At the heart of Rencontres, the Photographer Tour is a one-of-a-kind event that brings together visitors, photographers and the local population on the Gaspé territory. It offers public get-togethers on the subject of creation in the form of photo projections, lecture-discussions and roundtable discussions. Each day of the Tour will be an opportunity to meet artists at their exhibit sites in the presence of Rencontres personnel. The choice to act on five consecutive days ensures the attendance of all the guest artists on the Gaspé territory.

AVIGNON // The Tour will begin on Friday, August 15, at 4:30 p.m. at Parc du Vieux-Quai in Maria with a visit of the exhibits Pastoral Monuments and Inside the View by Helen Sear (Raglan, Wales, U.K.) and a get-together with the artist. At 6:00 p.m., the public will be invited to the Carleton-sur-Mer municipal beach (Carleton sector) to visit The Sensor by Bertrand Carrière (Longueuil, Québec) and to meet the artist. Afterwards, at 6:45 p.m., the official Photographer Tour launch evening will be taking place at the Vaste et Vague artist center in Carleton. On this occasion there will be a visit of the exhibit Ice by Flora (Paris, France), the result of a residency in the Gaspé in the winter of 2013, with the artist in attendance. Finally, towards 9:00 p.m. (after dark), the public will be invited to return to the Carleton beach, this time for a projection of the project “A Bridge over the Atlantic” and a get-together with the participating artists from Québec and France, as well as a visit of the video installation Volatile Slide and Other Disorders by Maryse Goudreau (Miguasha, the Gaspé) in the company of the artist.

On Saturday, August 16, at 10 a.m., the public will be able to attend, at the Vaste et Vague artist center, the roundtable discussion “Artwork acquisition: the market for photography,” hosted by Alexis Desgagnés (exhibition curator, artist and researcher). Guest panelists will be: Stéphane Aquin (curator, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts), Jo-Ann Kane (curator, National Bank art collection), Joyce Yahouda (director, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal), Bertrand Carrière (artist) and Maryse Goudreau (artist). The roundtable will be followed at 12:30 p.m. by a visit of the exhibit Changing the World by Gilbert Garcin (Marseille, France) at Saint-Joseph school.

HAUTE-GASPÉSIE // The Tour will continue on the north coast of the Gaspé late in the day on Saturday. At 5:15 p.m. there will be a visit of Micronations by Léo Delafontaine (Paris, France) at the municipal rest stop in Cap-Chat, followed by a visit of the exhibits in Marsoui: Tiksi by Evgenia Arbugaeva (Yakutsk, Russia) at Parc A.-Couturier and Heliotropes #7. Northbound by Laurent Villeret (Paris, France) at the Couturier building. At &:00 p.m., a get-together with the two French artists and a projection of their work is scheduled at Parc A.-Couturier (or at the recreation center in case of rain).

CÔTE-DE-GASPÉ // On Sunday, August 17, at 11:00 a.m. there will be a visit of the exhibit 132 by the collective Kahem, made up of Québec photographers Charles-Frédérick Ouellet, Christian Lamontagne, Nicolas Levesque and Yoanis Menge, on the promenade towards the Galipeault covered bridge in Grande-Vallée. At 5:00 p.m., at the Musée de la Gaspésie in the town of Gaspé, the roundtable “Publications as a means of exposure” will take place with panelists Alexis Desgagnés (exhibition curator, artist and researcher), Serge Allaire (exhibition curator, researcher and autor), Rozenn Quéré (artist) and Bertrand Carrière (artist). In the same place, at 7:30 p.m., there will be a get-together with as well as a projection of the work by both Yoanis Menge (L’Étang-du-Nord, Magdalen Islands) of the collective Kahem and Linda Rutenberg (Montreal, Québec), who is exhibiting The Gaspé Peninsula: Land on the Edge of Time at the Museum.

