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 [+]