INFLORESCENCES
2023
Series of 4 videos and 4 sculptures A production of the New Now Festival Multimedia integration: Guillaume Arseneault Sounds: Roger Tellier Craig Inflorescences unfolds in an hypothetical future, where plants, mushrooms, and unfamiliar critters have undergone mutations to exist in symbiosis with electronic waste. Challenging the definition of life, this project explores the emergence of life forms from what we perceive as inert and forgotten remnants, which continue to evolve and foster new relationships with the ecosystem. Inflorescences portrays a world devoid of humans, yet its evolution is shaped by the remnants they left behind. As part of the project, four sculptures are crafted from electronic waste, incorporating screens and lights that evoke the entities depicted in the videos, offering a glimpse into the future of these discarded objects.
Inflorescences se déroule dans un futur hypothétique, où plantes, champignons et créatures inconnues auront mutées pour vivre en symbiose avec des déchets électroniques. Ce projet explore des formes de vies qui émergent de ce que l’on juge inerte, des rebuts oubliés qui continuent à évoluer et à engendrer de nouvelles relations avec l’écosystème. Inflorescences dresse le portrait d’un monde sans humains, mais dont l’évolution est façonnée par leurs vestiges. Les 4 sculptures qui complètent le projet sont créées à partir de déchets électroniques, où un écran et des lumières viennent suggérer les entités présentes dans les vidéos, une vision du futur de ces objets laissés pour compte.
Sabrina Ratté, a Canadian artist based in Montreal, explores the diverse forms of digital imagery. Her artistic practice encompasses a wide array of mediums, including analog video, 3D animation, photography, printmaking, sculpture, virtual reality, and installation. By continuously incorporating new techniques into her work, she delves into recurring themes that include the influence of architecture and the digital environment on our perception of the world, our relationship with the virtual aspects of existence, and the convergence of technology and nature. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as the Laforet Museum in Tokyo, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the PHI Center in Montreal, the Chronus Art Center in Shanghai, and the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. She has presented solo exhibitions at Gaîté Lyrique in Paris and Arsenal Contemporary Art in Montreal and New York. Notably, her work is part of the collection at the Montreal Contemporary Art Museum. Ratté was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in Canada in 2019 and went on to receive the award in 2020.
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