ROCHER-PERCÉ // On Monday, August 18, at 3:00 p.m. the Tour continues in Percé with a get-together with artists Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras (Montreal, Québec) near the dock and on the promenade along the sea, in the presence of the residents of Percé who took part in their project Story Gatherers, which resulted from a creation residency in the spring and summer of 2014. A visit of the exhibit Eyes on the Collection Loto-Québec, showing 35 years of Québec creation through the works of 23 photographers, is also scheduled at the same location.

BONAVENTURE // On Tuesday, August 19, at 3:00 p.m. the public is invited to Chandler, on the Parc du Souvenir road and the Circuit des bâtisseurs bridge, for a visit of the exhibit The Girl Who Sees the Verses by Rina Vukobratovic (Novi Sad, Serbia). That will be followed, at 6:00 p.m., by a visit of the exhibit Possible and Imaginary Lives by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh and Rozenn Quéré (Brussels, Belgium) at the LeBoutillier & Brothers warehouse on the Banc-de-Pêche-de-Paspébiac historical site in Paspébiac and by a projection of the work of these artists. Rozenn Quéré will be on hand. Finally, at 7:30 p.m., at the Centre culturel in Paspébiac, there will be a projection and get-together evening with a number of artists: Jean-François Bérubé (Montreal, Québec), who is presenting Bonum iter Compostellam (Have a good trip to Compostela) in Bonaventure and in Gaspé; Michael Flomen (Montreal, Québec), whose project Higher Ground is on exhibit in Maria, Estelle Marcoux (Caplan, the Gaspé), who is presenting Tia’Mugwet (Moose Hunt) in Gesgapegiag (Maria); and Isabelle Hayeur (Rawdon, Québec), who is exhibiting Mirages at Paspébiac.

A reminder that Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie is an invitation to come out and meet artists in a region where photographs and landscapes come together around an artistic project. For more details: photogaspesie.ca.

Media relations in the Gaspé : Marie-Ève Forest, 581 886-1479, meforest@globetrotter.net

Media relations in Montréal and Québec City : Patricia Lamy,  514 912-7443, lamypat@videotron.ca

The best time to view this installation is at dusk and during the night. This is time when the actual photogrammes were made and when the fireflies come out to flash their light.

Rencontres wanted to let you take a look at the artist’ creation work by means of a video interview.

Production: Fleurdelise Dumais, graphic designer and in charge of video for Rencontres

 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 a  national park, they examined the past based on the stories that people  related to them. Through those narratives they explored and interpreted the life of this circumscribed, limited and isolated space…

Last week they were back in Percé to offer a photographic interpretation of the accounts they collected. Rencontres wanted to let you take a look at these artists’ creation work by means of a video interview.

Production: Fleurdelise Dumais, graphic designer and in charge of video for Rencontres

This year’s theme – “Visible. Invisible.” – gives free rein to the interpretation we bring to the photograph, to what it embodies in our day-to-day life, in our relationship with the real and our perception of the world. It also serves as a pretext to present the body of work of the different artists taking part in this 5th edition of Rencontres.

AVIGNON // In Matapedia, in Saint-Laurent-de-Matapédia church, the exhibit Nomad by Kitra Cahana (Montreal, Québec) will be held. In Miguasha, on the site of the national park, Donald Weber (Los Angeles, California) presents the exhibit Quniqjuk, Qunbuq, Quabaa. Carleton-sur-Mer will play host to four exhibits: Ice, by Flora (Paris, France), the fruit of an artist residency in the Gaspé in the winter of 2013, will be staged at the Vaste et Vague artist center; Changing the World, by Gilbert Garcin (Marseilles, France), at Saint-Joseph school; and also Volatile Slide and Other Disorders, by Maryse Goudreau (Miguasha, the Gaspé) and The Sensor, by Bertrand Carrière (Longueuil, Québec), on the municipal beach. In Maria, at Parc du Vieux-Quai, Helen Sear (Raglan, Wales, United Kingdom) will be exhibiting Pastoral Monuments and Inside the View, while Michael Flomen (Montreal, Québec) will be presenting Higher Ground. The Gesgapegiag reserve, meanwhile, will be hosting Tia’Mugwet (Moose Hunt) by Estelle Marcoux (Caplan, the Gaspé).

