For the first year ever, Concordia University launched an official partnership with Nuit Blanche.
The VAV Gallery, located in Concordia’s Visual Arts Building, was among one of the Nuit Blanche locations.
Under the banner of CRYSTALINE: the cinematic and the handmade, interactive animation by artists and students were on display. A number of handmade cinema exhibits, video and even live performances were presented.
Andréanne Pâquet a graduate in Anthropology at the University of Montreal and professional photographer, Éric
A section of the “Our Veil” exhibition.
Piché, teamed up to present the exhibition titled, “Our Veil,” as part of Nuit Blanche’s Art Souterrain.
The exhibition showcased portraits of a number of different women wearing veils and featured an accompanying description of the women portrayed.
Pâquet explains the purpose of this exhibition was to deconstruct media-conveyed stereotypes of women who wear a veil and instead display a realistic and diversified portrait of these women.
Listen to the sound clip below (in French) for a better understanding of what Pâquet hopes this exhibition will bring to the public.
Artist, Andréanne Pâquet, at her exhibition during Nuit Blanche
Alexis O’Hara is an interdisciplinary artist from Montreal whose work comprises elements of cabaret, pop music, spoken-word, stand-up comedy, vocals, electronics, photography, and sound installation.
During Nuit Blanche, she presented an installation titled “Speaker Box Igloo” as part of Art Souterrain. This installation made out of recycled materials was described as “an immersive interactive audio environment that evokes one of the most ancient incarnations of the human habitat.”
Click here to hear our exclusive interview with O’Hara and learn more about why she decided to showcase this installation at Art Souterrain.
You can also watch the video below to see and hear the Igloo in action.
