PAVITRA WICKRAMASINGHE – AMÉLIE BRISSON-DARVEAU / DUE NORTH – PÉNOMBRES

PAVITRA WICKRAMASINGHE – AMÉLIE BRISSON-DARVEAU / DUE NORTH – PÉNOMBRES

This exhibition arises out of a collaboration between Pavitra Wickramasinghe and Amélie Brisson-Darveau which explores image movement by joining two approaches to rhythm and movement, influenced by dance for Amélie and by cinema for Pavitra. The exhibition, which consists of an animation-installation and two series of drawings, is an attempt to confound the gap between…

JOHN LATOUR / LE PASSÉ EST UN PAYS ÉTRANGER + LE TEST DE LA CHAISE

JOHN LATOUR / LE PASSÉ EST UN PAYS ÉTRANGER + LE TEST DE LA CHAISE

This exhibition explores the intersection between contemporary art, temporal relations and paranormal research. In Le passé est un pays étranger, Latour presents two dimensional and three dimensional work to see how the « past » is mediated through texts, images and vintage objects. Le test de la chaise invites viewers to test their own precognitive abilities through…

RAIQ / HAPPY HOUR

RAIQ / HAPPY HOUR

As part of its happy hour activities deployed throughout Quebec, the Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec (RAIQ) is pleased to meet with the Sherbrooke arts community and its audience on April 18 in Sporobole at 3 p.m. in the presence of Érick d’Orion. In a friendly and discussion-friendly atmosphere, the RAIQ’s happy hour meetings…

KATHARINA ANNA LOIDL / POLARIS

KATHARINA ANNA LOIDL / POLARIS

POLARIS From February 27 to March 8, 2015 Main Gallery Following her two-month residency, Austrian artist Katharina Anna Loidl presents the results of her plastic and conceptual research, which has been influenced by her experience of winter in the province of Quebec. The cold season paints the natural and urban landscapes in black, white and…

JESSICA AUER – VALENTIN DURIF – FRÉDÉRIC DUTERTRE – TANYA ST-PIERRE – PHILIPPE-AUBERT GAUTHIER / OPEN-DOOR AFTERNOON

JESSICA AUER – VALENTIN DURIF – FRÉDÉRIC DUTERTRE – TANYA ST-PIERRE – PHILIPPE-AUBERT GAUTHIER / OPEN-DOOR AFTERNOON

Sporobole is proud to invite you to attend a day filled with activities : an open-door afternoon to artist-in-residence Valentin Durif’s studio-installation, a conference by Montreal artist Jessica Auer and an evening of performative concerts by Valentin Durif, Fred Dutertre, Tanya St-Pierre and Philippe-Aubert Gauthier. These events will take place at Sporobole, located at 74…

VALENTIN DURIF / SPACE JUNK

VALENTIN DURIF / SPACE JUNK

Research and Creative Residencies in the Digital Arts: CALQ – Institut français Recognizing the importance the Québec government accords to the establishment of durable cultural ties with France, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) has concluded a three-year partnership agreement with the Institut français in order to offer Québec artists the…

MONA SHARMA / ARTIST TALK

MONA SHARMA / ARTIST TALK

Mona Sharma is a first-generation Canadian artist of South Asian descent. She obtained her MFA from Concordia University, Montreal in 2012. She has received numerous grants and has exhibited her art in galleries across Canada and the United States. She works primarily in soft sculpture and digital drawing, two mediums whose accessible exteriors lend well…