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Programmation / 2010
KAPOW A SuperHero Convention
This summer, a series of out-of-control events are disturbing the Jeux du Québec in Gatineau. A group of superheroes tries to save the day after a terrible conceptual explosion: KAPOW !
The event features local, national and international artists in a series of public performances. Through KAPOW, A Superheroes' Convention, the curators Mélissa Charest, Thomas Grondin and Eric Ladouceur are questioning the figure of the superhero in contemporary art.
The superman endowed with various and unlimited powers makes us dream. He projects the image of an exceptional being, and reflects onto us the necessity of a better self, both magnified and fantasized. The superhero encourages the splitting, the metamorphosis, and forces us to contemplate the possibilities of another self.
This theme therefore pushes the performers to draw from notions such as identity, pushing the limits of the self, sexuality, violence, presence, difference, freedom, and exchange, in a universe peculiar to pop culture.
Beware ! You could witness some super interventions ! KAPOW !
The Pantheon of the Super:
From July 29 to August 22, 2010
Pierre Ayot, Kim Adams, Annie Baillargeon, Dara Birnbaum, Shawna Demsey and Lorri Millan, Nathalie Derome, Marc Newport, William Pope. L and Denis Rousseau
AXENÉO7 presents an exhibition gathering artworks in which both graphical and conceptual aesthetics occupy a prominent position. These pieces, made within the last thirty years, are showing the constant influence of the superman onto the collective imagination.
THE BIG GAME :
From July 30 to August 6, 2010
Médéric Boudrault, Étienne Boulanger, Michael Caffrey, Mélissa Charest, Virginie Chrétien, Hugo Gaudet-Dion & Véronique Guitard, Thomas Grondin, Eric Ladouceur, Mathieu Latulippe and Jason St-Laurent
In collaboration with the Jeux du Québec's planning committee, the superheroes will punctually intervene on different indoors and outdoors sites of the games. The dressed-up artists/performers try to save the world by insinuating themselves into the public space.
LA FILATURE'S GREAT HEROIC BALL :
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Great glamour ball open to the public. This party will be the scene of a series of infiltrating interventions scattered throughout the night. Please note that a full evening dress or an aspiring superhero costume is mandatory.
SUPER G CONVENTION:
Saturday, August 7, 2010
A G8 meeting of superheroes closing the KAPOW event. The participating artists are invited to discuss their works and exchange about the daily life of superheroes during a round-table conference.
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