Free of charge
About the lecture
Quebec played a minor but important role in the career of Canadian artist Joyce Wieland, notably with her experimental film Pierre Vallières (1972) and her feature-length film The Far Shore (1976). Starting with the lesser-known Quebec variation on Wieland’s plasticity of nationalist imaginary, Bonin looks at how the artist approached the established forms of Canadian bilingualism. Through her use of fragmentation of language in her works (films, paintings, quilts, conceptual pieces), Wieland formulates a broad definition of cultural translation avant la lettre and across linguistic divides.
About the speaker
Vincent Bonin is an independent researcher and author. He lives and works in Montreal. His essays and books have been published by Canadian Art (Toronto), Fillip (Vancouver), Centre André-Chastel (Paris), Darling Foundry, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Montreal), the MIT Press (Cambridge), the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Sternberg Press (Berlin), Vie des arts (Montréal) and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379-A, Sherbrooke Street West
Reservation terms: Please note that seat reservations are held until the beginning of the event. Once the activity has started, any unoccupied seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
