Program

 

BGL (Quebec, Quebec)
Le manège

September 25, 7- 9 pm
September 26 and 27, 4-7 pm
September 28, 12-9 pm
Victoria Park (between Park, Weldon, John & Cameron Streets)

BGL creates “art that speaks to social and humanitarian concerns and that poses an evocative look at the societies we are part of. To do this, we use simple and familiar images, because to bring people to look differently at the world they live in, we believe it is necessary to start from the tangible elements of daily life. However, the goal of our installations is not to reproduce objects as such, but to create a gap that provokes reflection and raises awareness.” - BGL

BGL consists of Jasmin Bilodeau, Sébastien Giguère, and Nicolas Laverdière, who founded the artist collective in 1997 while studying at Université Laval in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. BGL has participated in many solo and group exhibitions all across Canada, as well as in the United-States, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, France, and Poland. BGL currently live and work in Quebec City.

 

Stefan Hoffmann (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

September 26 and 27, 4-7 pm
September 28, 11 am-3pm
YMCA, 30 War Veterans Avenue
* Part of the piece will also be presented at the Aberdeen Cultural Centre, 140 Botsford Street

German born artist Stefan Hoffmann lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Hoffmann uses vertical screen printing to create site-specific projects based on existing graphic material. His process looks for visual answers to specific social and political issues.

The process of selecting and organizing elements, burning screens, and finally printing on walls and windows generally takes several weeks to complete and can be followed by the public as of September 16. For jès-t’ 2013, Hoffmann will be in residence at Imago, an artist run print studio and will be working on the large windows of the YMCA building and on the walls of the Aberdeen Cultural Centre.

Hoffmann has been involved in numerous projects in Europe, North America and Asia over the past several years, and has been working with the Andy Warhol Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), the Power Station of Art, and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI).

 

Organ Mood (Montreal, Quebec)
Illuminations

September 26, 8-9 pm
Artisan Village, 465 Main Street

Illuminations is an outdoor performance during which Organ Mood inhabits the space of the Artisan Village parking lot and transforms it into a glowing environment, into which the public is invited to plunge.  Through the act of participating in their audio and visual improvisations, and through handling the instruments that they have created specifically for this occasion, spectators can discover, alongside the artists, the enthusiasm that drives undertaking such large projects. Organ Mood endeavors to make each of their performances into a ritual, where the public can join in and discover the inner strengths they have to pursue large-scale projects.

Organ mood is a sound and visual artist collective from Montreal, composed of Christophe Lamarche and Mathieu Jacques. They have been working since 2008 to redefine the concept of audience through favoring a more interactive relationship with their public. Their tools are analog synthesizers, overhead projectors and custom made instruments which they share with their spectators, all electronically interconnected through software.

 

Parallel Programming

 

Megan Morman (Lethbridge, Alberta)
Art Party & Super Bingo

Super Bingo : cards available at festival events
Art Party : Opening, September 27, 8 pm
Exhibition : September 27-November 1
Galerie Sans Nom, 140, Botsford Street

Megan Morman presents a regionally-specific version of a classic “road trip bingo” game that encourages public exploration of Moncton’s constructed environment. Through a set of bingo cards designed specifically for the surrounding communities, Super Bingo creates awareness for patterns of urban development, and access to resources and amenities in the region.

Originally from Minnesota, Morman is a multidisciplinary artist now based in Lethbridge, Alberta.

 

Ursula Johnson (Eskasoni First Nation, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)
L’nuwelti’k

September 25, 5-7 pm, Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, 405 Université Avenue
September 26, 11 am-2 pm, Faculty of Law, Université de Moncton, 409 Université Avenue

In the performance, L’nuwelti’k (We are Indian), Johnson memorializes various Indian Registration and Membership Codes with participation from select persons who volunteer and, according to which code they identified with (Status, Non-Status, “Half-breed”, etc.), explores the correlation of identity associated with these numbers.

Ursula Johnson holds a BFA (2006) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and has studied Theatre at Cape Breton University.

 

Stefan Hoffmann (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Residency at Imago Artist-run Print Studio

140 Botsford Street, Room 17
September 12-October 7

Stefan Hoffmann will be in residence at Imago Artist-run Print Studio, from September 12 until October 7. During this time, Hoffmann will be working with the YMCA and the Aberdeen Cultural Centre for his interventionist project of printing on walls and windows. Hoffmann will give a workshop on vertical printing on Saturday, October 5, and Sunday, October 6, from 1pm until 5pm. Registration is required: 388-1431. The artist will also give a public presentation of his work on Wednesday, October 2, at 5:30 pm at Imago. This talk is free and open to all.