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Québec artist residency – summer 2014

Montreal artists Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras were invited to do a residency in the town of Percé in 2014 with the goal of creating a participatory photographic work with the local communities.  In the course of that residency, which took place in the spring of 2014, the  two artists’ interest came to focus on Bonaventure Island and its history.  Seeking out former residents of the island, today transformed into…

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Promenades photographiques in Vendôme

As part of the project “A Bridge over the Atlantic” initiated in 2013, Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie has partnered with Promenades photographiques de Vendôme (France) to create new creation spaces on our respective territories. The collaboration project focuses on hosting artists in residencies and on exhibiting international artists at our respective events. We thus offer new exhibition spaces for Québec artists in France and for French artists…

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Exhibits in the Gaspé : 5th Edition – Summer 2014

Visible. Invisible. is an opportunity for viewers to interpret photography, and consider what it represents in their daily lives, in their connection to the real world and the way they see the world. It is also a pretext for presenting the body of work created by each artist participating in the 5th edition of Rencontres. The programming for the 5th edition of Rencontres took shape thanks to the joint efforts…

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Unveiling — 4th edition of the Rencontres

On the theme “The nature of man: crafting the real,” the 4th edition of Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie, summer of 2013, is an invitation to journey over the peninsula and follow the artistic trajectory of over 30 photographers from here and elsewhere :: The 2013 Rencontres brings together artists who are interested in representing the real in ways that are distorted, transformed or modified, and in so…

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Announcement of the programming – June 4, 2013

4th Edition – Summer 2013 :: EXHIBITS AND INSTALLATIONS – July 10 to September 11 :: Outdoors and indoors, everywhere in the Gaspé :: – Over 900 photos – 31 photographers from Québec and elsewhere, recognized or emerging – 20 activities in the presence of photographers – 26 sites and attractions in 14 host municipalities

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