Produced as part of the Prix Robert-Forget 2024, this digital publication celebrates Nelson Henricks’ important work and the valuable contribution he has made to the history of video art. It comprises essays by authors admired by Henricks who have followed his career closely, and it also offers the artist’s own unique perspective on his practice.

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“Nelson Henricks’ work is very unique and emblematic of what contemporary artistic practices have to offer. A way of being in the world that at once unmistakably inscribes itself in the present, while acknowledging what has built it, nourished it, stimulated it, made it, so to speak. By developing this language that is so singular to him, Henricks has made a very significant contribution to the evolution of video art in Canada.  In addition to the extraordinary quality of his work, Henricks has made a generous contribution to his community. A contribution that unfolds in many ways, from supporting the development of young artists’ practice in institutional or non-institutional settings, to enriching the discourse around the works of his peers, to contributing to the influence and balance of Montreal’s visual and media arts ecosystem.”

– Excerpt from the presentation text for Nelson Henricks’ nomination for the Prix Robert-Forget 2024.

FILM PROGRAM

• Compte à rebours, Nelson Henricks, 2007, 30 min  
• Static, Nik Forrest, 1995, 7 min
• Three Waltzes, Monique Moumblow, 1998, 7 min 
• Rut, Yudi Sewraj, 1998, 2 min 30 s
• Failure, Nelson Henricks, 2007, 7 min 
• My Heart the Rock Star, Nik Forrest, 2001, 2 min 
• My Heart the Interior Decorator, Nelson Henricks, 2006, 1 min 49 s
• January 15th, Monique Moumblow, 2004, 3 min 34 s
• 00:00:15;00, Nik Forrest, 2002, 3 min 49 s
• Having Coffee with No One, Monique Moumblow, 2002, 4 min 30 s

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