Espacémi, the art gallery of UQO (Université du Québec en Outaouais), is proud to present Vocabulaire, a new exhibition by artist Michèle Provost. The exhibition is featured as part of les Journées de la culture en Outaouais.
Vocabulaire is an attempt to extract a bit of poetry out of the everyday, by isolating some text elements that have become so customary that our eyes no longer bother conveying them to our brains. The work is centered around a list of 100 French words collected and photographed during regular comings and goings on both sides of the Ottawa River. The installation also features special contributions from a wide variety of both French and English participants, who will individually explore and recompose the same collection of ambient vocabulary. The aim of the exercise is to explore how such apparently banal utterances can be recombined and reconfigured to form an infinite number of more substantial concepts and images.
The exhibition will be on view from September 30 to October 13 2011, at the gallery of the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO).
When? Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 12 to 2PM and 6 to 7 PM , Saturday, 1 to 4 PM
Where? Pavillon Lucien-Brault (A-0112), 101 rue Saint-Jean-Bosco, Gatineau
P.S. I’ve got a little word piece up with the many responses with Michele’s exhibit Amanda’s there too among the dozens.