Secret Visibility
[nggallery id=18] 2002 acetate discs, nylon threads; fans on timers Discs hand-cut from acetate are attached to the gallery’s walls in an undulating mass. Household fans placed overhead turn on and off at different intervals, causing the discs to flicker and reflect whatever light passes into the unlit room from two passageways. The discs never move all at the same time and in some parts of the room are not visible when still. Some day soon you'll stop searching for meaning, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal, Canada (2002); technical assistance: Simon Nakonechny Sense, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada (2004); [...]
Topographic Introspective
[nggallery id=40] 2002 20 lambda prints on masonite (5 X 7 - 41 X 54 in / 13 x 18 - 10x x 137 cm) on painted wall with vinyl lettering 20 photographs are presented on a dark wall to mimic a natural history museum exhibition, complete with place names. The photographs are close-ups of my sagging postpartum belly; the place names, chosen by their similarity to my first name, are of sites around the world, and the named universe. Uncanny, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, QC, Canada (2002); curator: Christine Redfern Corporel, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal, QC, Canada [...]
Words take on a life of their own
https://vimeo.com/416425398 2000 Video projection: 9 minutes, looped; projected on suspended fabric 77.5 X 120 cm The videotaped image of the breath of two people talking on a cold evening is projected onto fabric suspended intimately at the same height and scale as those watching it. Evidence, Plein Sud, Montréal, Québec, Canada (2000) Breathing Room, Dunlop Gallery, Regina (2001) Learning to Live on the ground, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal, Québec, Canada (2008) video production: Paul Litherland (camera and lighting); Yudi Sewraj (editing)