguyen, 2022, 14 min 24 s

In Vietnamese, “hoa” means flower. It is also the first name of the filmmaker’s bà nội (paternal grandmother). Before developing memory disorders, his grandmother, Tuyết Hoa, wrote an autobiographical book about her life and its events. The book, translated from Vietnamese, is titled Memories of Tuyết Hoa and subtitled When My Country is Peaceful: Memoirs of a Saigon Female Student. She now reads this book every day in her home in Hanoi.

PARTNERS

Vtape

Incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1983, Vtape is one of Canada’s leading media arts distributors. Its distribution catalog includes more than 6,700 independent artworks by about 1,500 Canadian and international artists, spanning the years from 1969 to the present. In addition, Vtape provides public access to a large collection of research materials on video art and artists, and runs a restoration and digitization service for artists, museums, galleries, arts organizations, and other clients.

Vidéographe

Established in 1971 in Montréal, Vidéographe is an artist-run center dedicated to the research and the dissemination of moving image practices. This includes experimentation in video art, animation, digital arts, documentary, essay, fiction and dance video.

Dazibao

Dazibao is a contemporary art center and non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination and mediation of contemporary image practices, privileging artistic experimentation, enquiry and reflection related to current social issues.