BONAVENTURE // In New Richmond, Pointe-Taylor park will present Fallen Princesses by Dina Goldstein (Vancouver, British Columbia). In Bonaventure, at the Saint-Bonaventure church, Jean-François Bérubé (Montreal, Québec) will exhibit part of the works of Bonum iter Compostellam (Have a good trip to Compostela). In Paspébiac, at the cultural center, Isabelle Hayeur (Rawdon, Québec) will present Mirages, while the warehouse LeBoutillier & Brothers on the Banc-de-Pêche-de-Paspébiac historical site will host Possible and Imaginary Lives by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh and Rozenn Quéré (Brussels, Belgium).

ROCHER-PERCÉ // Chandler will offer The Girl Who Sees the Verses by Rina Vukobratovic (Novi Sad, Serbia) on the Parc du Souvenir road and Circuit des bâtisseurs bridge. Percé will be hosting, near the dock and on the promenade along the sea, Eyes on the Collection Loto-Québec, showing 35 years of Québec creation through the works of 23 photographers. On Bonaventure Island, Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras (Montreal, Québec) will present Story Gatherers, the result of a creation residency in Percé during the spring and summer of 2014.

CÔTE-DE-GASPÉ // The town of Gaspé hosts another part of Bonum iter Compostellam (Have a good trip to Compostela) by Jean-François Bérubé (Montreal, Québec) on the Rue de la Reine. Linda Rutenberg (Montreal, Québec) has been presenting, since June, the exhibit The Gaspé Peninsula: Land on the Edge of Time at Musée de la Gaspésie (admission fee of $5 for Museum non-members). In Grande-Vallée, on the promenade towards the Galipeault covered bridge, the collective Kahem, composed of Québec photographers Charles-Frédérick Ouellet, Christian Lamontagne, Nicolas Levesque and Yoanis Menge, is presenting the exhibit 132.

HAUTE-GASPÉSIE // In Marsoui, at A.-Couturier park, Evgenia Arbugaeva (Yakutsk, Russia) is presenting her series Tiksi, which enjoyed great success in Bonaventure last year. Laurent Villeret (Paris, France) presents Heliotropes #7. Northbound at the Couturier building. And finally, at the municipal rest stop, Cap-Chat will be hosting Micronations by Léo Delafontaine (Paris, France).

A reminder that Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie is an invitation to come out and meet artists in a region where photographs and landscapes come together around an artistic project. For more details: photogaspesie.ca.

The programming for the 5th edition of Rencontres took shape thanks to the joint efforts of Claude Goulet, executive and artistic director of Rencontres, and Jean-François Bérubé, photographer. Over 30 artists from Belgium, France, Russia, Serbia, the United Kingdom, the United States, elsewhere in Canada, and, of course, from Québec delighted us by responding positively to our invitation to join us on the Gaspé territory.

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The first activity will be held on August 15 at 6 p.m. on the Little School site in Nouvelle, with the vernissage of the exhibit Playing with Reality by Yves Gonthier (Maria, the Gaspé), with the photographer present. It will be followed, at 8 p.m., by the vernissage of the exhibit by Jean-François Lamoureux and Mathilde Fournier-Hébert (Montreal, Québec), at the Saint-Laurent-de-Matapédia church in Matapedia. This is the fruit of their creation residency in the Gaspé, which runs from August 1 to 14.

