{"id":481,"date":"2022-08-29T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.vivamontreal.org\/?p=481"},"modified":"2022-09-02T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:46:37","slug":"viva-outside-ii-program-of-actions-at-place-de-la-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.vivamontreal.org\/en\/2022\/08\/29\/viva-outside-ii-program-of-actions-at-place-de-la-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"VIVA! Outside: Program of actions at Place de la Cr\u00e9ation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Actions throughout the month of September 2022
Public Gathering: Friday, September 23, 2022, from 5 to 7 pm<\/strong>
Corner of Parthenais and Ontario East (Frontenac metro)<\/strong>
Free <\/strong>
Facebook event<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the month of September, VIVA! presents a program of actions at Place de la Cr\u00e9ation, a public square temporarily installed on a vacant lot in the Centre Sud borough of Montreal.

In the context of this site-specific programming initiative, four artists with relational and durational performance practices were invited to use Place de la Cr\u00e9ation as an open air performative laboratory in which to create a new work. From the furtive to the participatory, each artist\u2019s respective occupation adopts a unique rhythm and relationship to audience. Some projects invite the public to take part in the creation process, while others unfold unannounced and in the shadows\u2026

Actions presented by:<\/strong>

Massimo Guerrera – The rhythms of plants, between the gravel and the roots<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
Contemplative actions, participatory with registration*\u00a0
Friday September 9, Thursday September 15 and Sunday September 18
5pm to 6:30pm
*To register, please email info@news.vivamontreal.org<\/a>

Khadija Baker – If place-die <\/em>can be born<\/strong><\/strong>
Relational action
Friday September 16, Thursday September 22 and Friday September 23
11am to 1pm

Danny Gaudreault – Hi Daddy\u00a0<\/strong>
Furtive actions
Undisclosed dates and times\u00a0
Traces shared on Instagram<\/a> between September 5th and 25th

Katherine Jos\u00e9e Gervais – XXX (some executions of exalted outlets)<\/strong><\/strong>
Public actions
From Wednesday September 21 until Saturday September 24
Every evening at sunset (approximately 7pm)

Each artist\u2019s process will feed a public action that will be presented during an evening program of performances on Friday September 23, from 5 to 7 pm. We look forward to seeing you there !\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>

Located at the corner of Parthenais and Ontario, Place de la Cr\u00e9ation<\/a> was founded by La Vir\u00e9e des Atelier and the Borough of Ville-Marie. Our activation of this space is part of a larger curatorial inititiave by Voies culturelles des faubourgs.

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Massimo Guerrera <\/strong>
Website
<\/a>Massimo Guerrera uses different mediums, such as drawing, writing, photography, installation, and performance to work on the fertile space within processes of encounter, and its laminar movements. Between the experience of being-together and the solitude of the studio. It is an approach that focuses on the sensitive oscillations that characterize our relationships with ourselves and with others. Studying the porosity and the construction of identities, whether they are individual or cultural. Since 1989, Massimo\u2019s performative approach has been articulated around the relationships that govern otherness and the environments we inhabit. These questions anchor themselves in a daily practice, and are connected and nourished by a meditative practice. The research is embodied within long-term projects in which collections take shape. It is work that is attentive to the processes of creation and listening, and to the different states of mind that can develop.
Image: Monument Mou, 1999<\/em>
Photo: Massimo Guerrera<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Khadija Baker<\/strong> 
Website<\/a>
Khadija Baker a Syrian Canadian multidisciplinary artist of Kurdish descent. She immigrated to Canada from her native country in 2001 and completed her MFA at Concordia University in 2012. She is a core member of the Centre for Oral History & Digital Storytelling (COHDS) at Concordia University. Her installations and performances investigate social themes centered on the uncertainty of home as it relates to persecution, identity, displacement, and memory. As a witness to traumatic events, unsettled feelings of home are a part of her experience. Her multidisciplinary installations often combine textiles, sculptures, performances, sound and video. Through a participatory narrative, they create lively and active performance spaces that allow a greater understanding of the work. Khadija is currently pursuing her research creation practice at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC) at Concordia University.
Image: Performing community garden, 2022<\/em>
Photo: Mike Patten<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Danny Gaudreault <\/strong>
Website
<\/a>Danny Gaudreault (1979- ) is a Montreal-based interdisciplinary artist whose practice revolves around action art. Over the past twenty years, he has presented his performances at various events in Canada and in Finland. Part of his work as an artist and curator is characterized by the occupation of public space. Through intimate works, he uses the expression of his vulnerability as a political gesture. Recently, his research focuses mainly on archiving his performative process.
Image: La chambre qui m\u2019habite, 2021
Photo: \u00c1lvaro Delgado<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katherine Jos\u00e9e Gervais <\/strong>
Website<\/a>
After years of working on construction sites, Katherine Jos\u00e9e Gervais turned to academic studies. Currently a doctoral student, her research focuses on the political discourse in action art that insinuate themselves to be at the intersection of performance art history, the individual artist, and the communities with which they interacts. Her multidisciplinary practice (drawing, performance, installation and text) is based on the observation of human relationships, history, and sociology. It also addresses the notion of authorship, the performative act, the elaboration of the artistic persona, and the authenticity of the artist\u2019s word. Katherine Jos\u00e9e has participated in various group exhibitions and has presented her performances in spaces such as Martel en t\u00eate (Paris), Maison de la Culture Maisonneuve (Montreal), and Verticale (Laval). She has also implemented and co-organized several D.I.Y. artistic platforms including RIPA, Legs, GPS (global positioning system), and Boucane micropublishing. During the past few years, her main activities have consisted of her involvement in the local artistic community and her commitment to her research-creation practice.
Image: Les Oracle.SSS, 2017<\/em>
Photo: Alexis Bellavance<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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