© Philippe-Aubert Gauthier et Tanya St-Pierre, Dans une sorte de rêve éveillé - L'invitation (2023).
Philippe-Aubert Gauthier and Tanya St-Pierre
From April 23 to June 13, 2026
In this exhibition, bringing together a multi-channel installation, Philippe-Aubert Gauthier and Tanya St-Pierre contemplate the desire and drive to domesticate nature. Taking as its source material an impressive series of collages by St-Pierre made from interior design magazines from the 70s and 80s, while dealing with radically different architectural environments — one, at times, within the framework of the luxury condo, the other the archetypal swanky bungalow — the digital animations offer a kind of delirious visual archaeology. The tearing, cutting, extraction, and assemblage inherent to such methodologies — manual or technological — multiply in meaning when put in relation to concepts of nature.
Philippe-Aubert Gauthier is a sound and digital artist, musician, engineer, doctor of acoustics and professor at École des arts visuels et médiatiques de l’Université du Québec à Montréal. His artistic approach is based on the interaction between art, culture, science and technology, from a critical perspective.
Tanya Saint-Pierre is a visual, sound and digital artist whose practice encompasses computer-generated images, video and installation. Her work, both poetic and conceptual, uses collage and sampling to explore possible relationships between visual or digital arts and narrative.
Each having an individual practice, Philippe-Aubert Gauthier and Tanya Saint-Pierre have been working as a duo since 2003, combining their interests and specializations. Their work has been presented in Quebec, Canada and internationally, in centers including STUDIOTELUS du Grand Théâtre de Québec, CIRCA art actuel (Montreal), IKLECTIC (London, UK), the Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop's University (Lennoxville), as well as festivals including Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Art Souterrain (Montreal) and Ftarri Festival (Osaka), among others.
Dazibao thanks the artists 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.