Opening evening

The Photographer Tour opening evening will be held on August 16 beginning at 5 p.m. in Carleton-sur-Mer. The public will first be invited to the lagoon rest stop in Saint-Omer to see the Model Homes exhibit by Isabelle Hayeur (Rawdon, Québec) and to meet the artist. Starting at 6 p.m., at the Centre d’artists Vaste et Vague in Carleton, the vernissage of the 0:00 GMT Intersection installation by the Tendance Floue collective (Montreuil, France) will take place, as well as a meeting with its members on the theme “Creating by Way of an Artists’ Collective.” The event will be followed by a lecture by Jean-François Nadeau, cultural-page director of the newspaper Le Devoir. Around 9 p.m., the public and the artists will be invited to make their way to the Carleton municipal beach to attend the vernissage of the Archipelago installation by Serge Clément (Montreal, Québec) in the presence of the artist.

On August 17, at 11:30 a.m., the public is invited to the Gaspé’s North Shore for the vernissage of the Sandra Lachance exhibit At My Last Meal, and works by Jérôme Landry (Cap-Chat, the Gaspé), at the rest area in Cap-Chat in the presence of the artists. At 2:30 p.m., people are invited to the Couturier building in Marsoui for the vernissage of Tokyo Compression by Michael Wolf (Hong Kong, China), then to A.-Couturier park for the vernissage of Domaine de la Florida by Sébastien Michaud (Montreal, Québec), in his presence. Next, at 8:30 p.m., the public is expected at the Copper Interpretation Centre in Murdochville for the vernissage of the exhibit by Louis Couturier and Jacky Georges Lafargue (Carleton-sur-Mer, the Gaspé), Murdochville: The Beauty of Destruction, as well as a projection and a get-together with the artists.

On August 18 at noon at the Musée de la Gaspésie in the town of Gaspé, the vernissage of the exhibit by Alain Paiement (Montreal, Québec) entitled From a Different Angle will be held with the artist in attendance. At 3 p.m., the vernissage of the exhibits Cross-Perspectives by Guillaume D. Cyr (Quebec City, Québec), a native of New Richmond, and The Gaspé, Wild, with Your Feet in the Water… by Frédéric Merlet (Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, France), will take place at the Suzanne-Guité space in Percé. At 5 p.m., in Chandler, on the Souvenir park road and the Circuit des bâtisseurs footbridge, there will be the vernissage of Memory (Woman Scenario) and a get-together with its creators, Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras (Montreal, Québec). At 8 p.m., at the Bonaventure marina, the public is invited to the vernissage for the exhibit of Evgenia Arbugaeva (Iakoutsk, Russia) entitled Tiksi, and to a projection of the artist’s work (her presence remains to be confirmed).

On August 19 at 7 p.m. at the Banc-de-Pêche-de-Paspébiac historical site in Paspébiac, the vernissage of the exhibit The Great Divide by Beatrix von Conta (Peyrins, France) will take place, in addition to a projection of her work. A get-together with the artist on the theme “Mutation and Fragility of Gaspesian Landscapes” is yet to be confirmed. Starting at 7:30 p.m. there will be a screening of the film by Helen Doyle (Longueuil, Québec), Frameworks: Images of a Changing World (HD — 90 minutes), which bears on the meaning and the impact of images. The screening will be followed by a get-together with the director.

On August 20 at 6 p.m. in New Richmond, the Gaspesian British Heritage Village will be welcoming the public for the vernissage of The Devonians by Jocelyne Alloucherie (Montreal, Québec) in the presence of the artist. The public will afterwards be invited to make their way to Pointe-Taylor park for the vernissage of Depressive Landscapes by Armando Ribeiro (London, U.K.), along with a projection of the artist’s work and a get-together with him.

On August 21 at 7:30 p.m., at the Vieux-Quai park in Maria, the final Photographer Tour activity will take place with the vernissage of the exhibit by Suzanne Opton (New York City), bringing together Soldier and Soldier+Citizen. There will be a projection of the work of the artist, whose presence has yet to be confirmed.

