Vidéographe and Dazibao are proud to welcome the talented duo Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau to present an exclusive program as part of our dv_vd series.

We’ve assembled this program because we feel the intersection of prop performance and camp has been overlooked in the Canadian art context. What we are presenting tonight is a small sample of a longer list that could go well beyond the video medium; indeed, most of the artists shown in this program also work in sculpture, installation, and performance. What unites them is the important place that objects take in the staging of their video works, and a performance style that, through slapstick, deadpan interpretation, humor, or irony, manages to elaborate a critique of the world we live in, while captivating us via weirdness or absurdity.