Publication Mirement/Towering by Geneviève Chevalier
Including texts by Gentiane Bélanger, Mélanie Boucher, Alain Deneault, Stéphanie Posthumus and Heather Rogers
Book launch on November 22, 2023 at 5 pm at Galerie UQO on the occasion of the opening of the 3rd part of the project entitled Towering/Instability
— Facebook event
Geneviève Chevalier’s artistic thinking unfolds as a system in an analogic relationship with her preferred subjects. Her projects overlap to the point that they offer meta-reflections within a gestalt approach. The three parts of her Mirement/Towering project, Towering/The Menagerie and Towering/The Herbarium, Towering/Trissements, and Towering/Instability, presented respectively at Dazibao, the Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University, and Galerie UQO between 2021 and 2024, are part of a much broader body of thought regarding how the legacy of modernity affects our comprehension of nature. The project’s title refers to a navigation term for a refraction effect that makes objects look taller than they are – an image that suggests questioning the foundations of modern natural history and revealing its multiple sociopolitical ramifications.
In this book, we take stock of the project as a whole and set out to explore the territories of thought underlying Chevalier’s practice. The discursive framework established here situates her work within a developing theoretical horizon on contemporary art and philosophy of nature. The essays respond to each other via transversal concepts, as do the respective programs of the three organizations that have come together to support the project.
Exhibitions and publication under the direction of Gentiane Bélanger, France Choinière, Marie-Hélène Leblanc
Publication coordination: Jennifer Pham
Design:Studio TagTeam
Translation: Jo-Anne Balcaen, Käthe Roth, Colette Tougas
Editing: Janou Gagnon, Emma-Kate Guimond, Käthe Roth, Marie Saadeh, Colette Tougas
Publication
Exhibitions
Mirement/Towering: The Menagerie and The Herbarium
From September 2 to October 23, 2021
Towering/Trissements
From September 8 to October 8, 2021
at Foreman Art Gallery
Towering/Instability
From November 22, 2023 to January 20, 2024 at Galerie UQO
Dazibao thanks the artist, the authors, Foreman Art Gallery and Galerie UQO for their generous collaboration as well as its advisory committee for their support.
Dazibao receives financial support from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville de Montréal.
>Dazibao acknowledges that it is located on the unceded territory of the Kanien'kehá: ka Nation and that Tiohtiá:ke / Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations, and today, is home to a diverse population of Indigenous as well as other peoples. Guided by ethics of respect, listening, and awareness, Dazibao commits to a continued reflection regarding the deep-rooted and systemic challenges tied to accessibility and inclusivity in the arts and beyond, and endeavors to apply such reflections to all aspects of its activities and governance.