For this Monday’s virtual tour we stop by Arprim‘s “Première impression – 
Les finalistes du Prix Albert-Dumouchel pour la relève“. This show features works of the finalists of the Albert-Dumouchel Prize, which is awarded to budding Quebequois print-makers on the Cegep level. Along with a $500 bursary, the winner also receives a two-week residency at the Atelier de l’Ile in Val-David. This year’s prize went to Jean-Michel Leclerc for his wall-sized print of the city of Montreal in the 1920s. Printed using hand-crafted, organic materials, this map notes all crimes and misadventures of Montreal’s residents in the 1910s and 1920s, both on the map itself and in a small accompanying booklet. It is an absorbing work and a charming, if somewhat macabre read. If you’re someone who loves maps as much as I do, then you’ll spend a long time tracing your neighbourhood, checking what it looked like in the 1920s, and spotting who died there a hundred years ago. Incidentally, an old lady burned to death just across the street from me after her wooden staircase caught on fire. I feel sad for my virtual neighbour, even though a century divides us.

Click on the frame above to launch the virtual tour.

Overall, it’s a show worth checking out. Congratulations to all finalists: Stéphanie Bernier, Nathan Brown, Chloë Charce, Myriam Dion, Alan Ganev, Thierry Labonté, Jean-Michel Leclerc, Mireille Létourneau, Sabina Rak, Julie Roch-Cuerrier, Evan Stanfield, and Joani Tremblay

Arprim, space 426
Première impression – 
Les finalistes du Prix Albert-Dumouchel pour la relève
May 28 – June 18, 2011
www.arprim.org