- I'd rather something ambiguous. Mais précis à la fois.

The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery presents an exhibition project by Sophie Bélair Clément and Marie Claire Forté with Chantal Akerman, Simon Guibord, K8 Hardy, Raphaël Huppé-Alvarez, Alanna Kraaijeveld, Catherine Lalonde, Isabelle Pauwels, Jason Simon, Robin Simpson, Michèle Thériault, and an anonymous contribution.

Produced as part of the Leonard & Bina Ellen Program in Support of Artistic Production.

Opening
Saturday, November 12, 3 – 5 pm

Prompted by an invitation from Michèle Thériault, Sophie Bélair Clément and Marie Claire Forté question the impulse to move within the local context of the exhibition and beyond. Together, they work on the idea of being called upon, as well as the shifts and rifts in subjectivity produced by performance imperatives. They consider visibility and its limitations within an exhibition project that engages a constellation of voices, works and events through the contribution of guests.

This project offers responses that would manifest differently were they to be presented elsewhere, were they to have a different address or context. Embracing a process of dialogue between a reduced community of peers and friends, the works are articulated through lived experience. The task of giving an account of oneself calls for unending reframing and updating.

The exhibition includes a series of performances by Marie Claire Forté and Alanna Kraaijeveld, screenings of Chantal Akerman and K8 Hardy’s films as well as a reading from writer and poet Catherine Lalonde.

* The schedule of perfomances and screenings is available on our website.