A reminder that Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie is an invitation to come meet these artists in a region where the photograph and the landscape connect around an artistic project. The exhibits and installations of Rencontres are presented until September 11 in the region’s 15 host municipalities.

Press relations in the Gaspé : Marie-Ève Forest, Communication Antilope, meforest@globetrotter.net

Press relations in Montreal and Quebec City : Patricia Lamy, lamypat@videotron.ca

Haute-Gaspésie // Cap-Chat will welcome At My Last Meal, by Sandra Lachance (Montreal, Québec), at the rest area. In Marsoui, Michael Wolf (Hong Kong, China) will exhibit his Tokyo Compression project in the Couturier building, while Sébastien Michaud (Montreal, Québec) presents Domaine de la Florida at A.-Couturier park. Lastly, a building in Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine will display a giant work from the project Murdochville: The Beauty of Destruction by Louis Couturier and Jacky Georges Lafargue (Carleton-sur-Mer, the Gaspé).

Côte-de-Gaspé // In Grande-Vallée, on the promenade towards the Galipeault covered bridge, Yves Beaulieu (Montréal, Québec) will present Quiproquo. In Gaspé, Alain Paiement (Montreal, Québec) will offer From a Different Angle at Musée de la Gaspésie, while rue de la Reine in the same town will welcome photographs from the city’s Festival Musique du Bout du Monde to mark the festival’s 10th anniversary. Finally, Murdochville will host a work from the project by Louis Couturier and Jacky Georges Lafargue about the town.

Rocher-Percé // Percé will be hosting, near the dock and on the promenade along the sea, The Gaspé, Wild, with Your Feet in the Water… by Frédéric Merlet (Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, France) and Cross-Perspectives by Gaspé native Guillaume D. Cyr (Quebec City, Québec), both the result of the exchange program called Gaspésie-Vendée Cross-Perspectives. Chandler will offer Memory (Woman Scenario) by Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras (Montreal, Québec), on the Souvenir park road and the Circuit des bâtisseurs footbridge.

Bonaventure // in Paspébiac, at the Banc-de-Pêche-de-Paspébiac historical site, Beatrix von Conta (Peyrins, France) will be exhibiting The Great Divide. In Bonaventure, near the marina, Evgenia Arbugaeva (Iakoutsk, Russia) will present her series Tiksi. A work by Louis Couturier and Jacky Georges Lafargue about Murdochville will also be on exhibit close to the Musée acadien du Québec in Bonaventure. In New Richmond, the Gaspesian British Heritage Village will host Devonians by Jocelyne Alloucherie (Montreal, Québec), and the Pointe-Taylor park will present Depressive Landscapes by Armando Ribeiro (London, U.K.).

Avignon  // In Maria, at the Vieux-Quai park, Suzanne Opton (New York City) will be exhibiting Soldier and Soldier+Citizen.
Carleton-sur-Mer (Carleton sector) will host 0:00 GMT Intersection by the collective Tendance Floue (Montreuil, France) at the Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague, and also Archipelago by Serge Clément (Montreal, Québec) at the municipal beach. In the Saint-Omer sector, at the tidal lagoon rest stop, Isabelle Hayeur (Rawdon, Québec) will exhibit Model Homes. At Nouvelle, on the Little School site, Yves Gonthier (Maria, the Gaspé) will be presenting Playing with Reality. In Matapédia, outside the Saint-Laurent-de-Matapédia church, photographs by Jean-François Lamoureux and Mathilde Fournier-Hébert (Montreal, Québec) will be on display. The results of their residency in the area this summer will be presented beginning August 15 inside the church.

A reminder that Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie is an invitation to come meet these artists in a region where the photograph and the landscape come together around an artistic project.

More details: photogaspesie.ca.

Press relations in the Gaspé

Marie-Ève Forest, Communication Antilope

418 364-7008 | 581 886-1479

meforest@globetrotter.net

Press relations in Montreal and Quebec City

Patricia Lamy

514 912-7443

lamypat@videotron.ca